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Hungarian Winner at the 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti

The winner of the 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti, held by the 2011 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music comes from Hungary: At the final concert, 25-year-old soprano Emöke Baráth impressed the jury as well as the audience with her outstanding performance. She received the 1st prize, which includes prize money of 4,000 euros, as well as the special prize directly voted by the audience, worth 1,000 euros.
The only singing competition for baroque opera worldwide was again dominated by female artists. The 2nd prize (3,000 euros) was awarded to the 29-year-old Israeli soprano Tehila Nini Goldstein. The 3rd prize (2,000 euros) went to the 29-year-old Italian mezzo-soprano Romina Tomasoni. The Atle Vestersjø Young Artists Award, also awarded by the jury, went to the 22-year-old Italian Anna Maria Sarra. The special prize from the Wiener Konzerthaus for an appearance in a concert during the 2012 Vienna Resonanzen Festival was awarded to the 24-year-old countertenor from Great Britain, Rupert Enticknap.

All in all, 71 singers from 27 countries came to Innsbruck to be judged by the high-class jury, consisting of Alessandro De Marchi, conductor, artistic director of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Sophie de Lint, designated opera director from 2012/13 of the Zurich Opera House, Claude Cortese, artistic director of the Angers Nantes Opera, Alan Curtis, conductor, Paolo Monacchi, artist manager, Paris, Joshua Winograde, director of artistic administration and casting at the Los Angeles Opera, and the chairman of the jury Sebastian F. Schwarz, director of artistic administration and casting at the Theater an der Wien.

2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti 2011, Innsbruck:

1st prize: Emöke Baráth (soprano, Hungary, 25 years old)
2nd prize: Tehila Nini Goldstein (soprano, Israel/USA, 29 years old)
3rd prize: Romina Tomasoni (mezzo-soprano, Italy, 29 years old)

Atle Vestersjø Young Artists Award: Anna Maria Sarra (soprano, Italy, 22 years old)

Audience prize: Emöke Baráth (soprano, Hungary, 25 years old)

Special prize: concert during the 2012 Vienna Resonanzen Festival at the Wiener Konzerthaus: Rupert Enticknap (countertenor, Great Britain, 24 years old)

The ten finalists were not only judged by the jury
More than 120 competitors from 34 countries sought to make it into the finals. Only ten of them succeeded in this task and were judged not only by the jury but also by the audience in the concert hall, as well as by enthusiastic baroque opera fans at their computer screens at home. Thanks to the cooperation with the Innsbruck Media College, tirol.orf.at and the online-streaming provider INNCAST, the competition was broadcast directly on the website of the Innsbruck Festival. All those who missed this evening have the possibility to watch the stream of the entire final concert during the next few days on altemusik.at. The video is played in a loop.

The top ten
Emöke Baráth, soprano (Hungary, 25 years old)
Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano (Italy, 25 years old)
Rupert Enticknap, soprano (Great Britain, 24 years old)
Sharvit Hagar, mezzo-soprano (Israel/Germany, 24 years old)
Benedetta Mazzucato, alto (Italy, 22 years old)
Filippo Mineccia, countertenor (Italy, 30 years old)
Tehila Nini Goldstein, soprano (Israel/USA, 29 years old)
Anna Maria Sarra, soprano (Italy, 22 years old)
Romina Tomasoni, mezzo-soprano (Italy, 29 years old)
Martin Vanberg, tenor (Sweden, 32 years old)