V. Leyla Gencer Voice Competition
28 - 30 August 2008
Pier Luigi Pizzi
General Manager
Sferisterio Opera Festival
President of the Jury
Gürer Aykal
Honorary Conductor
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic
Orchestra
Yekta Kara
Chief Director
Turkish State Opera and Ballet
Luca Targetti
Casting Director
Teatro alla Scala
Gianni Tangucci
Assistant Artistic Director
San Carlo Opera, Napoli
Vincenzo de Vivo
Assistant General Manager
Valencia Opera
Paolo Arcà
Artistic Director
Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino
FINALE
30 August 2008
Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Gürer Aykal, conductor
First Prize
Nazlı Deniz BORAN, soprano
(Turkey)
Second Prize
Kishani JAYASINGHE, soprano
(Sri Lanka)
Second Prize
Eung KWANG LEE, baritone
(South Korea)
Third Prize
Anita RACHVELISHVILI,
mezzosoprano
(Georgia)
Excerpts
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Giorgia)
Bizet Les tringles de sistres tintaient Carmen
Nazlı Deniz Boran soprano (Turkey)
Mozart Der hölle Rache Die Zaubeflöte
