Handel Aria Competition 2022

The Handel Aria Competition is an annual event dedicated to promoting the performance of Handel’s extensive vocal repertoire.
This year’s Handel Aria Competition took place on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 7:30 pm in the historic Grace Episcopal Church on the capitol square in Madison, Wisconsin.
All seven finalists, chosen from a field of over 120 applicants, were all amazing. They are;
Logan Tanner, countertenor
Emily Donato, soprano
Hugh Davis, baritone
Katie Koester, soprano
Omar Najmi, tenor
Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo soprano
Joanne Evans, mezzo soprano
The judges for the final round of the 9th annual Handel Aria Competition were dramaturg Roger Pines, HAC founding Artistic Director Cheryl Bensman-Rowe, and Haymarket Opera Company General Director Chase Hopkins.
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[@SirLe0pard0]

22:33 OMG es un monstruo!! Felicidades!!! maravilloso!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Handel è il più grande Compositore mai vissuto". ( Ludwig Van Beethoven ) Concordo al 100% 😊❤

[@stevedodd428]

Hugh Davis - what a wonderful baritone voice from one so young.

[@SirLe0pard0]

7:00 Preciosa gran voz! gran artista!

[@Grzegorz1972]

Bravo Joanne😊 Bardzo wyrównany głos i muzykalność. Gratuluję

[@DominikaDutkowiak]

Gabriela Solis,wonderful performance, with great acting skills!

[@bassmanxan3544]

Incredible singers! I loved watching and listening to this so much, it really was wonderful
I'm thinking about trying to enter this myself, my Opera professor told me about it a couple of weeks ago. Even if I don't even make it to the live competition, it would still be a great opportunity for me and I hope to make it there one day, alongside all these great singers!

[@stevedodd428]

Katie Koester has a wonderful voice with a beautiful vibrato technique.

[@vipo12345]

Amazing competition!!!! thanks for share it

[@kjrasmussen]

Such a terrific recording of a wonderful event! Thank you to all involved, and congratulations to ALL the finalists!

[@SirLe0pard0]

1:04 Completamente enamorado ante tal talento belleza majestuosa

[@SirLe0pard0]

31:00Rugio su rabia rugio feroz!! Hermoso

[@Dddtttdddttt]

❤❤ чарівно!! Дякую

[@PaulDeMeester]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

[@SirLe0pard0]

58:44 BRAVO!

[@ВиолеттаКоваль-р6ф]

Hugh Devis!!!!!

[@johnh6245]

Katie Koester’s ‘Tornami a vegheggiar’ was superb at 7.35

[@aronwolfman]

24.47 Прекрасный голос , объёмный , красивый баритон ❤

[@svetlanatonkih4184]

Все прекрасны

[@johns.9819]

what part of heaven is more radiant

[@leonhardeuler8457]

Nice 👌👌

[@SirLe0pard0]

Tengo una duda, alguien sabe si en estas competiciones se permite cantar en Español?

[@bar.hanyuna]

22:02
24:32

[@matthewwalsh7813]

How did the baritone not score top 3. Smh.

[@jbloveday9538]

He was great - but I’d hate the job of choosing between them!

[@xdranzer0004]

Great voice, but not great Italian