3 Barihunks in Final 5 of Queen Sonja Competition

Alexey Lavrov, Leon Košavić and Yuriy Yurchuk (L-R)

Barihunks Alexey Lavrov, Leon Košavić and Yuriy Yurchuk have advanced to the final round of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition along with sopranos Elsa Dreisig and Lise Davidsen.


The final will take place in The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage, Friday 21 August at 19:00. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be present and award the prizes after the concert. The concert will be broadcast live on Norwegian television and radio.

You can watch today's concert below. We've listed the programs for the three baritones who advanced: 

Alexey Lavrov:
Piano: Ecaterina Deleu: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette-Mercutio: Mab, la reine des mensonges Rachmaninov: He has taken everything from me Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin -Onegin: Vy mne pisali Schumann: Geständnis

Yuriy Yurchuk:
Piano: David Gowland: Verdi: Falstaff-Ford: È sogno o realtà Bellini: I Puritani-Riccardo: Ah! per sempre Sviridov: The Virgin in the City Cardillo: Core Ngrato

Leon Košavić:
Piano: Erling Ragnar Eriksen: Bach: Matthäuspassion-Bass: Mache dich mein Herze rein Tosti: Non t'amo più Feldman: Yamshik, ne goni loshadei