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And the winners of the 2008 Seattle Opera Wagner Competition (a.k.a. Wagnerian Idol) are....Elza van den Heever, from South Africa, and Michael Weinius, from Sweden. Selected Saturday night from eight finalists singing Wagner arias accompanied by the Seattle Symphony, each winner received a $15,000 prize.
“All of the judges agreed that we had eight fine finalists. I feel that the level was even higher this year than the first year,” said Seattle Opera director Speight Jenkins.”It was a hard-fought decision for the two winners, but a great one.”
Van den Heever performed “Dich, teure Halle” (Tannhäuser) and “Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Lohengrin), while Weinius sang “Preislied” (Die Meistersinger) and “Amfortas! Die Wunde” (Parsifal).
Van den Heever was also voted Audience Favorite, from votes cast by the audience, and Nadine Weissmann won the Orchestra Favorite.
