The joinet winners of the Domingo family’s Operalia competition in Mumbai are US soprano Kathleen O’Mara and Chinese bass-baritone Le Bu (pictured).
The audience prize was shared by Azeri mezzo-soprano Elmina Hasan and English baritone Jack Lee.
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