THE SIXTH 
ELENA OBRAZTSOVA 
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
OF YOUNG OPERA SINGERS

August 18-30, 2007
Saint-Petersburg

The Jury:
Chairwoman              - Elena Obraztsova (Russia)
Members of the Jury  - Teresa Berganza (Spain)
                                      - Larisa Gergieva (Russia)
                                      - Tadayoshi Gunji (Japan)
                                      - Peter Dvorsky (Slovakia)
                                      - Paul-Emile Deiber (France)
                                      - Christa Ludwig (Austria)
                                      - Eva Marton (Hungary)
                                      - Bruno Pratico (Italy)
                                      - Sylvia Sass (Hungary)

Competition Laureates:

Grand Prize - Yuliya Lezhneva (soprano)
            
First Prize - Ekaterina Goncharova (soprano)

   
Second Prize - Dinara Aliyeva (soprano)
                          - Anna Markarova (mezzo-soprano)
                          - Alexander Stryuk (baritone)
                          - Pavel Shmulevich (basso)

Third Prize - Xenia Volkova (soprano)
                     - Alexey Sayapin (tenor)

“The Best Accompanist of the Competition” - Anatoliy Kuznetsov