NEUE STIMMEN November 2-4, 1989

There were 140 contestants in NEUE STIMMEN 1989. For the first time a preliminary selection for sopranos took place in Munich.

Prize Winner 1989

1st Prize Vesselina Kasarova

Bulgaria, mezzo-soprano

2nd Prize René Pape

Germany, bass

3rd Prize Bernard Lombardo

France, tenor

August Everding (chairman),

Christoph Groszer,

Hans Hirsch,

Gundula Janowitz,

Gustav Kuhn,

Josef Metternich,

Hermann Rauhe,

Sir John Tooley,