:00:16. > :00:21.round with a filling programme including music by Elgar. Tonight
:00:21. > :00:26.five more singers from Italy, Russia, Hungary, South Africa and
:00:26. > :00:36.for the first time Egypt launch their campaign for the title BBC
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:01:19. > :01:29.capital by storm. The singers have been meeting and rehearsing with the
:01:29. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:35.orchestra for the first time. Under the slate of the Welsh Millennium
:01:35. > :01:45.Centre, the singers meet the cameras. For some, this week could
:01:45. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:54.establish their global profile. This is truly a city of song. Cardiff is
:01:54. > :01:59.a world operatic capital this week. Casting directors, agents and opera
:01:59. > :02:02.fans have travelled here to spot new talent. We have seen plenty already.
:02:02. > :02:06.Jamie Barton winning last night's first round. In just under 90
:02:06. > :02:10.minutes we will know the identity of our second winner. Mary King is
:02:10. > :02:19.back. Our special guest tonight is one of the magic 15 to have claimed
:02:19. > :02:29.the title BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Katerina Karneus, welcome
:02:29. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:45.back. Let us remind ourselves of CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:02:45. > :02:51.What an evening it was. Does this bring it right back being back here
:02:51. > :02:55.again? Absolutely. It's wonderful being here. That evening in 1995
:02:55. > :02:59.completely transformed my life and my career. I haven't looked back
:02:59. > :03:02.since. We will talk more about that as the evening progresses. Mary,
:03:02. > :03:07.there is something about an air of mystery about tonight's line-up?
:03:07. > :03:12.Yes. I'm excited. At the rehearsal this afternoon many of the singers
:03:12. > :03:15.marked their entire programme. They half sang, they painted the picture,
:03:15. > :03:19.but not completely filled it in entirely. We don't really know what
:03:19. > :03:29.to expect. It's very exciting. looking forward to some great
:03:29. > :03:34.operatic repertoire. Pure pleasure from Cardiff tonight and all this
:03:34. > :03:41.week on BBC Four. Let us meet tonight's competitors. Josie D'Arby
:03:41. > :03:51.will introduce us to the first of them. Alexey Bogdanchikov bog a
:03:51. > :03:55.
:03:56. > :04:04.baritone from Russia. Gala El Hadidi a mezzo-soprano. Loriana Castellano,
:04:04. > :04:14.another mezzo. Base baritone, Luthando Qave from South Africa. To
:04:14. > :04:25.
:04:25. > :04:29.start everything off, Maria Celeng a studying in Munich. Her competitive
:04:29. > :04:34.streak doesn't only apply to music. When you play chess, do you always
:04:34. > :04:40.want to win? Oh, yes. Yes, yes.Do you feel the same way about this
:04:40. > :04:49.competition? Well, yes. If I can give my best and still I cannot make
:04:49. > :04:59.it to the final, then I will say, OK, I gave my best. But I would win
:04:59. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:04.the Olympic gold medal it would be the same really. Same feeling.
:05:04. > :05:12.hoping to sweep the board tonight, Maria Celeng from Hungary. 25 years
:05:12. > :05:22.old. One of the youngest in the competition. The Welsh National
:05:22. > :05:22.
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:08:00. > :08:10.Opera. She begins with one of the CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
:08:10. > :08:10.
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:12:26. > :12:36.Handel to begin, Celeng's choice instrument and wonderful expression
:12:36. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:51.in her singing. Atmospheric music accompanying this tale of forbidden
:12:51. > :12:51.
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:16:15. > :16:22.medical school, but she decided her medical school, but she decided her
:16:22. > :16:28.talent lay in the voice. Maria says she is happy to be singing in front
:16:28. > :16:32.of Dame Kiri. That was a fantastic way to start? Absolutely. With her
:16:32. > :16:40.beautiful voice and... She has an inner emotion that comes out. It
:16:40. > :16:45.moves you. It moved me anyway. delighted the audience. It's a tough
:16:45. > :16:49.role to carry off? I'm being picky. This is a beautiful voice with
:16:49. > :16:51.wonderful line and technical wonderful line and technical
:16:51. > :16:56.wonderful line and technical artistry. It's a part that is
:16:56. > :17:00.decided by how strong your voice is in the middle and the bottom not by
:17:00. > :17:04.wonderful top ringing top notes. You have to centre it. It is a weighty
:17:04. > :17:08.part. She is too light for me. looks terrific. There is a real
:17:08. > :17:13.character to her on stage? Absolutely. She tells the story she
:17:13. > :17:18.is inside the character she is singing. I agree with Mary, I do
:17:18. > :17:24.hope she is careful with what repertoire she chuteses. Let us hear
:17:24. > :17:30.what she reckoned to her performance. She is with Josie. To
:17:30. > :17:35.the Moon a beautiful piece. How do you feel it went? Went well. I have
:17:35. > :17:39.a good feeling for others also. I enjoyed it. I have to hear it back
:17:39. > :17:43.then I can... Then you can judge? Yes. You used to watch this
:17:43. > :17:47.competition back home in Hungary, how did it feel now you are on the
:17:47. > :17:54.stage in Cardiff? Yes, I was thinking before I went on the stage
:17:54. > :18:02.- now I'm here, I saw on monitors. I'm very happy. Exciting. It's happy
:18:02. > :18:08.excitement. It's good. She finished her repertoire with Song to the
:18:08. > :18:13.Moon. I would say the Aria is even more famous. We will hear it twice
:18:13. > :18:17.tonight. Presenting his calling card with great gusto. Mary cut to the
:18:17. > :18:27.chase and combed the archives to explore the styling of opera's
:18:27. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:46.opera. He is the star of not just one, but two of the most famous
:18:46. > :18:56.operas of all-time. He is at the heart of Mozart Marriage of Figaro.
:18:56. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:02.He has one of the greatest musical entrances ever written. The Figaro
:19:02. > :19:07.of the basher of Seville is a basher. He is so much more than a
:19:07. > :19:17.hairdresser. He is a loveable wide boy who will sort out anything for
:19:17. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:24.anybody on the slide, so long as the money is right. -- sly. Remember, a
:19:24. > :19:29.basher is also a surgeon. Treating your nasty little diseases with the
:19:29. > :19:33.traditional blood letting. The red and white of the basher's pole
:19:33. > :19:43.represents blood stained bandages. Demand is very high for Figaro's
:19:43. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:53.services. Everyone is calling for him. The many high notes show his
:19:53. > :20:03.exuberance. The rapid fire implies intrigue and conspiracy. There is
:20:03. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:10.more than a schmaltering of horray for me. Figaro's not just a loveable
:20:10. > :20:15.rogue or a vain peacock, he is a little of both. The best singers
:20:15. > :20:19.have to use everything provided for them, it requires technical
:20:19. > :20:29.resources and gives something extra. Only then can they reveal the
:20:29. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :20:54.complete person behind the basher's the capital of Uzbekistan. He joined
:20:54. > :20:59.the local opera company aged eight but wasn't keen to go on the road.
:20:59. > :21:05.He told me all the time that it could be a very good opportunity to
:21:05. > :21:15.get somewhere to see the world. To travel a lot. I was like, no, I
:21:15. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:22.don't want. I want to live, I don't care about all this stuff. Great
:21:22. > :21:32.acoustic. For me it's very important to be here in Cardiff and to
:21:32. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:43.represent my country. A lot of people can watch you and hear your
:21:43. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:55.voice and for our profession it's very important. Here is Alexey
:21:55. > :22:05.Bogdanchikov to start with Verdi. Don Carlos's great friend lies dying
:22:05. > :22:05.
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:25:38. > :25:46.singing from Verdi's don Carlo. Beautiful voice. Totally in command.
:25:47. > :25:53.Now he has to move from noble Marquis to lovelorn clown in
:25:53. > :26:03.Korngold's serenade of lost love from Korngold's opera Die Tote
:26:03. > :26:03.
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:30:42. > :30:52.a voice like his. A complete change of mood to finish the first
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:35:44. > :35:50.performance of the night. The go-to performance of Figaro's aria from
:35:50. > :35:56.The Barber of Seville. You were talking about how challenging
:35:56. > :36:04.Figaro's aria can be. How did Alexey manage? I don't think he is a
:36:04. > :36:08.natural Figaro. He is a contained inward performer. I think the other
:36:08. > :36:18.suited him best. You have to be abandoned in Figaro. I think he
:36:18. > :36:19.
:36:19. > :36:26.missed that. Technically, it was fantastic. From Korngold you had the
:36:26. > :36:31.despair? He found his inner self. I wonder if he is quite nervous and
:36:31. > :36:35.well disguised. I felt there was tension... He talked to us about how
:36:35. > :36:39.as a child he could sing without nerves what so ever. As he gets
:36:39. > :36:43.older he finds it increasingly difficult. There didn't appear to be
:36:43. > :36:51.nerves on the surface? It's important it have nerves. You have
:36:51. > :36:57.to. It's like... He was very still, our soprano was painting every
:36:58. > :37:00.phrase, too much movement really. Trying to sculpt the phrases with
:37:00. > :37:05.her hands much he was very still. The truth lies somewhere in the
:37:05. > :37:10.middle. Let us find out what he thought of his performance. Over to
:37:10. > :37:20.Josie. That final aria full of challenges, were you enjoying your
:37:20. > :37:21.
:37:21. > :37:26.self-up there? Me? Oh, it's very difficult to judge my myself I think
:37:26. > :37:32.I wouldn't say so. By the smile on your face you seemed to be having a
:37:32. > :37:38.good time though? I tried to do my best. I tried to be nice also.
:37:38. > :37:43.came across as delightful. The audience here at St David's Hall
:37:43. > :37:46.clearly loved your performance. Here at Cardiff Singer the people who
:37:46. > :37:56.decide who will make it through to this Sunday's final are of course
:37:56. > :38:01.
:38:01. > :38:11.our judges. The competition's judges. Is this person actually
:38:11. > :38:35.
:38:35. > :38:43.Singer has introduced some of the greatest singers of today. We hope
:38:43. > :38:48.we will add to it this week. There they are in their position at the
:38:48. > :38:53.back of the stalls. I wonder what they are thinking? All will be
:38:53. > :38:58.revealed in an hours' time. There is more music and drama to come before
:38:59. > :39:03.we have a decision. Cardiff Singer may be 30 years old, but we still
:39:03. > :39:11.like to break new ground. Our next singer, Gala El Hadidi, is the first
:39:11. > :39:14.Egyptian to represent her country here. Josie has met her. Gala was
:39:14. > :39:19.born in Cairo and now works in Dresden. These days she finds it
:39:19. > :39:23.difficult to perform back home where the new government is cutting back
:39:23. > :39:27.western art forms like opera. there is a certain political
:39:28. > :39:31.pressure on me, in the sense that I want to make a statement if
:39:31. > :39:37.Egyptians and if the government sees it that we know we are not going
:39:37. > :39:44.down without a fight. Is it like being here for you where the
:39:44. > :39:49.classical arts are embraced? I'm in heaven. I'm being pampered. Everyone
:39:49. > :39:56.in Cardiff is treating us as if we are superstars. I never thought in a
:39:56. > :40:06.million years I would be actually doing this in Cardiff. I'm here. I
:40:06. > :40:25.
:40:25. > :40:30.still knock-on my head and go, "I'm Here she comes. Starting her set
:40:30. > :40:40.Backstage there with Graeme Jenkins. Here she comes. Starting her set
:40:40. > :40:40.
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:42:19. > :42:29.operatic character. Next Delilah trying to establish the sources of
:42:29. > :42:29.
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:45:21. > :45:31.Samson's strength in Saint Saen Saen opera, Samson and Delilah. To
:45:31. > :45:36.
:45:36. > :45:41.finish, Venus in Silk is an operetta by Robert Stoltz, Viennese
:45:41. > :45:51.songwriter. At a grand party Princess recalls her Polish home
:45:51. > :45:51.
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:49:40. > :49:50.Stoltz. Gala is here with her mother, like her, fiercely proud of
:49:50. > :50:00.
:50:01. > :50:07.Cairo's operatic tradition which she dubbing Disney movies into Arabic in
:50:07. > :50:12.Cairo. She says getting to Cardiff Singer is living her dream. Let us
:50:12. > :50:18.talk our way through the programme, first of all Stoltz which you have
:50:18. > :50:23.sung I sang it several times. It is a wonderful number. She choice the
:50:23. > :50:32.repertoire well tonight. To end by that number by Stoltz, it not
:50:32. > :50:35.well-known. He wrote 70operattas, we don't hear them often. A great
:50:35. > :50:40.ender. Young sing verse to learn that the music they love isn't
:50:40. > :50:47.necessarily on a world stage what they should be singing. All those
:50:47. > :50:52.pieces require required sensuality in the voice, temptation in the
:50:52. > :51:01.voice, it means fatness of the sound. She can't quite do it yet.
:51:01. > :51:07.was a programme, every single song was for a vamp. A highly sexually
:51:07. > :51:14.charged figure? It was a seducing programme indeed. Maybe she is not
:51:14. > :51:19.quite the see duct res yet. could see her as Carmen if you were
:51:19. > :51:24.a director? Absolutely.Back to Josie. Our first ever singer from
:51:24. > :51:29.Egypt. Do you feel you did your country proud? I hope so. I had fun.
:51:29. > :51:33.It was great audience and great energy. I was a little bit tense, I
:51:33. > :51:37.have to say. It was awe stm. The orchestra. You couldn't ask for a
:51:37. > :51:41.bet are orchestra or better conductor or night. In the audience
:51:41. > :51:46.your mother made it over. It must be great to have that support? It's
:51:46. > :51:50.lovely having someone over from Egypt, especially my mum. I would
:51:50. > :51:56.love my dad to have been here. He couldn't come. Especially during the
:51:56. > :52:02.days it's nice to feel support from back home. She changed seats. She
:52:02. > :52:12.was in the middle and going like... I don't blame her, she wanted a
:52:12. > :52:16.closer look. Yeah.Thank you. 30 years of Cardiff Singer lots about
:52:16. > :52:21.the rich history of the competition at the website. Do tweet us your
:52:21. > :52:25.memories of Cardiff, what about those who slipped through the net as
:52:25. > :52:35.well as those singers who became famous. We have a memory wall as
:52:35. > :52:43.well. On that memory wall Dorothy has written - my great memory of
:52:43. > :52:47.Cardiff Singer, Katerina Karneus. Clear winner in 1995. All wonderful.
:52:47. > :52:54.Was it really a wonderful experience? Absolutely. It was a
:52:54. > :52:59.truly wonderful experience. It s a wonderful place. People are so
:52:59. > :53:05.friendly. They look after you. I know they are in good hands these
:53:05. > :53:09.young singers here. Happened after you won? The phone went ringing,
:53:09. > :53:12.started ringing, all the concert houses, all the opera houses in the
:53:12. > :53:16.world started phoning asking my availablity. Wonderful having you
:53:16. > :53:20.back with us this evening. We will hear more from you later on. I
:53:20. > :53:24.wonder whether it be another mezzo that win this is year? Our second of
:53:24. > :53:34.the night is the first of two Italian singers in Cardiff this
:53:34. > :53:41.
:53:41. > :53:46.her singing teacher told her she had a fantastic voice. Before that her
:53:46. > :53:53.passion had been that other great Italian obsession, football.
:53:53. > :53:57.played with my brothers when I was young and in a family team. Football
:53:57. > :54:07.very competitive. Are you enjoying the competitive aspect of this
:54:07. > :54:08.
:54:08. > :54:12.process? Yes. It's competitive, but I love the team and the work with
:54:12. > :54:20.the person. We will see if you can score the winning goal here in
:54:20. > :54:30.Cardiff. For now, try and get one past me. Oh. I'm very happy to be
:54:30. > :54:30.
:54:30. > :54:35.here, but it would be a dream to win CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:54:35. > :54:44.Can she score an operatic goal tonight? Loriana brings a tasty
:54:44. > :54:54.programme with her, Mozart to begin, the great aria from La Clemenza di
:54:54. > :54:54.
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:58:38. > :58:47.Tito where Sesto agreeses to additions in Milan for this year's
:58:48. > :58:51.
:58:51. > :59:01.Cardiff Singer. Another of the classical world's Sesto's next in
:59:01. > :59:01.
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:01:56. > :02:01.A happy ending to Loriana's Cardiff choices. Cinderella has married her
:02:01. > :02:11.Prince and is in the mood for forgiveness. A sparkling operatic
:02:11. > :02:11.
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:06:32. > :06:37.of her culture. My guest sang that aria in 1995 when you won Cardiff
:06:37. > :06:41.Singer of the World. You know it very well? I do.How was that
:06:41. > :06:47.performance? She gave it all she had. I do have a slight concern when
:06:47. > :06:53.it comes to the technical issues. It looks hard for her. It shouldn't be
:06:53. > :06:57.hard. It should be easy. How do you make it easy? Basically, the body is
:06:57. > :07:03.your instrument. The whole body. It concerns me a lot when I see singers
:07:03. > :07:06.not using their support properly. They are singing from up here. It
:07:07. > :07:10.takes years. It is like being an athlete. That should go out on a
:07:11. > :07:16.race for 100 m. Have you to be fit, warmed up, you have to have all your
:07:16. > :07:24.body with you. She is 32. One of the older singers. It is something you
:07:24. > :07:29.can change, presumably? You can. It takes several years. Is at home sing
:07:29. > :07:33.singing? Very stylish and confident with the runs. Very confident with
:07:33. > :07:38.the ornaments. She felt she inhabited that material. To Josie.
:07:38. > :07:45.You study so long to get to this point in your career, did you sing
:07:45. > :07:53.as you hoped you would today? very excited. I don't know how I had
:07:53. > :07:58.to sing. I'm very happy. Now I can relax and to listen to the other
:07:59. > :08:01.singers. Exactly. You earnt it. Relax and enjoy the rest of the
:08:01. > :08:07.competition. Thank you very much. All of tonight's singers are taking
:08:07. > :08:15.part in the Song Prize. The heats at the Royal Welsh College of Music and
:08:15. > :08:23.Drama are now over. You can hear the contenders singing Brahms, Debussy,
:08:23. > :08:32.Barber and much more on Radio Three tomorrow. The song Prize Final is
:08:32. > :08:37.here on BBC Four on Saturday night. Our final singer of the night in
:08:37. > :08:47.this second round is someone who has a very special connection with BBC
:08:47. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:03.Cardiff Singer of the World. Lch uthando is in his final year of
:09:03. > :09:09.study at the college in New York. was undescribable. I feel like I
:09:09. > :09:14.have develop developed more for opera music especially for the
:09:14. > :09:20.baritone. It, basically, changed my life. Coming to Cardiff is a dream
:09:20. > :09:24.come true. With the Cardiff Singer of the World title I couldn't look
:09:24. > :09:31.at. It my heart started to beat so fast. I hoped it. I couldn't
:09:31. > :09:36.breathe. I was so excited. I was like - I'm not dying today I have to
:09:36. > :09:46.sing for the Cardiff Singer of the World that was really, really
:09:46. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:17.his heroes. He beginses his entry as Rossini's KBarber of Seville, Figaro
:10:17. > :10:17.
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:21:23. > :21:29.of Spades. He did a wonderful thought I might have seen a tear?
:21:29. > :21:34.small lump. I think Yeletsky it was the least successful. This is a
:21:34. > :21:42.huge, huge thing his voice isn't consistently powerful at top and
:21:42. > :21:46.bottom and middle. He can't ride the orchestra. We straebd he was our
:21:46. > :21:54.barber expert? It was full of humour and wit. It was natural, completely
:21:54. > :22:00.organic. He was loving it. I think he was also concentrating a bit
:22:00. > :22:07.extra. He had a little frog it was hard to go with it. I have to
:22:07. > :22:13.forgive him a little bit there. end, did you enjoy that Absolutely.
:22:13. > :22:16.I was surprised by the piece. It was Placido Domingo's favourites much he
:22:16. > :22:20.coped with the top beautifully. Really thrilled. Beautiful.
:22:20. > :22:24.talked yesterday about the change of the opera man as it were. South
:22:24. > :22:29.Africa is a good example of that. When Cardiff Singer started 30 years
:22:29. > :22:34.ago we didn't know of many famous South African singers. They seem to
:22:34. > :22:39.be coming thick and fast. A lot from Cape Town Opera. There are different
:22:39. > :22:44.pockets of activity. Wonderful voices, especially in the men,
:22:44. > :22:51.especially the baritones, many sound like tenors but bar stones.
:22:51. > :22:55.Backstage to Josie. We were watching you and you have sang on that stage
:22:55. > :23:05.in the competition, how does it feel? It feels great. I feel like it
:23:05. > :23:10.could have been better. I got sick last night. I have been trying to
:23:10. > :23:14.fight this phelm. We know.I enjoyed. It I loved singing there.
:23:14. > :23:20.Going back to my throat again. I hope it was a different throat.
:23:21. > :23:24.know. Nevertheless, I'm sure somewhere you inspired a young
:23:24. > :23:32.singer as you were inspired. Thank you very very much. Has stepped out
:23:32. > :23:41.because the Chairman of the Cardiff Singer jury this year Nicholas Payne
:23:41. > :23:46.has joined us. He started his opera administration career at the Royal
:23:46. > :23:55.Opera moved here to the Welsh National opera before running the
:23:55. > :24:00.opera North and ENO. He has a gorgeous voice. Us how you mark the
:24:00. > :24:04.competitors? We mark one to five, quite simply. We put them in order.
:24:04. > :24:08.We don't consult among each other. Talking at all? There is talking
:24:08. > :24:15.afterwards. If it's very close of course you have a little bit of an
:24:15. > :24:22.argument. Your first time Chairing, are you enjoying yourself? Better to
:24:23. > :24:29.be member of a jury than singing. I was thinking, my good goodness I'm
:24:29. > :24:34.glad I'm not a singer. Lots of heated discussion here in St David's
:24:34. > :24:37.Hall about who should win tonight's heat. The winner this evening may
:24:37. > :24:43.not necessarily go through to Sunday's final. On the other hand
:24:43. > :24:49.there might be more than one singer from tonight who make it is through.
:24:49. > :24:58.That final live on BBC Four on Sunday night starting at 7. 7.30pm.
:24:58. > :25:05.Mary is back in her seat. Let us ourselves of the singers we heard
:25:05. > :25:10.this evening. Starting with Maria Celeng? Glorious, soprano. Beautiful
:25:10. > :25:16.woman. I don't think she choose quite the right repertoire. Very
:25:16. > :25:20.accomplished and great potential. First of all, Alexey Bogdanchikov
:25:20. > :25:25.from Russia Beautiful technique. Even voice throughout the range. I
:25:25. > :25:35.don't know if he was a slight bit nervous tonight. I really great
:25:35. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:41.singer voice, I believe. Luthando Qave natural singer and performer.
:25:41. > :25:48.Difficult choice. How did the two compare? For me, the two combined
:25:48. > :25:56.together and shaken up in a whisk would be the best baritone to win
:25:56. > :26:01.tonight. What about the mezzo-soprano. Let us start with
:26:01. > :26:08.Gala El Hadidi It's very difficult judging. I lacked some kind of line
:26:08. > :26:15.or compassion in her performance. She choice audience friendly
:26:15. > :26:20.repertoire. She sang it. It was wonderful. I felt she was working so
:26:20. > :26:28.hard. That worried me. It shouldn't look hard for us. If you had to pick
:26:28. > :26:32.a winner who will win? It's tough. It might be Miss Hungary. I somehow
:26:32. > :26:37.think Miss Hungary will win as well. I would have loved to have seen
:26:37. > :26:46.Luthando go through as well. Maria Celeng gets your vote. Let us find
:26:46. > :26:56.out what the jury have decided. Here are the jury, led by Dame Kiri Ta
:26:56. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:19.Kanawa, Dame Felicity Palm mesh. Hakan Hargegard and Neil Schicoff
:27:19. > :27:24.and Marin Hofmeister. And Hansen. The winner we have choosen is Maria
:27:24. > :27:29.Celeng. The soprano from Hungary wins this second round of BBC
:27:29. > :27:33.Cardiff Singer of the World 2013. Not a surprise. She was the clear
:27:33. > :27:40.favourite tonight. I'm pleased about it. She has a lovely voice. She is
:27:40. > :27:47.is a true singer. Mary? Aagree. Some work to do technically. Gloriously
:27:47. > :27:54.full of potential. Maria Celeng from Hungary, winner of Round 2. We will
:27:54. > :28:04.be back tomorrow at 7. 30pm when we will hear from the Welsh entrant
:28:04. > :28:06.