The second selection round of the III International competition of young opera singers and directors named after P. I. Slovtsov came to the end. 42 vocalists took part in it. On the judgement of jury young singers submitted arias from operas and romances.

Following the results of listening in the final 13 contestants will fight for the rank of winners:

Ksenia Hovanova (Russia), Olga Burmistrova (Russia), Tatyana Prytchenkova (Russia), Darya Ryabinko (Russia), Olga Cheremnykh (Russia), Inna Spodina (Russia), Vyacheslav Vasilyev (Russia), Sergey Vanin (Russia), Alexander Mikhalev (Russia), Alexey Strazhevich (Belarus), Sergey Osovin (Russia), Alexander Sukhanov (Russia), Mikhail Pirogov (Russia).