{"id":829,"date":"2013-08-29T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T20:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/copa\/2013\/08\/29\/music-alum-wins-operalia-award\/"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T20:49:04","slug":"music-alum-wins-operalia-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/2013\/08\/29\/music-alum-wins-operalia-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Alum Wins Operalia Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/08\/Ben-Bliss-photo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/08\/Ben-Bliss-photo-320x480.jpg\" alt=\"ben-bliss-photo-2\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\nAlumnus Ben Bliss &#8217;09 won the&#xA0;Don Pl&#xE1;cido Domingo, Sr., Zarzuela Prize&#xA0;at Operalia!&#xA0; Pl&#xE1;cido Domingo&#x2019;s Operalia, The World Opera Competition, was founded in 1993 by Pl&#xE1;cido Domingo to discover and help launch the careers of the most promising young opera singers of today. 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