2012 Laureates
- The Culturarte prize (US$10,000), offered by Guillermo and Bertita Martínez: Antonio Poli (Italian tenor, 26);
- The Don Plácido Domingo, Sr., Zarzuela prize (US$10,000): Yunpeng Wang (Chinese baritone, 24);
- The Pepita Embil Domingo Zarzuela Prize (US$10,000): Janai Brugger (American soprano, 29);
- Two third prizes (US$10,000 each): Roman Burdenko (Russian baritone, 28), Nadezhda Karyazina (Russian mezzo-soprano, 25);
- Two second prizes (US$20,000 each): Brian Jagde (American tenor, 32) ex-aequo with Yunpeng Wang (Chinese baritone, 24), and Guanqun Yu (Chinese soprano, 29);
- Two first prizes (US$30,000 each): Anthony Roth Costanzo (American countertenor, 30) ex-aequo with Amartuvshin (Mongolian baritone, 26), and Janai Brugger (American soprano, 29);
- Two audience prizes (watches offered by Rolex): Yunpeng Wang (Chinese baritone, 24) and Janai Brugger (American soprano, 29).
