MUSIC

Luciano Pavarotti named 40 singers winners of the third Opera Company of Philadelphia-Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition on Sunday night. “But I must tell you, they are all winners,” the tenor said late Sunday night as he stood on stage at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music. A year and a half ago, when this competition began, there was a field of 1,500 singers. That was narrowed to 140 finalists from 18 countries who completed their auditions over the last week in Philadelphia. There were 19 winners in the first competition that began in 1980 with 500 singers and 54 in the second, from a field of 1,000. The format for selecting winners has drawn criticism. Among the winners were 16 Americans.