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“Gaetano Fraschini” Pavia, March 26Th-27Th-28Th-29Th, 2020 23rd International Singing Competition New Voices for Opera “Gaetano Fraschini” Pavia, March 26th-27th-28th-29th, 2020 REGULATIONS The Circolo Pavia Lirica (Pavia Opera Club) proclaims the 23nd International Singing Competition New Voices for Opera “Gaetano Fraschini”. Article 1 The competition is open to opera singers of any nationality. They are admitted to the Contest those who, on march 26thth, 2020, have reached the age of 18 and not over 34 (women) and 39 (men) years old. Article 2 In order to be admitted to the Competition, the online application form must be filled in, or downloaded from the website www.pavialirica.it (section Concorsi-Iscrizioni) and sent, by post, fax or mail ([email protected] oppure [email protected]), to the Circolo Pavia Lirica - Viale Lungoticino Sforza 40 - 27100 Pavia (Italy). The form must arrive within March 25th, 2020. The application fee is 80 (eighty) Euros, which has to be sent, by bank draft (IBAN: IT35I0832411300000000165497, BIC: ICRAITRR900) or postal money order, to Circolo Pavia Lirica - Viale Lungoticino Sforza 40 - 27100 Pavia (Italy). The amount is not refundable if the singer renounces to participate. Article 3 The Competition will be carried out in three steps: 1. on March 26th and 27h, 2020 at 11.00 am: Preliminaries at the Circolo Pavia Lirica on private audition; 2. on March 28th, 2020 at 12.00 am: Semi-final at the “G. Fraschini” Theatre on private audition; 3. on March 29th, 2020 at 4.00 pm: Final, in front of an audience, at the “G. Fraschini” Theatre in Pavia. The participants can chose the day for preliminary auditions (March 26th or 27th), to be indicated in the form. All the participants are required to be at the Circolo Pavia Lirica on the chosen day within 10.00 am. They must bring an identification document in original and the application fee payment receipt. The order of participants' audition will be established by the Organizing Committee, in agreement with the Jury. Pianists will be available from the organization, if the candidates wish to be accompained by a pianist at their own expenses, they will be allowed for the preliminaries only. Article 4 The applicants have to present four passages from Italian or foreign operas, in the period from 1750 to 1950. Candidates will have to chose the passages from the list enclosed below: presentation of different passages that have not been selected in the mentioned list will bring to exclusion of the canidate. Passages have to be in original language and tonality. Passages with recitativo and cabaletta have to be complete. Preliminaries: the candidates choose and sing one passage from the four presented. The Jury can ask to sing another passage among the four presented. Semi-final: the candidate sings one passage from the four presented, chosen by the Jury. The Jury can ask to sing another passage among the four presented. Final: the candidate sings two passage from the four presented, chosen by the Jury. A pianist will be at the applicants’ disposal free of charge. The participants have to provide the scores for the selected passages, one copy for the pianist and one copy for the commission. The Jury reserves the right to interrupt the performances at any time. Singers who have won other international opera competitions will be admitted directly to the semi- finals upon presentation of the relevant documents. Article 5 The Jury consists of famous opera singers, music critics and experts appointed by the Organization body and coordinated by a President of the panel. Article 6 Prizes: 1st classified: prize of 2.000,00 Euros 2nd classified: prize of 1.250,00 Euros 3rd classified: prize of 750,00 Euros All finalists will receive a personal certificate of participation. Special prize "Gaetano Fraschini" € 500,00 made available by Lions Cilavegna Sant'Anna to be awarded to the best Italian finalist. Winners will be awarded with a one day Masterclass with a famous opera singer as well as with the participation to a concert to be organized in 2020 at Circolo Pavia Lirica at the presence of medias and agents. The Jury reserves the right to withhold the first prize in case of unsufficient performances: ex-aequo prizes can be assigned. All stated values in this rule as prize or reimbursement are gross values and subjected to by-law tax reduction. Article 7 The Organizer reserves the right to select, among the finalists of the Competition, performers for works and concerts to be performed in the next opera season in the theaters of the Province of Pavia. The winners will be highlighted in the communication to press and other organizers. Article 8 Travel and lodging expenses will be at the applicants’ charge. The Organizers will not cover the mentioned expenses in any case. Article 9 The judgement and the decisions of the Jury are irrevocable. Article 10 The request to participate to the Competition confirms that the applicant accepts all the rules of the herewith regulations. Article 11 Applicants accept the use of their image (photos, audio-video recording) renouncing to any form of payment. Article 12 The applicant declares to have fully read and understood the regulations and to accept it integrally. ------------------------------------- For any information: Circolo Pavia Lirica - Viale Lungo Ticino Sforza 40, 27100 Pavia (Italy) [email protected] - [email protected] - www.pavialirica.it Alberto Campari +39 339 4526565 - whatsapp e wechat +39 327 6858593 PASSAGES FOR THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION New Voices for Opera “Gaetano Fraschini” Alfano: Risurrezione Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, I puritani, Il pirata, La sonnambula, Norma Bizet: Carmen, Les pêcheurs de perles Boito: Mefistofele Catalani: La Wally, Loreley Charpentier: Louise Cherubini: Medea Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, L'arlesiana Delibes: Lakmé Donizetti: Anna Bolena, Don Pasquale, La favorita, La figlia del reggimento, Linda di Chamounix, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucrezia Borgia, L'elisir d'amore, Maria di Rohan, Maria Stuarda, Poliuto, Roberto Devereux Dvořák: Rusalka Flotow: Martha Giordano: Andrea Chénier, Fedora Gluck: Alceste Gomes: Il Guarany Gounod: Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Sapho Haendel: Serse Halévy: La juive Leoncavallo: I pagliacci, La bohème, Zazà Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, L'amico Fritz, Manon, Thaïs, Werther Mercadante: Il giuramento Meyerbeer: Dinorah, L'africana Mozart: Così fan tutte, Die entführung aus dem serail, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Le nozze di Figaro, Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro, La bohème, La fanciulla del West, La rondine, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca, Turandot Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Rossini: Guglielmo Tell, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Il signor Bruschino, La cenerentola, La pietra del paragone, L'assedio di Corinto, L'italiana in Algeri, Semiramide, Tancredi Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalilah Spontini: La vestale Thomas: Mignon Verdi: Aida, Attila, Don Carlo, Ernani, Falstaff, Giovanna d'Arco, I due foscari, I lombardi alla prima crociata, I masnadieri, I vespri siciliani, Il trovatore, La battaglia di Legnano, La forza del destino, La traviata, Luisa Miller, Macbeth, Nabucco, Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, Otello, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera Wagner: Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde All passages have to be sung in the original language, it will be accepted the translation in italian as per tradition (Ex. Martha: M'apparì tutto amor, L'africana: O paradiso...), it will be accepted as well the translation in foreign language (Es. La fille du régiment: Il faut partir)..
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