DAMIAN ARNOLD tenor 25* NSW DANIEL CARISON baritone 24* VIC PAULL-ANTHONY KEIGHTLEY bass baritone 25* WA FILIPE MANU tenor 24* NZ SHIKARA 2017 RINGDAHL FINALS mezzo soprano 25* QLD CONCERT SATURDAY 15 JULY 7:00PM *Age as at 23 June 2017 CONCERT HALL, THE CONCOURSE CHATSWOOD COMPERE Margaret Throsby AM ART FORM. TRADITION. FUTURE. The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition is Australasia’s premier competition of its kind. Since 1982 the competition has provided cash prizes, awards and career development opportunities for CONDUCTOR young opera & classical singers and is the home Dr. Nicholas Milton AM of the Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’). AUSSING.ORG GUEST ARTIST Sitiveni Talei Winner 2008 Marianne Mathy Scholarship THE IFAC HANDA AUSTRALIAN SINGING COMPETITION IS ADMINISTERED BY MUSIC & OPERA SINGERS TRUST LTD (MOST®). TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AND OTHER INITIATIVES, CONTACT US ON – MOSTLYOPERA.ORG OR CALL T 02 9231 4293 PATRON OPERA AUSTRALIA ORCHESTRA Dr. Haruhisa Handa Overture ACADEMIC FESTIVAL / Brahms Chairman, International Foundation DAMIAN ARNOLD of Arts and Culture (IFAC) La fleur que tu m’avais jetéeCARMEN / Bizet DANIEL CARISON Sois Immobile GUILLAME TELL / Rossini PROGRAMME PAULL-ANTHONY KEIGHTLEY APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS, Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni LA SONNAMBULA / Bellini WITH A 20-MINUTE INTERVAL FILIPE MANU Pastorello d’un povero armento RODELINA / Handel ADJUDICATORS Catrin Johnsson SHIKARA RINGDAHL (National Adjudicator) The Swimmer SEA PICTURES / Elgar Tahu Matheson DAMIAN ARNOLD Noëmi Nadelmann Il mio tesoro DON GIOVANNI / Mozart Olafur Sigurdarson DANIEL CARISON Raff Wilson Heiterkeit und Fröhlichkeit DER WILDSCHÜTZ ODER DIE STIMME DER NATUR / Lortzing Narelle Yeo PAULL-ANTHONY KEIGHTLEY Fear no more the heat o’ the sun LET US GARLANDS BRING / Finzi The Finals Concert will be broadcast on ABC Classic FM on Sunday 16th July FILIPE MANU Audio Recording: ABC Classic FM Ah mes amis... Pour mon âme LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT / Donizetti Photography and videography by MOST® SHIKARA RINGDAHL Videographer: Adrian Ussher / John Brock Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio... La tremenda ultrice spada I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI /Bellini Photography: Christopher Getts The complete programme is available online, INTERVAL / 20 MINUTES with biographies, sponsor and supporter acknowledgements videos and more! SITIVENI TALEI Largo al factotum IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / Rossini OPERA AUSTRALIA ORCHESTRA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Overture ROMEO AND JULIET / Tchaikovsky Huntington Estate Wines IPOH TOWN NESPRESSO PRESENTATIONS Steel Bar & Grill The Right Honourable Sir John Key, Patron, IFAC HANDA Jeffrey Black, Chair MOST Advisory Committee Opera Australia Orchestra Midori Miyazaki, Executive Director of International Affairs, IFAC HANDA Catrin Johnsson, National Adjudicator Lyndon Terracini AM Artistic Director, Opera Australia Joe Martorana Chief Operating Officer, Opera Australia Tahu Matheson #LOVEOPERA Head of Music, Opera Australia Jun-Yi Ma Concertmaster and Artistic Advisor, Opera Australia Gérard Patacca General Manager, Opera Australia A4 2017 FINALS CONCERT - INSIDE LEFT OTHER PRIZES: BEL CANTO VOICE PROGRAM AWARDED TO ANY FINALIST SCHOLARSHIP 2017 An opportunity to attend the Audition GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND Training Opera Program in Munich in PRIZES & DRAMA AWARD 2018. Sponsored by the Bel Canto Fees for one year’s study at the Guildhall Summer Voice Program, Munich. School of Music and Drama in the Sponsored by the Bel Canto Summer Voice OPPORTUNITIES Postgraduate Diploma Vocal Training Program. Course in the academic year 2018/19. The winner will also receive the $2,500 Haas MARIANNE MATHY The winner will also receive the Award to assist with travel expenses. Sponsored $5,000 Pasqualina Lipari Prize. Sponsored by the Haas Family Trust. SCHOLARSHIP by V&A Accountants and Business Advisors, Adelaide. SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AWARD (‘THE MATHY’) ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF An engagement to perform with the Sydney MUSIC AWARD Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by the $30,000 TO ASSIST WITH Fees for one year’s study at the Royal Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Northern College of Music (RNCM) in A PROGRAMME OF STUDY Manchester (UK) in the academic year THE SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA 2018/19. Sponsored by Royal Northern CHOIRS PRIZE College of Music, UK. Professional engagement to perform with AND/OR SINGING ACTIVITY the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in 2018. ROSL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP ROYAL Sponsored by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. OVER-SEAS LEAGUE (UK, VIC) Return flights and accommodation in London at CANBERRA SYMPHONY The winner of The Mathy will also receive: Royal Over-Seas House. The winner will enjoy ORCHESTRA PRIZE several performance opportunities in London An engagement to perform with the Canberra Audition Prize from Lyric Opera of or Edinburgh and will receive $2,000 from Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by the the Australian Victorian Branch of ROSL. Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Chicago’s Ryan Center Sponsored by ROSL ARTS; ROSL UK (London) and ROSL Victoria Australia. WAAPA INTERNATIONAL ART SONG ACADEMY PRIZE Fine Music 102.5 Recording Session - One- MERENDA LEGACY PRIZE A scholarship to attend and participate in hour studio recording with Fine Music 102.5 Cash grant of $8,000 to enable the the next Western Australian Academy of recipient to study the Italian language in Italy. Performing Arts (WAAPA) International Sponsored by the Merenda Foundation. Art Song Academy, including flights, Lili Ussher Prize Portrait painting of the accommodation and master classes with winner in concert dress. SAARBRÜCKEN OPERA HOUSE internationally renowned accompanist Graham PRIZE Johnson and other international guests. A three-week immersion program at the State Sponsored by the Western Australian Academy Opera House of Saarbrücken including of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Edith Cowan Oral History Award Taped interview by oral opportunities for language coaching and University, Perth. historian Diana Ritch will be recorded and retained cultural experiences. Sponsored by Dr. Nicholas within the Oral History Collection of the National Milton AM. DAVID HARPER AWARD The winner will also receive the $5,000 Ten lessons with internationally renowned Library of Australia. Phoebe Patrick Award. vocal coach and accompanist, David Harper. Sponsored by Donna Woodhill, Sydney. Sponsored by David Harper. The Mathy Limited edition Drago Marin NELLY APT SCHOLARSHIP CHRISTINE LEAVES AWARD Scholarship of up to $7,000 to fund travel Thirty (30) hours of publicist consultation, Cherina sculpture presented by Music & Opera and accommodation to attend the Israeli business and promotional planning over a Singers Trust Ltd (MOST®). Opera Young Artist Program at the Meitar 5-year period. Sponsored by Christine Leaves. Opera Studio in Tel Aviv. Sponsored by the Israeli Opera and the Nelly Apt Estate. MOST® AUDIENCE PRIZE $500 cash grant from Music & Opera INTERNATIONAL VOCAL ARTS Singers Trust Ltd MOST® awarded by audience INSTITUTE (IVAI) vote. Sponsored by MOST®. NEW YORK SCHOLARSHIP A scholarship to attend the IVAI Summer OPERA AUSTRALIA PRIZE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME School in New York in July 2018. Sponsored Opportunity for all Finalists to attend rehearsals In 2017 the ASC facilitated the first Artist by IVAI, New York. in Melbourne or Sydney, observing an opera Development Programme (ADP) under the The winner will also receive the $3,000 throughout the stages of its production. Nell Pascall Award. Sponsored by the Nell Sponsored by Opera Australia. direction of acclaimed soprano Emma Matthews. Pascall Estate. All Finalists in the ASC have been invited to enrol in the programme and will be matched with an appropriate Mentor. For more information visit our website. A4 2017 FINALS CONCERT - INSIDE RIGHT MOST DONATIONS Could we interest you in joining us in assisting talented opera classical singers achieve their goals? Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd (MOST) enables you to give more to the arts, music, education and community. #LOVEOPERA INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT MOST sponsors and supporters join a family of like-minded people promoting THE IFAC HANDA AUSTRALIAN SINGING COMPETITION IS ADMINISTERED BY MUSIC & OPERA SINGERS TRUST LTD (MOST®). excellence in the arts, music, education and community. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AND OTHER INITIATIVES, CONTACT US ON – MOSTLYOPERA.ORG OR CALL T 02 9231 4293 A MOST sponsor has the opportunity to invest in one of our existing programs or we AUSSING.ORG can help create an activity tailored to an area of your specific interest. This may include the establishment of your own Foundation or creating a Scholarship, grant or award that carries the name and provides the outcome that you wish to achieve. BEQUESTS & MEMORIAL GIFTS A number of our activities were established as the direct result of bequests by individuals,couples or family members of loved ones. What better way to honour one’s own or a loved one’s wishes than to establish an ongoing legacy in an area of interest. For example, The Marianne Mathy Scholarship was established from a bequest in the Will of the Late Marianne Mathy-Frisdane. MOST is experienced in managing the personal and legal issues involved in the establishment of bequests— and have a proven track record in the development and administration of successful legacy programs. DR. HARUHISA HANDA RT HON SIR JOHN KEY GNZM CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND NEW ZEALAND & PATRON FOR There are opportunities for your organisation to contribute to MOST’s