Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg announces its 32nd annual international singing competition with vacancies in opera productions, gala programmes and concerts for the International Festival of Young Opera Singers as well as participation in the masterclass and masterclass lied. The competition is open to young opera singers born after January 1st, 1991.
A jury will decide on the invitation to live auditions by pre-selection. This is based on the audiovisual media submitted during registration. The jury will consist of the artistic directors of the productions of the festival summer 2023 as well as singing teachers. The auditions will take place on February 23/24/25th, 2023 in Rheinsberg (subject to alterations).
The competition winners are awarded the opportunity to perform in the opera production in the summer of 2023. In addition, there is the opportunity to participate in other concerts and gala evenings, matinees, guest performances and to network with international singing colleagues and musicians. This way, the festival provides young singers with knowledge and valuable experience for their future careers. Extensive media coverage is expected. In addition, the competition winners will receive prize money of up to € 1.600 as well as free accommodation and meals during the festival (including the rehearsal period) in Rheinsberg.
Registration Deadline: January 6th, 2023
The competition is open to young opera singers born after 1991/1/1. When applying, please indicate what you are applying for (multiple applications are possible). Applicants must be available and without other obligations within the specified period for rehearsals and performances of their desired roles.
JURY
The jury will consist of the artistic directors of the productions of the festival summer 2023, as well as singing teachers.
PRE-SELECTION
Applicants will be invited to participate in the audition on the basis of their submitted audiovisual media (mp3, mp4). To apply for the Masterclass Lied one of the pieces shall be a Kunstlied. The submitted media shall be in quality. Distorted, noisy or otherwise inferior recordings will not be considered.
CONDITIONS
Prize money up to 1.600 €
Board & lodging all-inclusive in the guest house of the Rheinsberg Music Academy.
Travel expenses: reimbursement of one arrival and departure to/from Rheinsberg.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Application form, CV (max. 1.500 characters), photo (300 dpi incl. photo credit), repertoire list, copy of ID card or passport.
APPLICATION
The participants apply online with two selected arias of their choice on audiovisual media (mp3, mp4).
The data can be uploaded online together with the other required application documents. The compulsory pieces are to be prepared for the audition. The sheet music and dialogues will be made available for download after registration.
APPLY online at https://www.muvac.com/vac/musikkultur-rheinsberg-44dfdf9
REGISTRATION FEE
The fee for participation in the competition is 50,00 €. The transfer must be free of charge for the recipient. Admission to the competition takes place after receipt of payment.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE 06.01.2023
AUDITIONS
In Rheinsberg - February 23/24/25th 2023*, Kavalierhaus der Schlossanlage, 16831 Rheinsberg.
*Subject to alterations
»LA MOLINARA OSSIA L’AMOR CONTRASTATO«
Giovanni Paisiello (UA Neapel 1788, Dt. EA Hamburg 1793)
Conductor: Bernhard Forck
Director: Georg Quander
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Rehearsal period: June 12th – July 14th, 2023
Performances: July 14/15/18/19/21/22/25/26th; August 4th & 5th, 2023
Castle Grounds, Open Air, German/Italian (sheet music will be provided)
Rachelina (lyrical soprano), Eugenia (lyrical soprano with slight dramatic undertone), Amaranta (mezzosoprano), Don Colloandro (lyrical tenor) with slight dramatic undertone), Don Luigino (light, lyrical tenor or buffo), Pistofolo (baritone), Rospolone (bass-baritone or bass), Arzt (bass-baritone)
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OPERA GALA
With the Brandenburg State Orchestra under direction of Azis Sadikovic
Start of rehearsals: June 26th, 2023
Concerts: June 29th & 30th; July 1st/2nd/9th, 2023
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MASTERCLASS | Direction: Laura Aikin
Rehearsal Period: July 31st – August 5th, 2023
Concert: August 6th, 2023 Palace Theatre
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MASTERCLASS LIED | Direction: Carolin Masur
Musical Direction: Olav Kröger
Rehearsal Period: August 7th – 10th, 2023
Concerts: August 11th & 13th, 2023 Hall of Mirrors (Palace)
Last year, approximately 260 singers from 44 different countries applied to take part in the international singing competition Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg.
After the audition 50 winners were selected and awarded the opportunity to partake in the opera productions, concerts and masterclasses during the festical summer of 2022.
Many careers started in Rheinsberg!
Among others from:
Today Annette Dasch is one of the leading sopranos of our time. Among her most important roles are Donna Elvira in „Don Giovanni“ (Milan Scala, Berlin State Opera, Bavarian State Opera Munich) and Countess Almaviva in „The Marriage of Figaro“ (Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Teatro Real Madrid, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris, Metropolitan Opera New York, Oper Frankfurt).
Susanne Elmark, the Danish soprano, is a well-known „extreme athlete“ in complicated roles such as Queen of the Night, whom she has sung more than 200 times worldwide in 17 different productions. In 2017 she returned to Rheinsberg for her own master class and in 2018 and 2019 she hosted the Operngala evenings , in 2018 together with her colleague Friedemann Röhlig. In 2020 she will be back again.
Allison Oakes, who first studied X-ray diagnostics before successfully completing her vocal studies, can now be heard as a freelance soprano on international stages.
Olga Peretyako, coloratura soprano, studied singing in Moscow and Berlin. She has sung at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at the Vienna State Opera and won the ECHO Klassik Prize in 2016.
Friedemann Röhlig studied in Leipzig before joining the Staatstheater Kassel in 1998-2002. Since then he has appeared at the opera houses of Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon as well as at the Salzburg, Bregenz and Bayreuth Festivals. In 2018 he returned to Rheinsberg to present the opera gala together with Susanne Elmark. In the same year he also gave his own master class at the Kammeroper Festival.
Marco Jentzsch appeared at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg in 2003 and 2004. Afterwards he had permanent engagements at the Theater Erfurt, at the Staatsoper Hannover and could be heard with numerous guest engagements at international opera houses.
Nadine Weissmann studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and attended master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender and Thomas Quasthoff. A CD „Duets“ with her, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon was released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2006.
Aris Argiris, Greek baritone, has already appeared as a guest at numerous international opera houses. He has had firm engagements at the Dortmund Theatre, the Bonn Opera and the Frankfurt Opera, among others. In 2011 he appeared as Escamillo in Bizet’s „Carmen“ in the first 3-D opera film. The production of this opera was recorded at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London in 2010.
