Competizione dell' Opera
Encyclopedia
The Competizione dell'Opera is an international singing competition based Germany for singers specializing in Italian opera
.
The participants of the competition apply with sixth different aria
s in the qualifying round for semi final of the Italian Opera. The best ten out of the qualifying rounds are able to participate at the final.
Singers who were once finalists and winners of the competition include Marina Mescheriakova, Ashley Holland, Lado Ataneli, Anja Harteros
, Carla Maria Izzo, Woo-Kyung Kim, and Latonia Moore. The international jury comprises representatives from the major European opera houses and festivals, artists' managers, famous singers, directors and representatives from the media and from music academies. In 2008 the finals concert took place in the Semperoper
in Dresden
with the Saarländischen Rundfunks
Symphony Orchestra.
Italian opera
Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day. Many famous operas in Italian were written by foreign composers,...
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History
In 1996, a new international singing competition was born that focused on Italian operas: "I Cestelli Competizione dell' Opera". Following its two appearances in Hamburg in 1996 and 1998, the competition has been established in Dresden since 2001.The participants of the competition apply with sixth different aria
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
s in the qualifying round for semi final of the Italian Opera. The best ten out of the qualifying rounds are able to participate at the final.
Singers who were once finalists and winners of the competition include Marina Mescheriakova, Ashley Holland, Lado Ataneli, Anja Harteros
Anja Harteros
Anja Harteros is a German operatic soprano. In 1999, she became the first German to win the Cardiff Singer of the World competition -Biography:...
, Carla Maria Izzo, Woo-Kyung Kim, and Latonia Moore. The international jury comprises representatives from the major European opera houses and festivals, artists' managers, famous singers, directors and representatives from the media and from music academies. In 2008 the finals concert took place in the Semperoper
Semperoper
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden . It is located near the Elbe River in the historic center of Dresden, Germany.The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841...
in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
with the Saarländischen Rundfunks
Saarländischer Rundfunk
Saarländischer Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster for the German Bundesland of Saarland, with its headquarters in the Broadcasting House Halberg in Saarbrücken. SR is a member of the ARD.- Finances :...
Symphony Orchestra.
Main Sponsors
- A. Lange & Söhne http://www.alange-soehne.com
- HypoVereinsbank http://www.hypovereinsbank.de
Organizers
- Eva-Maria Stange, Saxon State Minister for Science and the Fine Arts (Patroness)
- Hans-Joachim Frey, Generalintendant of Theater BremenTheater BremenTheater Bremen is the collective name for four auditoria in the city of Bremen - these are the Oper Bremen, the Schauspiel Bremen, the Tanztheater Bremen and the MoKS Bremen....
- Uta-Christine Deppermann, Arts Manager of the State Theatre Braunschweig