III International Opera Singers Competition of Galina Vishnevskaya

June 1-7, 2010

The International Opera Singers Competition of Galina Vishnevskaya is established in the honor of the jubilee of the world-known singer - People’s Artiste of the USSR, the owner of numerous international awards and premiums.
Since now the International Opera Singers Competition of Galina Vishnevskaya will be held in Moscow once in two years. III Competition will be in June 2010.

The II International Opera Singers Contest is open to singers of all nations:
women aged 22 - 32 inclusive;
men aged 23 - 35 inclusive.
Awards
1st prize 450 000 rub (10.000€)
2nd prize 210 000 rub (4750€)
3rd prize 150 000 rub (3400€)

Special Contest Prizes
- Participation in the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center repertoire performance.
- A one year gratuitous training in the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center.
- Preparation of a Russian or a Western European opera roles at Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center.
- Prize for the best interpretation of aria from Galina Vishnevskaya repertoire.
- An Audience Appreciation Prize.
- Best Russian Aria Interpretation Prize.
- Prize for the Artistry.

Competition Repertoire
Russian Operas

Borodin - Prince Igor
Glinka - Ivan Susanin, Ruslan and Ludmila
Dargomyzhsky - The Mermaid
Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina
Prokofiev - War and Peace
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tsar’s Bride, Sadko, The Golden Cockerel
Tchaikovsky - Eugeny Onegin, The Queen of Spades
Iolanta, Mazepa
Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Katerina Izmailova)

Foreign Operas
Bellini - Norma, I Puritani
Bizet - Carmen
Verdi - Aida, Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Otello, Il Trovatore, La Traviata,
Don Carlos, Nabucco, Simon Boccanegra, Ernani, Macbeth, Luisa Miller
Gounod - Faust
Delibes - Lakme
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Fille du Regiment, Don Pasquale, Lucrezia Borgia
Leoncavallo Pagliacci
Mozart - Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro
Mascagni - Cavaleria Rusticana
Puccini - Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot, La Boheme
Rossini - The Barber of Seville, Tancredi, The Cinderella
Saint-Saens - Samson et Dalila
Chilea - Adriana Lecouvreur
Contact:
Application deadline: April 20, 2010.
Applications must be filled in english and sent to the following address:
III International Opera Singers Contest of Galina Vishnevskaya
Ostozhenka Street, 25/1 - Moscow, Russia 119 034
Datum:
7-12-09