THE OPERA CROWN, Tbilisi International Voice Competition, was launched in May, 2018. 

The Competition takes place in Georgian capital Tbilisi every two years, each time offering the contestants from all over the world the best and most welcoming atmosphere to perform at their very best. 
 
The Competition is open to opera singers at the start of their professional career and aims at discovering and facilitating the promotion of young talented singers by giving them the opportunity to be heard by a panel of top opera professionals – artistic and casting directors from world's best opera houses.
 
After the Preliminary Audition involving video recordings, 50 singers were invited to compete in Tbilisi.
 
Due to difficult global situation caused by the COVID-19, the second edition of the OPERA CROWN Competition was postponed to November 1-5, 2021.



 
 

 

The Competition is open to:

• women between the ages 21 and 30

• men  between the ages 22 and 32

There will be no exceptions to this rule. 

 
COMPETITION ROUNDS: Competition is divided into a Preliminary Audition and three Rounds. Please note that the rule of selection of the Contestants has been changed due to the situation caused by the corona virus.



APPLICATION:
The Competition Committee must receive the candidate’s complete Application Form 

• a copy of passport;
• a copy of an official document confirming his/her music education;
• 2 recent photographs;
• a professional biography;
• copies of original award certificates (if any).     

Application Form must be filled out in Georgian or in English.

The video recording must include 2 arias of applicant’s choice (max. 15 min).
There is no registration fee.


ROUNDS:
1^st Round: the contestants will be selected by video recordings.
2^nd Round: the contestant will sing two arias with piano.
3^rd Round: the contestant will sing two arias with orchestra.

The arias should be sung in the original language and original key.

The Competition Committee reserves the right to audio-visually record and broadcast the rounds of the Competition.
All Contestants grant the Competition Committee the right to use their name, image, biography, as well as any photographs or audiovisual recordings of their participation in the OPERA CROWN, Tbilisi International Voice Competition, for broadcast on TV, radio and the internet.

PIANIST:

The Competition Committee provides a contestant with an official accompanist throughout the Competition, free of charge. However, a contestant is free to bring a pianist of his/her choice at his/her own expense.
 
ACCOMMODATION:

The Competition Committee provides the singers selected for the 2^nd Round with hotel accommodation in Tbilisi; the Competition Committee will pay the hotel expenses (bed and breakfast) for the contestant until he/she is eliminated from the Competition. To benefit from this offer the contestants must stay at the hotel reserved by the Competition Committee. The reservation refers to shared accommodation.

 
CONTACT INFORMATION:

Email: operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com

Rusudan Matsaberidze
Executive Director of the Competition

Maya Samniashvili
Manager of the Competition

 

January 15 - September 11, 2020
Call for Applications


September 14-15, 2020
1^st Round
Audition by video recordings


November 1, 2021/13:00
Draw
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
 
November 2-3, 2021/14:00
2^nd Round
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
 
November 5, 2021/18:00
3^rd Round
Award Ceremony
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre


 

 

1^st Prize: USD 10 000

2^nd Prize: USD 7 000

3^rd Prize: USD 5 000

Prize of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre: an engagement for a performance, offering a fee of USD 2 000
 

Arias from the operas by following composers: 

Vincenzo Bellini                                       
Georges Bizet
Alexander Borodin                                   
Alfredo Catalani
Francesco Cilea                                         
Léo Delibes
Victor Dolidze                                       
Antonín Dvořák
Gaetano Donizetti 
Umberto Giordano                                   
Mikhail Glinka                                      
Charles Gounod                            
Ruggero Leoncavallo                            
Pietro Mascagni                                                 
Jules Massenet                                       
Giacomo Meyerbeer                             
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Modest Mussorgsky                                            
Jacques Offenbach                                 
Zakaria Paliashvili                                    
Sergei Prokofiev                                          
Giacomo Puccini                                      
Sergei Rachmaninoff                                
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov                                   
Gioachino Rossini                             
Camille Saint-Saëns                                
Dmitri Shostakovich                                  
Richard Strauss                                    
Otar Taktakishvili                                  
Pyotr Tchaikovsky                                       
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner

 

Jury 2021

Badri Maisuradze
Artistic Director
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
Jury Chairman

Francisco Araiza
Tenor

Samantha Farber
Managing Director 
Sono Artists Agency

Virginio Fedeli
Producer and Artist Manager
Atelier Musicale International

Alex Grigorev
Director Artist Management
TACT International Art Management

Olga Rostropovich
Artistic Director
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre
President
Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation

Christian Schirm
Artistic Director
Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris

Sebastian F. Schwarz    
General Manager and Artistic Director
Teatro Regio Torino
Artistic Director
Festival della Valle d’Itria
Rodolfo Celletti Belcanto Academy

Annette Weber
Director of Opera
Opernhaus Zürich

 

APPLICATION  MUST BE SENT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 8, 2021.

TO THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL ADDRESS:  operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com

OPERA CROWN, Tbilisi International Voice Competition
 
Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre
25 Rustaveli ave., 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia
International Relations and Development Department
 
Rusudan Matsaberidze
Director of the International Relations and Development Department
Executive Director of the Competition

Maya Samniashvili
Coordinator of the International Relations and Development Department
Manager of the Competition

Email: operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com

 

1. Leila Alexander, soprano (New Zealand)
2. Mariam Baratashvili, mezzo-soprano (Georgia)
3. Baluan Berkenov, tenor (Kazakhstan)
4. Spencer Britten, tenor (Canada)
5. Ian Burns, baritone (USA)
6. Sedef İlayda Büyükyörük, soprano (Turkey)
7. Sarah Seunghwa Chae, soprano (South Korea)
8. Nino Chikovani, mezzo-soprano (Georgia)
9. Aksel Daveyan, baritone (Armenia)
10. Zaza Gagua, bass (Georgia)
11. Kseniia Galitskaia, soprano (Russia)
12. Anle Gou, tenor (China)
13. Jongwon Han, bass-baritone (South Korea)
14. Fabian Homburg, bass-baritone (Netherlands)
15. Natia Ivaniashvili, soprano (Georgia)
16. Yohan John Ji, baritone (South Korea)
17. Christian Joel, tenor (Trinidad and Tobago)
18. Anna Kharaidze, soprano (Georgia)
19. Elene Khonelidze, soprano (Georgia)
20. Jungyun Kim, tenor (South Korea)
21. Leo Hyunho Kim, baritone (South Korea)
22. Konstantine Kipiani, tenor (Georgia)
23. Anna Knyazyan, soprano (Georgia)
24. Aleksei Kulagin, bass (Russia)
25. Sungjin Lee, baritone (South Korea)
26. Oksana Lepska, soprano (Latvia)
27. Aramo Mamikonyan, tenor (Armenia)
28. Tigran Melkonyan, tenor (Armenia)
29. Giorgi Manoshvili, bass (Georgia)
30. Igor Mostovoi, baritone (Ukraine)
31. Mariam Pirtskhalaishvili, soprano (Georgia)
32. Yuliya Pogrebnyak, soprano (Ukraine)
33. Mariam Roinishvili, soprano (Georgia) 
34. Damir Saduakhassov, tenor (Kazakhstan)
35. Lasha Sesitashvili, baritone (Georgia)
36. Marina Shakhdinarova, soprano (Georgia)
37. Irine Sherazadishvili, mezzo-soprano (Georgia)
38. Otar Shishinashvili, baritone (Georgia)
39. Ekaterina Spivakovskaia, soprano (Russia)
40. Giorgi Sturua, tenor (Georgia)
41. Jiacheng Tan, baritone (China)
42. Veronika Tokareva, mezzo-soprano (Russia)
43. Yuliia Zasimova, soprano (Ukraine)
44. Ekaterina Zhukova, soprano (Russia)

Winners 
of the OPERA CROWN - 2nd Tbilisi International Voice Competition, 2018 

I Prize - Aleksei Kulagin (Bass, Russia)
II Prize - Konstantine Kipiani, (Tenor, Georgia)
III Prize - Aksel Daveyan (Baritone, Armenia)

Prize of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre: an engagement for a performance, offering a fee of USD 2 000 - Yuliia Zasimova (Soprano, Ukraine)




Winners 
of the OPERA CROWN - 1st Tbilisi International Voice Competition, 2018 

I Prize - Byeong Min Gil (Bass, South Korea)
II Prize - Sofia Mchedlishvili, (Soprano, Georgia)
III Prize - Giorgi Tsamalashvili (Baritone, Georgia)

Prize of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre: an engagement for a performance, offering a fee of USD 2 000 - Siphamandla Moyake (South Africa, Soprano)

A special offer from Opéra National de Paris: a two-year internship contract at the Opera Studio of Opéra National de Paris - Byeong Min Gil (Bass, South Korea)