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 will be invited to compete in Tbilisi.
 
Due to difficult global situation caused by the COVID-19 and putting the health and safety of our contestants, jury members, staff and audience first, it was decided to postpone the 2^nd and  3^rd Rounds of the OPERA CROWN Competition until the end of April, 2021.

Contestants from 29 different countries took part in the 1^st Round of the Competition held on September 14-15, 2020.  As a result of the audition, 40 successful contestants have been selected.

 
 

 

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.
 
There will be no Preliminary Audition. Instead, on September 14-15, 2020, the 1^st Round of the Competition will be held by video recordings provided by the candidates. Around 25 contestants selected by the Jury will be invited to Tbilisi for the 2^nd Round of the Competition.



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:

Rusudan Matsaberidze
Executive Director of the Competition
Cell: +995 599657765 
E-mail: rusikomatsaberidze@yahoo.com

Maya Samniashvili
Manager of the Competition
Cell: +995 595056799          
mayasamniashvili@gmail.com

Phone: +995 322004464
Email: operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com

January 15 - September 11, 2020
Call for Applications


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


April 2021
Draw
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
 
April 2021
2^nd Round
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
 
April 2021
3^rd Round
Award Ceremony
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

The 3^rd Round of the Competition will be streamed live on OperaVision (https://operavision.eu/en).
 

 

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 2020

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

Samuel Gelber 
Director of Artistic Planning
Washington National Opera

Peter Mario Katona
Director of Casting   
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
 
Elisabete Matos
Artistic Director
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Fortunato Ortombina
Artistic Director
Teatro La Fenice

Sebastian F. Schwarz    
General Manager and Artistic Director
Teatro Regio Torino
 
Eva Wagner
Opera Manager
Consultant
Bayreuth Festival
 
Annette Weber
Director of Casting
Staatsoper Hamburg

 

APPLICATION  MUST BE SENT NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

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
Cell: +995 599657765 
rusikomatsaberidze@yahoo.com

Maya Samniashvili
Coordinator of the International Relations and Development Department
Manager of the Competition
Cell: +995 595056799           
mayasamniashvili@gmail.com

Phone: +995 322004464
Email: operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com

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)