Winners
of the OPERA CROWN - 1st Tbilisi International Voice Competition
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)
We are pleased to announce that the following singers have been selected to take part in the Competition:
- Andreasyan Hovhannes tenor, Armenia
- Bakhritdinova-Kravchuk Kseniya soprano, Ukraine
- Beridze Mariana soprano, Georgia
- Chelidze Giorgi bass, Georgia
- Cushnir Anastasia soprano, Moldova
- Davitadze Giorgi tenor, Georgia
- Druhak Alina soprano, Ukraine
- Erdenee Ochirsaikhan baritone, Mongolia
- Gavasheli Ketevan soprano, Georgia
- Gil Byeong Min bass, South Korea
- Gigineishvili Givi bass, Georgia
- Haagen Sophie mezzo-soprano, Denmark
- Hallam Lunga tenor, South Africa
- Ismatov Farrukh baritone, Uzbekistan
- Istratii Liliana mezzo-soprano, Moldova
- Jarzabek Lucyna soprano, Poland
- Kim Jaejun baritone, South Korea
- Khomutova Evgeniya mezzo-soprano, Russia
- Ku Bonsu bass/baritone, South Korea
- Kordzaia Tamta soprano, Georgia
- Koberidze Sofia mezzo-soprano, Georgia-Italy
- Kurennaya Pelageya soprano, Russia
- Lee Kanghyuk baritone, South Korea
- Lebanidze Tamar soprano, Georgia
- Lee Leonardo baritone, South Korea
- Ledina Laima soprano, Latvia
- Levchuk Margarita soprano, Belarus
- Malesza Anna soprano, Poland
- Malieloa Palesa soprano, South Africa
- Mainguene Solen soprano, France
- Melogionnidis Dionysios tenor, Greece
- Mchedlishvili Sophio soprano, Georgia
- Moyake Siphamandla soprano, South Africa
- Nikolaieva Kseniia mezzo-soprano, Ukraine
- Paresishvili Giorgi tenor, Georgia
- Plumb Sean Michael baritone, USA
- Rangwanasha Masabane Cecilia soprano, South Africa
- Redding Caitlin mezzo-soprano, USA
- Roinishvili Mariam soprano, Georgia
- Shapovalov Aleksey baritone, Russia
- Sherazadishvili Irina soprano, Georgia
- Sikharulidze Lela dramatic soprano, Georgia
- Stepanyan Arsen tenor, Armenia
- Tambaro Luisa soprano, Italy
- Tibelishvili Aleksandre tenor, Georgia
- Tomczyk Jedrzej tenor, Poland
- Tsamalashvili Giorgi baritone, Georgia
- Tripuvanantakul Thanapat baritone, Thailand
- Yende Nombulelo soprano, South Africa
- Zakaidze Nino mezzo-soprano, Georgia
- Zidaric Andreja soprano, Slovenia
OPERA CROWN, Tbilisi International Voice Competition, will make a start in May, 2018. It will take 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.
The 1
st Competition will take place at the Tbilisi Opera House from April 30 to May 5, 2018.
Stay tuned for more information!
AGE LIMITS:
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.
APPLICATION:
Preliminary Audition (January 15-April 1, 2018):
The Competition Committee must receive the candidate’s complete
Application Form
along with high quality video recording (DVD/YouTube) made within last 6 months by post at the following address: 25 Rustaveli ave., 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre (Attn. Rusudan Matsaberidze, Director of the International Relations Department; tel.:+995 599657765) or via e-mail to rusikomatsaberidze@yahoo.com, no later than April 1, 2018.
Other documents to be included are as follows:
- 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.
Preliminary Audition will be conducted by submitted high quality video recordings. The recording must include 2 arias of applicant’s choice (max. 15 min).
There is no registration fee.
ROUNDS:
1st Round: the contestant will sing two arias with piano.
2nd Round: the contestant will sing two arias with piano.
3rd 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 in the Preliminary Audition for the 1
st Round with hotel accommodation in Tbilisi and meals; 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:
Rusiko Matsaberidze
Cell: +995 599657765
rusikomatsaberidze@yahoo.com
Maya Samniashvili
Cell: +995 577140407
mayasamniashvili@gmail.com
Phone: +995 322004464
Email:
operacrowntbilisi@gmail.com
January 15 - April 1, 2018
Preliminary Audition
Selection of contestants by video recordings
April 30, 2018/1:00 pm
Opening Ceremony
Draw
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
May 1, 2, 2018/2:00 pm
1st Round
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
May 3, 2018/2:00 pm
2nd Round
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
May 5, 2018/6:00 pm
3rd Round
Award Ceremony
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
1st Prize: USD 15 000
2nd Prize: USD 10 000
3rd Prize: USD 7 000
Prize of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre: an engagement for a performance, offering a fee of USD 2 000
Zurab Andjaparidze Special Prize to the Best Tenor - Cash Award USD 1 000, funded by Eteri Andjaparidze
Special Prize: USD 1 000
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
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
Badri Maisuradze
Artistic Director
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre
Jury Chair
Grace Bumbry
Soprano
Makvala Kasrashvili
Soprano
Bolshoi Theatre
Francesco Andolfi
Director of Artistic and Planning Department
Teatro di San Carlo
Alessandro Ariosi
Ariosi Management
Fabiana Dalpiaz
Askonas Holt
Jonathan Friend
Artistic Administrator
Metropolitan Opera
Alan Green
Zemsky/Green Artists Management
Peter Mario Katona
Director of Casting
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Olga Rostropovich
Artistic Director
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre
President
Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation
Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Sebastian F. Schwarz
Founder and Chairman of the Jury
Glyndebourne Opera Cup
Ilias Tzempetonidis
Casting Director
Opéra National de Paris