Regulations

PROCEDURE

The competition is divided into two preliminary rounds and the final. The finals will take place in the form of a public concert. Each singer is obliged to participate in the preliminary rounds. Appearance in the final round is mandatory.

Preliminary round – piano accompaniment
Semi-finale round – piano accompaniment
Final round – orchestra accompanimet

The repertoire may include one (1) operetta aria. The other four (4) must be chosen from the opera repertoire.

PERFORMANCES:

Semi-Finale round: two arias from the competition program (one arie is chosen by the paticipant and one by the jury of the competition)

Final: two arias – both arias must be chosen from the LIST OF ARIAS  FOR THE FINALS (the arias already performed in the past rounds can also be chosen again).

• Preliminary round: 6 min
• Semi-finale and finale round: 10 min
• The competition program submitted by the candidate is binding. Subsequent changes to the repertoire are not accepted.
• Accompanists are available free of charge, applicants can also be accompanied by personal pianists.

SCHEDULE

Monday, 3.10.2022

• personal registration at Stignani Theater (10-12h)
• welcome address
• raffle of the start numbers
• after – rehearsals with pianists (14h)

The times mentioned are non-binding and depend on the total number of participants. Please note that we do not accept representations and that every applicant must be present in person.

Tuesday, 4.10.2022

preliminary round (11h)

Wednesday, 5.10.2022

preliminary round (11h)

Thursday, 6.10.2022

Semi – Final round (11h)

Friday, 7.10.2022

Rehearsals for the final concert (10h)

Saturday, 8.10.2022

Final round, concert with the award ceremony (20.30h)

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

Application

• copy of your passport
• copy of your health insurance (please make sure, that you have an adequate health insurance for Europe/Italy – travel insurance is acceptable)
• short CV (preferably not longer than one page) with your contact details
• if you are applying for “dramatic voice” award, please write this in your CV at the top, next to your name.
• Link (video/audio) of an aria of your own choice (youtube/soundcloud/vimeo link) or send an audio/video file via wetranfer to info@stignani.eu
• Bank transfer receipt of the registration fee.

Registration fee

The registration fee is EUR 95,00 and must be transferred to the following account immediately upon registration:

• Internationaler Musikverein Ebe Stignani e.V
  IBAN: DE29 7601 0085 0105 5058 56
  Institution: Postbank (address of the bank: Postbank Hamburg, 22283 Hamburg)
  BIC: PBNKDEFF
• purpose of payment: SC 2022 + name of the applicant

OR via Paypal:

• paypal.me/Stignani (please write us the purpose of payment: SC 2022 + name of the applicant)

The transfer must be free of charge for the recipient. Admission to participation only takes place after receipt of payment. The registration fee cannot be reimbursed in the case of withdrawal, prevention or non-admission. The organizer is entitled to refuse the registration without giving reasons. The written registration is binding. If you are unable to attend, please cancel in good time.

Admission

Stignani Competition will admitt to competition only those applicants:

– who have a classical vocal training

– who have submitted their audio- or video example, with their registration, which will be examined by us.

After the pre-selection has been made, all singers will receive an acceptance or rejection email by September 10, 2022 at the latest. The decisions are final.

The evaluation criteria

• Voice quality
• Musicality
• Vocal technique
• Stage performance
  

Weighting factor is decided by the jury of the competition. The consultations of the jury members are secret and incontestable. The organizer reserves the right to create, reproduce, distribute and edit recordings as well as image material throughout the competition and after the competition. The rights granted also include the use for print media, radio, television and other electronic, digital and audiovisual media, online services and general advertising purposes. The Stignani organization can assign these rights to television and radio stations. If necessary, the entire competition is recorded for archive purposes. No fee is paid to the participants for this. By registering for the competition, the participants agree to the recordings / photos and their utilization.

LIST OF THE ARIAS FOR THE FINALS:

Soprano

V. Bellini:

La sonnambula – Ah, non credea mirarti
Norma – Casta diva
Puritani – Qui la voce sua soave… Vien diletto
I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Oh, quante volte

G. Bizet:

Carmen – Je dis, que rien ne m’épouvante

F. Cilea:

Adriana Lecouvreur – Io son l’umile ancella
Adriana Lecouvreur – Poveri fiori

G. Donizetti:

Don Pasquale – Quel guardo il cavaliere
L’elisir d’amore – Prendi per me sei libero
Linda di Chamounix – O luce di quest’anima
Lucia di Lammermoor – Regnava nel silenzio… quando rapito in estasi

A. Dvořák:

Rusalka – Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém

U. Giordano:

Andrea Chenier – La mamma morta

Ch. Gounod:

Romeo et Juliette – Je veux vivre
Faust – Ah, je ris de me voir

G. F. Händel:

Giulio Cesare – Da tempeste il legno infranto
W. A. Mozart:

Die Zauberflöte – Ach, ich fühl’s
Die Zauberflöte – Der Hölle Rache
Die Zauberflöte – O zittre nicht
Zaide – Ruhe, sanft
Così fan tutte – Come scoglio
Così fan tutte – In uomini, in soldati
Le nozze di Figaro – E Susanna non vien
Le nozze di Figaro – Porgi, amor
Don Giovanni – Batti, batti o bel Masetto
Don Giovanni – Non mi dir
Don Giovanni – Mi tradì quel’alma ingrata

J. Offenbach:

Les contes d’Hoffmann – Les oiseaux dans la charmille

G. Puccini:

La bohème – Si, mi chiamano Mimì
La bohème – Quando me’n vò
Madama Butterfly – Un bel dì vedremo
Madama Butterfly – Tu, tu, piccolo iddio
Gianni Schicchi – O mio babbino caro
Tosca – Vissi d’arte
Manon Lescaut – In quelle trine morbide
Manon Lescaut – Sola, perduta, abbandonata
Suor Angelica – Senza mamma
Turandot – Signore ascolta

G. Rossini:

Guglielmo Tell – Selva opaca
Semiramide – Bel’ raggio lusinghier
G. Verdi:

Aida – Ritorna vincitor
I vespri siciliani – Mercé dilette amiche
La forza del destino – Pace, pace mio Dio
Il Trovatore – D’amor sull’ali rosee
La traviata – È strano
Rigoletto – Caro nome
Macbeth – Nel dì della vittoria
Macbeth – La luce langue
Macbeth – Una macchia è qui tutt’ora
Falstaff – Sul fil d’un soffio etesio
Un ballo in maschera – Morrò, ma prima in grazia
Un ballo in maschera – Saper vorreste
Nabucco – Ben io t’invenni… Anch’io dischiuso un giorno… Salgo già del trono aurato (dramatic)

R. Wagner:

Tannhäuser – Dich, teure Halle

Mezzo-soprano

V. Bellini:

I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Se Romeo t’uccise il figlio

G. Bizet:

Carmen – Habanera
Carmen – Seguidille

F. Cilea:

Adriana Lecouvreur – Acerba voluttà
G. Donizetti:

La favorita – O, mio Fernando
C. Gounod:

Faust – Faites lui mes aveux
G. F. Händel:

Giulio Cesare – Va tacito e nascosto

P. Mascagni:

Cavalleria rusticana – Voi lo sapete o mamma

J. Massenet:

Werther – Ces lettres
Werther – Va! Laisse couler mes larmes

W.A. Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro – Non so più cosa son
Così fan tutte – Smanie implacabili

A. Ponchielli:

La Gioconda – Voce di donna

H. Purcell:

Dido and Aeneas – When I am laid

G. Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia – Una voce poco fa
La Cenerentola – Nacqui all’affanno
Semiramide – Ah quel giorno ognor rammento

C. Saint-Saëns:

Samson et Dalila – Mon coeur

G. Verdi:

Don Carlos – Nel giardin del bello
Don Carlos – O don fatale
Il trovatore – Condotta ell’era in ceppi
Il trovatore – Stride la vampa
Un ballo in maschera – Re dell’abisso, affrettati

Countertenor

G. F. Händel:

Giulio Cesare – Empio, dirò, tu sei
Giulio Cesare – Va tacito e nascosto
Giulio Cesare – Svegliatevi nel core
Giulio Cesare – Sì spietata, il tuo rigore

W. A. Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro – Non so più cosa son

Tenor

V. Bellini:

Norma – Meco all’altar di venere… Me protegge
Puritani – A te o cara

G. Donizetti:

L’elisir d’amore – Quanto è bella, quanto è cara
L’elisir d’amore – Una furtiva lagrima
Lucia di Lammermoor – Tombe degli avi miei… Fra poco a me ricovero
Lucrezia Borgia – Di pescatore ignobile

U. Giordano:

Andrea Chenier – Improvviso
Andrea Chenier – Come un bel dì di maggio

C. Gounod:

Faust – Salut, demeure chaste et pure

R. Leoncavallo:

I pagliacci – Vesti la giubba

J. Massenet:

Werther – Pourquoi me réveiller

W. A. Mozart:

Così fan tutte – Un aura amorosa
Die Zauberflöte – Dies Bildnis
Don Giovanni – Dalla sua pace
Don Giovanni – Il mio tesoro intanto

F. Cilea:

Adriana Lecouvreur – La dolcissima effige

G. Puccini:

Tosca – E lucevan le stelle
Tosca – Recondita armonia
La bohème – Che gelida manina
Turandot – Nessun dorma
La fanciulla del West – Ch’ella mi creda

P. I. Tchaikovsky:

Eugen Onegin – Kuda, kuda

G. Verdi:

Aida – Celeste Aida
Un ballo in maschera – La rivedrò nell’estasi
Un ballo in maschera – ma se m’è forza perderti
Il trovatore – Ah, si ben mio
La traviata – Lunge da lei
Macbeth – O figli, o figli miei
Rigoletto – Ella mi fu rapita
Rigoletto – Questa o quella
Rigoletto – La donna è mobile
Ernani – Mercé diletti amici
La forza del destino – O tu che in seno agli angeli
Luisa Miller – Quando le sere al placido

R. Wagner:

Lohengrin – In fernem Land

Bariton

V. Bellini:

I puritani – Ah, per sempre

G. Donizetti:

Lucia di Lammermoor – Cruda funesta smania
L’elisir d’amore – Come Paride vezzoso

U. Giordano:

Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria

C. Gounod:

Faust – Avant de quitter ces lieux

W. A. Mozart:

Don Giovanni – Fin ch’han dal vino
Così fan tutte – Donne mie
Le nozze di Figaro – Hai già vinta la causa

G. Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia – Largo al factotum

P. I. Tchaikovsky:

Eugene Onegin – Kogda by zhizn
Pikovaya dama – Ja vas lyublyu

G. Bizet:

Carmen – Votre toast

G. Verdi:

Don Carlos – Per me giunto
Falstaff – È sogno o realtà
Ernani – O dei verd’anni miei
Il trovatore – Il balen
La traviata – Di Provenza il mar
Macbeth – Pietà, rispetto, amore
Un ballo in maschera – Eri tu
Rigoletto – Cortigiani
Nabucco – Dio di Giuda… o prodi miei seguitemi

R. Wagner:

Tannhäuser – O du, mein holder Abendstern

Bass

V. Bellini:

La sonnambula – Vi ravviso

G. Donizetti:

L’elisir d’amore – Udite, o rustici
Lucrezia Borgia – Vieni, la mia vendetta
Lucia di Lammermoor – Dalle stanze ove Lucia

C. Gounod:

Faust – Le veau d’or
Faust – Vous qui faite l’endormie

W. A. Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro – Aprite un po quegl’occhi
Le nozze di Figaro – Non piu andrai
Le nozze di Figaro – Se vuol ballare
Die Zauberflöte – O Isis und Osiris
Die Zauberflöte – In diesen heil’gen Hallen
Don Giovanni – Madamina

G. Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia – La calunnia
Il barbiere di Siviglia – Un dottor della mia sorte
La Cenerentola – Miei rampolli femminini

P. I. Tchaikovsky:

Eugen Onegin – Ljubvi vse vozrastji pakorni

G. Verdi:

Don Carlos – Ella giammai m’amò
Ernani – Infelice
Macbeth – Come dal ciel precipita
Simone Boccanegra – Il lacerato spirito
I vespri siciliani – O, tu Palermo
Nabucco – Vieni, o Levita
Attila – Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima

 

* cancellation of Stignani competition in case of force majeure

In case of any unforeseeable, unpreventable or unavoidable force majeure events (including but not limited to act of god, strike, riot, act of war, outbreaks of infectious diseases, government control after contract conclusion, rainstorm or other natural disasters), and thereby causing direct impact on the performance of Stignani competition, or Stignani competition cannot be performed according to the terms agreed, the party who encounters the aforesaid force majeure event shall inform all candidates of  force majeure within 10 (ten) business day.

Neither party may propose a claim for compensation for the loss caused by force majeure. In case of cancellation of Stignani competition due to force majeure, the application fee will be reimbursed.