Audition program

Each singer can audition for one or several parts. The audition program has to contain 5 airs of the candidate’s choice in the auditioned works and/or taken from works of the composers of the competition: Haendel, Piccinni, Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. The airs will be necessarily sung by heart and in the original language.

• In La Cambiale di matrimonio by G. Rossini, recitatives are replaced by text in French. A short text in French will be sent by the Internet to singers applying for a part in this opera, as soon as the registration is effective in December 2008. It has to be learnt by heart for a closed-door test in front of the stage director.
• For Didone abbandonata by N. Piccinni, extracts will be sent by the Centre lyrique d’Auvergne on demand.

Auditions

Summons
The day and the hour of passage as well as the hour of rehearsal will be communicated by the Internet on December 15th 2008 to every preset singer.

Place
Maison de la Culture, Salle Jean Cocteau
Rue Abbé de l'Epée, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand

Accompanists
Three accompanists (2 pianists and 1 harpsichord) are hired by the Centre lyrique d’Auvergne and at the singers’ service for the rehearsals and the competitions.

Rehearsals
They will take place in the Maison de la Culture of Clermont-Ferrand.
February 11th, 2009: 9:30 – 13:30 and 17:00 – 19:30
February 12th, 2009: 9:30 – 13:30
February 13th, 2009: 10:00 – 14:00

Competitions
Open to the public except for the closed-door test of text (La Cambiale di matrimonio by G. Rossini)
Alphabetical order will be applied throughout the competition.

Eliminatory auditions
February 11th 2009: 14:00 – 17:00 (15 singers)
February 11th 2009: 20:00 – 23:00 (15 singers)
February 12th 2009: 14:00 – 17:00 (15 singers)

Each artist have to sing two airs chosen by the Centre lyrique d’Auvergne in the candidate’s audition program, and mentioned on the accepted file in December 2008 (max 10 min)

Test of text
February 12th 2009: 17:30 – 19:30
This competition only concerns singers applying for a part in La Cambiale di matrimonio by Rossini.

Final
February 13th 2009: 20:00
The airs sung are chosen by the jury in the candidate’s audition program.