Open Vocal Preliminaries
Date: Saturday 22 July
Time: 10.00am (Session 1) and 4.00pm (Session 2)
Venue: C2 Theatre, Townsville City Council
Come on a captivating journey as we hear over 35 arias throughout one very music-filled day.
Three finalists will be chosen to progress to the Gala Vocal Finals concert.
What better way to stave off the winter blues than a day of singing?
Tickets available at the door: Adults $10, Concession $8, Members $6, Students (u18) $5
Program
SECTION 2: OPEN VOCAL (PRELIMINARY SESSION)
Entrants prepare a program of EITHER four contrasting arias (with or without recitative) from Opera/Oratorio OR a work/s for Voice and Orchestra e.g. Mozart's Motet, a Bach Cantata or Four Last Songs by R Strauss. Three performers will be chosen from the preliminary stage to compete in the Gala Vocal Concert on Sunday 23 July at 2.00pm
Time limit: 20 - 30 minutes
SESSION 1 - 10.00AM
Rosa Zardus, Brisbane (20 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Ach, ich fühl's" from Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Chil bel sogno'di doretta" from La Rondine Giacomo Puccini
"Adieu notre petite table" from Manon Jules Massenet
"Piangero la sorte mia" from Giulio Cesare George Friedrich Händel
Angelique Both, Melbourne (21 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Steal Me, Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and The Thief Gian Carlo Menotti
"Ach, ich fühl's" from Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Son pochi fiori" from L'Amico Fritz Pietro Mascagni
"Mêsíčku na nebi hlubokém" (Song to the Moon) from Rusalka Antonin Dvořák
INTERVAL – 15 MINUTES
Morgan England-Jones, Brisbane (25 min)
Accompanist: Jan Whelan
"Quando m'en vo" from La Boheme Giacomo Puccini
"Embroidery Aria" from Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten
"Gold is a Fine Thing" from The Ballad of Baby Doe Douglas Moore
"Nun eilt herbei" from Die Lustig Weiber von Windsor Otto Nicolai
Peter Carmen, Townsville (25 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
From Messiah George Friedrich Händel
"Thy rebuke hath broken his heart … Behold and see if there be any sorrow"
"He was cut off out of the land of the living … But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell"
"Pourquoi me reveiller" from Werther Jules Massenet
"Che gelida mania" from La Boheme Giacomo Puccini
“Vainement, ma bien aimée” from Le Roi d'Ys' Édouard Lalo
Madeline Gibbs, Ipswich (24 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Ach ich liebte" from Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Da tempeste il legno infranto" from Giulio Cesare George Friedrich Händel
"Depuis le jour" from Louise Gustave Charpentier
"Embroidery Aria" from Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten
SESSION 2 - 4.00PM
Emilio Ricardo Gutiérrez Vasques, Tlahuac MEXICO (21 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Willst du dich nicht mehr ergetzen" from Cantata BWV 208 Johann Sebastian Bach
"Vainement, ma bien aimée" from Le roi d' Ys Édouard Lalo
"Romanza de Muley Azraëldivino ángel" from Zulema Ernesto Elorduy
"Io gia t'amai" from Rodelinda Regina de' Longobardi HWV 19 George Friedrich Händel
Kate Morris, Brisbane (20 min)
Accompanist: Jan Whelan
"Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro" from The Marriage of Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Intorno all'idol mio" from Orontea Pietro Marc'Antonio Cesti
"Addio del passato" from La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi
"If God be for us" from Messiah George Friedrich Händel
"Quando m'en vo" from La Boheme Giacomo Puccini
INTERVAL – 15 MINUTES
Blake Parham, Sydney (20 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Io gia t'amai" from Rodelinda Regina de' Longobardi HWV 19 George Friedrich Händel
"Unis des la plus tender enfance" from Iphigenie en Tauride Christoph Gluck
"O Colombina" from Pagliacci Ruggero Leoncavallo
"Szumią jodły na gór szczycie" from Halka Stanisław Moniuszko
"Here I stand" from The Rake's Progress Igor Stravinsky
Bianca Bacchiella, Ingham (21 min)
Accompanist: Maryleigh Hand
"Zerfliesse mein Herze" from St. John Passion BWV 245 Johann Sebastian Bach
From Le Nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro"
"Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio"
"Monica's Waltz" from The Medium Gian Carlo Menotti
ANNOUNCEMENT – THREE FINALISTS
All entrants and accompanists are asked to be present for the announcement of the three finalists. Presentation of reports to entrants (excluding finalists) and instructions for performance/accompanists in the Gala Vocal Concert on Sunday 23rd at 2.00pm by the Production Team.