2012 Edition

You were invited to participate in a first presentation of a new concept:  A Concert-competition, with the Orchestre Lamoureux, conducted by Philippe Hui, at the Salle Gaveau on the 13th January 2012 at 19.30.

 

This first Concert-competition was organised in partnership with Radio Classique.

 

What is a Concert-competition?  Firstly, it is a concert bringing together 9 top-class Opera singers, selected by our Artistic Committee.  All are finalists in one of the great international competitions.  We insist that this event is considered firstly as a concert in order to put the singers in the best possible conditions for their art.  The idea of a “competition” will add an important tension.  In fact, a prestigious Jury will award the prize of the “Paris Opera Competition” and will propose possible engagements in the Theatres they direct. The “public prize” awarded by the audience will add to the enthusiasm and tension.

 

 

 

 

Jean-Luc Choplin, General Director of the Theatre du Châtelet

 

Raymond Duffaut, General Director of the Chorégies d’Oranges

 

Chantal Fournier, General Director of the Salle Gaveau

 

Robert Koerner, Director of the Artistic production at the Opéra de Lyon

 

Sophie de Lint, Director of the Artistic Administration at the ‘Opéra de Zurich

 

Richard Martet, Chief Editor of  “Opéra Magazine”

 

Christoph Seuferle, General Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

 

Pierre Vernes, President of Paris Opera Competition      

 

 

 

First Prize and Prize of the Public                 Olesya  Petrova, mezzo-soprano, Russia

                                                                           Adieu forêts ...(Jeanne)  The Maid of Orléans Tchaikovsky

                                                                           Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Dalila) Samson et Dalila  Saint Saëns 

 

Second Prize                                                   Valentina Nafornita, soprano, Moldavia

                                                                          Quel guardo! so anch'io la virtù (Norina) Don Pasquale Donizetti

                                                                          Dieu quel frisson (Juliette) Roméo et Juliette  Gounod

 

Internet Prize Radio Classique                     Avi Klemberg, Tenor, France

                                                                         L'amour ... Ah, lève toi soleil! (Romeo) Romeo et Juliette  Gounod

                                                                         Che gelida manina (Rodolfo) La Bohème  Puccini