The
Gateway to an International Career
for Australian Opera Singers
Call For
Entries
MTO
invites applications for the nineth German-Australian
Opera Grant sponsored by the German-Australian
Community and Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
Twelve
Candidates (6 male & 6 female voices)
with stage experience will be selected for the:
Semi-Finals
on 3 December 2010
at Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, Parkville
Four Finalist
(2 male & 2 female voices) will then be chosen
to perform at the
Opera
Finale on
4 December 2010,
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
1st PRIZE
The winner will be granted a twelve months employment contract (mid August 2011 until July 2012) with the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in Germany plus one months German tuition at the Goethe Institut in Berlin (July 2011) and one month work experience (June 2010) for an insight into procedures prior to the official start at the opera house.
An adequate amount of money will ensure that living costs are covered. The grant will be given to an outstanding emerging Australian opera singer in the early stage of his/her professional life with operatic stage experience capable of meeting the high quality standards of this major German opera house.
The value of this grant (including costs occurring in Australia) is approximately $64,000 including a return airfare to Wiesbaden and a $4000 cash prize.
2nd
PRIZE
The second
prize winner will receive $3000.
3rd
PRIZE
The third
prize winner will receive $2000.
4th
PRIZE
The fourth
prize winner will receive $1000.
Applications close 3 September
2010.
Please
study the Rules
and Regulations. You will find a printer
friendly PDF version of the Rules
and Regulations and Application
Form through the buttons on the left.
Entries
and repertoire sent by fax or e-mail only will
not be accepted. However we would appreciate
your short expression of interest via e-mail
before receiving your full application. This
will enable an efficient processing of all applications.
Please email to: info@mto-gaog.com
Become a Sponsor or Benefactor:
More Than Opera
Ltd is looking for additional support.
Whilst the current grantee is already covered
through generous donations we are now attempting
to attract donations and sponsoring to
finance the grant from August 2009 and
further years.
Donations to "More Than Opera Ltd
- Gift Fund" are tax deductible.
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