For its 26th edition in 2019, auditions included Cavalleria rusticana - Mascagni and Pagliacci - Leoncavallo (Season 2019 - 2021 / Opéras du Grand Avignon, Reims, Vichy, Clermont-Ferrand, Massy et Festival de Saint-Céré
Musical Direction: Gaspard Brécourt
Staging: Eric Pérez
Scenography and costume designer: David Belugou
Lighting designer: Joël Fabing
New production by the Centre lyrique Clermont-Auvergne, in co-production with the Opera Grand Avignon, the Opera de Massy, the Opera de Reims and the Saint-Céré Festival. In partnership with The Vichy Opera.
In honor of the founder of the Centre lyrique and with a value of 1 000 €, this prize will be awarded to a finalist nominated by public vote on 2 March, 2019 and will be presented by Arlette Desgeorges, President of the Centre lyrique.
Valued at 1 000 €, this prize will be awarded to a finalist chosen by the vote of a jury of young people participating in mediation activities of the Centre lyrique.
Male singer prize - Value - 2 000 €
Financed by the corporate sponsors of the Centre lyrique
Female singer prize - Value - 2 000 €
Financed by the corporate sponsors of the Centre lyrique
Valued at 1 000 €, this prize will be awarded to a young French artist and will be presented by Raymond Duffaut, President of the French Center for Lyrical Promotion.
With a value of € 1 000, this prize will be presented by a delagate of Adami. " Partner of performers, Adami manages and advance their rights in France and all around the world and accompanies them throughout their careers."
With a value of € 1 000, this prize will be presented by a delagate of Adami. " Partner of performers, Adami manages and advance their rights in France and all around the world and accompanies them throughout their careers."
Appointed by the Administrative Council of the Centre lyrique Clermont-Auvergne, and chaired by Inva Mula, the Jury is composed of international personalities from the world of opera, theater and music. The Jury deliberation will be confidential and its decisions will be final and without appeal. A Jury member who may be the teacher of a competing artist is not allowed to participate in the deliberations or in the voting concerning the artist. The jury reserves the right not to award all prizes.
Inva Mula, soprano
President of the Jury
Xavier Adenot
Production Director of the Opéra de Massy
Raymond Duffaut
President of the French Center for Lyrical Promotion
Ludivine Gombert
Lyric artist
Martin Kubich
Town councillor for cultural policy and Director of the Opéra de Vichy
Richard Martet
Chief editor of Opéra Magazine Magazine
Éric Pérez
Stage director
Françoise Pétro
Lyric artist
Pierre Thirion-Vallet
Stage director and General and Artistic Director of the Centre lyrique Clermont-Auvergne