Candidates & Repertoire 55th International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch - Opera Oratorio 2022

Candidates & Repertoire 55th International Vocal Competition Opera | Oratorio 24 June – 2 July 2022 66 candidates 29 sopranos 13 mezzo-sopranos 3 countertenors 5 tenors 10 baritones 3 bass-baritones 3 basses

24 nationalities Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America

List of candidates according to competition entry number 11 17 23 29 33 39 41 57 59 61 63 66 72 76 78 79 84 90 92 99 100 101 103 104 106 108 113

Anna Thun Szymon Raczkowski Michał Rudziński Hanna Okońska Sylwia Ziółkowska Marlen Bieber Sílvia Sequeira Zoé Albrecht Xueli Zhou Elsa Roux Chamoux Gerben van der Werf Emily Christina Loftus Magdalena Lucjan Joanna Harries Irene Hoogveld Michelle Neupert Marta De Castro Yurii Strakhov Karola Sophia Schmid Noam Heinz Hyunju Mun Linsey Coppens Yarden Kiperman Ang Du Grace Maria Wain Antonia Dunjko Marion Dumeige

114 115 121 124 132 134 138 142 150 153 155 158 170 176 181 185 195 202 204 207 217 218 225 228 230 242 252

Yohan John Ji Tinka Pypker Iida Antola Julia Muzychenko Alexander de Jong Anna Matrenina Maksym Nazarenko Yerang Park Mariangela Santoro Larissa Angelini Anna Parysz-Liubajeva Teona Todua Jolana Slavikova Dominik Kujawa Natalia Płonka Stanisław Napierała Roksana Korban Sonja Herranen Viola Cheung Daniel Moody Bella Adamova Jerica Steklasa Kris Ng Sang Ah Yoon Rina Hirayama Jaesung Kim Weilian Wang

254 276 282 283 285 357 389 401 402 408 410 414

Michal Romanowski Inho Jeong Jan Wouters Vincent Kusters Rosha Fitzhowle Samueol Park Andrei Danilov Johannes Schwarz Tomi Punkeri Mikhail Silantev Katarína Kurucová Ilja Aksionov

List of candidates according to alphabet

217

First Round Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750

Ah, Tania, Tania...Ja nye sposobna k grusti tomnoy (Olga’s aria) - Eugene Onegin Erbarme Dich - Matthäus-Passion

Claudio Monteverdi 1567 - 1643 Disprezzata regina - L’incoronazione di Poppea

Bella Adamova Mezzo-soprano Czech Republic 12-01-1992

414

Semi-finals Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911 Bart Visman *1962 Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976 Georges Bizet 1838 - 1875 First Round Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken - Weihnachtsoratorium Amici miei...Il mio tesoro intanto - Don Giovanni

Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

Agnus Dei - War Requiem

Semi-finals Christoph Willibald von Gluck

J’ai perdu mon Eurydice - Orphée et Eurydice

1685 - 1750 1756 - 1791

Ilja Aksionov Tenor Lithuania 10-06-1996

Urlicht - Lieder aus ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’ Vermeer’s gold What would Missus Herring say? - Albert Herring Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla) - Carmen

1714 - 1787

George Frederick Handel 1685 - 1759

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Bart Visman *1962

Folle, dunque tu sola presumi Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno Quanto è bella, quanto è cara - L’elisir d’amore Het goud van Vermeer

57

Zoé Albrecht Soprano Germany 12-12-1991

153

First Round Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901

So war es mit Pagliazzo - Ariadne auf Naxos È strano!...Sempre libera - La traviata

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Het goud van Vermeer Martern aller Arten - Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Charles-François Gounod

Je veux vivre (Juliet’s waltz) - Roméo et Juliette

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tutte nel cor vi sento - Idomeneo

Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Ernst Křenek 1900 - 1991

Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa’s dream) - Lohengrin Monolog der Stella

1756 - 1791 1818 - 1893

1756 - 1791

Larissa Angelini Soprano Switzerland 22-09-1989

Wagner Prize candidate

121

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Richard Wagner Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976 Bart Visman *1962 First Round Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Kaija Saariaho *1952 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Iida Antola Soprano Finland 25-01-1990

39

Semi-finals Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Ruggiero Leoncavallo 1857 - 1919

Bart Visman *1962 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893

First Round Henry Purcell 1659 - 1695 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990

Marlen Bieber Mezzo-soprano Germany 08-04-1996

84

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 Jacques Offenbach 1819 - 1880 First Round Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Marta De Castro

Soprano Spain 18-04-1991

Semi-finals Manuel de Falla 1876 - 1946

Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta Così fan tutte Der Männer Sippe - Die Walküre Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Embroidery aria) - Peter Grimes Vermeer’s gold Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì - La bohème Quatre instants - Parfum de l’instant Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta Così fan tutte Frühling - Vier letzte Lieder Qual fiamma avea nel guardo…Stridono lassù I pagliacci Het goud van Vermeer Kto ti moi angel li khranitel? (Tatiana’s letter scene excerpt) - Eugene Onegin When I am laid in earth (Dido’s lament) Dido and Aeneas Wie du warst! Wie du bist! - Der Rosenkavalier What a movie! - Trouble in Tahiti Vermeer’s gold Ah scostati!...Smanie implacabili che m’agitate Così fan tutte Tu sola, o mia Giulietta...Deh! tu, bell’anima I Capuleti e i Montecchi C’est l’amour vainqueur - Les contes d’Hoffmann Allons! Il le faut...Adieu, notre petite table - Manon Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta - Così fan tutte Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden Die Zauberflöte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Canción del amor dolido (Song of suffering love) El amor brujo (Love, the magician) In quali...Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata - Don Giovanni

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Bart Visman *1962

Addio del passato - La traviata Vermeer’s gold

1756 - 1791

204

First Round John Coolidge Adams *1947 Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Viola Cheung Soprano Hong Kong 10-09-1991

101

Semi-finals Alban Berg 1885 - 1935

I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung - Nixon in China Quando m’en vo’ (Musetta’s waltz) - La bohème O zitt’re nicht...Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren Die Zauberflöte

Bart Visman *1962 Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901

Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben (Lied der Lulu) - Lulu Vermeer’s gold È strano!...Sempre libera - La traviata

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Parto, ma tu ben mio - La clemenza di Tito

1756 - 1791

Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Wie du warst! Wie du bist! - Der Rosenkavalier Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 - 1864 Nobles seigneurs, salut! - Les Huguenots

Linsey Coppens Mezzo-soprano Belgium 11-12-1993

389

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 George Frederick Handel Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937

Het goud van Vermeer Sein wir wieder gut - Ariadne auf Naxos Svegliatevi nel core, furie d’un alma offesa Giulio Cesare Oh! La pitoyable aventure - L’heure espagnole

First Round Christoph Willibald von Gluck

J’ai perdu mon Eurydice - Orphée et Eurydice

1685 - 1759

1714 - 1787

Sergei Prokofiev 1891 - 1953

Andrei Danilov Tenor Russia 27-07-1988

104

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924

Tebe v okno glyadit luna (The moon gazes into your window - Antonio’s serenade) - Betrothal in a monastery Torna ai felici - Le Villi

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Vermeer’s gold Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Die Zauberflöte

Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 Pablo Sorozábal 1897 - 1988

Je suis seul...Ah! Fuyez, douce image - Manon No puede ser - La tabernera del puerto

First Round Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Il mulino...Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni - La sonnambula Gott, sei mir gnädig - Paulus

Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

After the blast of lightning from the East - War Requiem

Semi-finals Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Georges Bizet 1838 - 1875 Kurt Weill 1900 - 1950 Bart Visman *1962

Come dal ciel precipita - Macbeth Quand la flamme de l’amour - La jolie fille de Perth Let things be like they always was - Street scene Vermeer’s gold

1756 - 1791

1809 - 1847

Ang Du

Bass-baritone China 25-04-1989

113

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Francis Poulenc 1899 - 1963

Marion Dumeige Soprano France 28-09-1993

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 Charles-François Gounod 1818 - 1893

Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta Così fan tutte Cäcilie - Vier Lieder Non, monsieur mon mari - Les mamelles de Tirésias Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen - Zaide Vermeer’s gold Ô Dieu! que de bijoux...Ah! je ris de me voir si belle (The jewel song) - Faust

108

First Round Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750

Gabriel Fauré 1845 - 1924 Leoš Janáček 1854 - 1928

Antonia Dunjko Soprano Croatia 04-12-1992

285

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen Pie Jesu - Requiem Kradla jsem! (The vixen’s aria) Prihody lisky bystrousky (The cunning little vixen)

Semi-finals George Frederick Handel

Angels ever bright and fair - Theodora

Johann Strauss Jr. 1825 - 1899 Bart Visman *1962

Frühlingsstimmen Vermeer’s gold

1685 - 1759

First Round Alban Berg 1885 - 1935 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben (Lied der Lulu) - Lulu Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! Quante volte, ti chiedo I Capuleti e i Montecchi Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni, non tardar Le nozze di Figaro

Rosha Fitzhowle Semi-finals Soprano United Kingdom 09-05-1991

76

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 È strano!...Sempre libera - La traviata Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976 Tiny’s song - Paul Bunyan Bart Visman *1962 Het goud van Vermeer

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Voi che sapete che cosa è amor 1756 - 1791 Le nozze di Figaro Johann Sebastian Bach Laudamus te - Hohe Messe 1685 - 1750

Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990

Joanna Harries Mezzo-soprano United Kingdom 02-04-1988

99

Semi-finals Claudio Monteverdi 1567 - 1643 Addio Roma - L’incoronazione di Poppea Charles-François Gounod Depuis hier...Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? 1818 - 1893 Roméo et Juliette Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Oh! La pitoyable aventure - L’heure espagnole Bart Visman *1962 Vermeer’s gold First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990

Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro Le nozze di Figaro Bella siccome un angelo - Don Pasquale There’s a law - Trouble in Tahiti

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Bart Visman *1962

Papagena Papagena Papagena! - Die Zauberflöte Promesse de mon avenir - Le roi de Lahore Come paride vezzoso - L’elisir d’amore Vermeer’s gold

1756 - 1791

Noam Heinz Baritone Israel 04-12-1997

202

First Round Arrigo Boito 1842 - 1918 Tauno Pylkkänen 1918 - 1980 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883

Sonja Herranen Soprano Finland 01-06-1997

Wagner Prize candidate

What a movie! - Trouble in Tahiti

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Richard Wagner Bart Visman *1962

L’altra notte in fondo al mare - Mefistofele Minä tiedän! - Mare ja hänen poikansa (Mare and her son) Dich, teure Halle - Tannhäuser Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta - Così fan tutte Der Männer Sippe - Die Walküre Vermeer’s gold

230

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Parto, ma tu ben mio - La clemenza di Tito

Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes - Werther Sein wir wieder gut - Ariadne auf Naxos

1756 - 1791

Rina Hirayama Mezzo-soprano Japan 04-05-1988

78

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835

Ah scostati!...Smanie implacabili che m’agitate Così fan tutte Vermeer’s gold Must the winter come so soon? - Vanessa Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio - I Capuleti e i Montecchi

First Round Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 - 2007

Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa’s dream) - Lohengrin To this we’ve come…Papers, papers - The consul

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 Richard Wagner

Ecco il punto...Non più di fiori vaghe catene La clemenza di Tito Het goud van Vermeer Dich, teure Halle - Tannhäuser

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

O Isis und Osiris - Die Zauberflöte

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868

Come dal ciel precipita - Macbeth La calunnia - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Semi-finals Giuseppe Verdi Charles-François Gounod

Il lacerato spirito - Simon Boccanegra Vous qui faites l’endormie - Faust

1756 - 1791

Irene Hoogveld Soprano Netherlands 19-07-1992

Wagner Prize candidate

276

1756 - 1791

Inho Jeong Bass South Korea 25-07-1991

114

1818 - 1893

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809 - 1847

Pietro Mascagni 1863 - 1945

Yohan John Ji Baritone South Korea 18-07-1990

132

Quella è una strada (Monologo di Tartaglia) Le maschere Revenge, Timotheus cries - Alexander’s feast

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Bart Visman *1962 Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937

È sogno? O realtà - Falstaff Vermeer’s gold Chanson à boire - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Papagena Papagena Papagena! - Die Zauberflöte

1685 - 1759

Ambroise Thomas 1811 - 1896 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883

Baritone Netherlands 09-12-1993

Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro Le nozze di Figaro Es ist genug! - Elias

Semi-finals George Frederick Handel

1756 - 1791

Alexander de Jong

Bene, io tutto faro...La vendetta, oh la vendetta! Le nozze di Figaro Vermeer’s gold

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 - 1764

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

Comme une pâle fleur - Hamlet Wie Todesahnung...O du, mein holder Abendstern Tannhäuser Het goud van Vermeer Nature, amour, qui partagez mon cœur (Air de Pollux) Castor et Pollux Bella siccome un angelo - Don Pasquale Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray! Billy Budd

242

First Round Georges Bizet 1838 - 1875 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (The flower song) - Carmen Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Die Zauberflöte

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924

Che gelida manina - La bohème

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Charles-François Gounod

Vermeer’s gold Di rigori armato - Der Rosenkavalier Salut! Demeure chaste et pure - Faust

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Angelo casto e bel - Il duca d’Alba

First Round Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 George Frederick Handel

Höre mit Sinn - Die Götterdämmerung Priva son d’ogni conforto, e pur speme - Giulio Cesare

Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971

Scorned! Abused! Neglected! - The rake’s progress

Semi-finals Richard Wagner Bart Visman *1962 George Frederick Handel

Ich sah das Kind - Parsifal Vermeer’s gold Cessa omai di sospirare! non è sempre - Giulio Cesare

1756 - 1791

Jaesung Kim Tenor South Korea 28-08-1989

103

1818 - 1893

1685 - 1759

Yarden Kiperman

Mezzo-soprano Israel 24-10-1993

Wagner Prize candidate

195

First Round Tadeusz Szeligowski 1896 - 1963 Jakże ja lubię tę ciszę - Krakatuk Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Quando m’en vo’ (Musetta’s waltz) - La bohème Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Pace, pace mio Dio! - La forza del destino

Roksana Korban

Soprano Poland 07-04-1998

176

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 - 2007 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Vermeer’s gold Monica’s waltz - The medium Oh smania! Oh furie!...D’Oreste, d’Ajace - Idomeneo

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Eh! Consolatevi...Madamina, il catalogo è questo Don Giovanni Modest Mussorgsky 1839 - 1881 Skorbit dusha! (My soul is sad) - Boris Godunov Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge - Das Rheingold 1756 - 1791

Dominik Kujawa Bass-baritone Poland 26-05-1988

Wagner Prize candidate

410

Semi-finals Anton Rubinstein 1829 - 1894 Kurt Weill 1900 - 1950 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Bart Visman *1962

Na vozdushnom okeane (In the ocean of the sky) The demon Let things be like they always was - Street scene Mein Vater! Hochgesegneter der Helden! - Parsifal Vermeer’s gold

First Round Francis Poulenc 1899 - 1963 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Non, monsieur mon mari - Les mamelles de Tirésias Crudele? Ah no, mio bene!...Non mi dir - Don Giovanni

1756 - 1791

Antonin Dvorák 1841 - 1904

Katarína Kurucová Soprano Slovakia 16-12-1988

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Bart Visman *1962

Za štíhlou gazelou (At dawn, as I merrily pursued a slender gazelle) - Armida Martern aller Arten - Die Entführung aus dem Serail Bel raggio lusinghier - Semiramide Vermeer’s gold

283

First Round George Frederick Handel

Why do the nations - Messiah

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Con un vezzo all’Italiana - La finta giardiniera

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Es ist genug! - Elias

1685 - 1759 1756 - 1791 1809 - 1847

Vincent Kusters Baritone Netherlands 14-02-1991

66

Semi-finals Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750

Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976 Bart Visman *1962 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 First Round Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 George Frederick Handel Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Frère, voyez le beau bouquet! - Werther O thou bright sun...With darkness deep as is my woe Theodora Prendi, per me sei libero - L’elisir d’amore

Semi-finals Jules Massenet George Frederick Handel Bart Visman *1962

Ah! douce enfant - Cendrillon Se mi rivolgo al prato - Orlando Vermeer’s gold

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ach ich liebte - Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Charles-François Gounod

Caro nome - Rigoletto Je veux vivre (Juliet’s waltz) - Roméo et Juliette

1685 - 1759

Emily Christina Loftus Soprano United Kingdom 09-12-1994

72

1756 - 1791

1818 - 1893

Magdalena Lucjan Soprano Poland 30-04-1999

134

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 Carl Orff 1895 - 1982 Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Stà nell’Ircana pietrosa tana - Alcina

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Parto, ma tu ben mio - La clemenza di Tito

Charles-François Gounod

Faites-lui mes âveux - Faust

1756 - 1791 1818 - 1893

Mezzo-soprano Russia 29-08-1992

207

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Vermeer’s gold Ah, Tania, Tania...Ja nye sposobna k grusti tomnoy (Olga’s aria) - Eugene Onegin Depuis hier...Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? Roméo et Juliette Se l’augellin sen fugge - La finta giardiniera

First Round Johann Christoph Bach

Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte

1840 - 1893

Charles-François Gounod

1642 - 1703

George Frederick Handel 1685 - 1759

Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

Daniel Moody Countertenor United States 18-01-1989

Alleluia - Exsultate, jubilate Vermeer’s gold Stetit puella - Carmina Burana Quel guardo, il cavaliere...So anch’io la virtù magica Don Pasquale

First Round George Frederick Handel 1685 - 1759

Anna Matrenina

Er ist mein Licht, mein Leben Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan After the blast of lightning from the East - War Requiem Het goud van Vermeer Wie Todesahnung...O du, mein holder Abendstern Tannhäuser

Semi-finals Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809 - 1847

George Frederick Handel Jonathan Dove *1959 Bart Visman *1962

Ye sons of Trachin, mourn you valiant chief...O scene of unexampled woe - Hercules I know a bank where the wild thyme blows A midsummer night’s dream Sei stille dem Herrn - Elias Fammi combattere mostri e tifei - Orlando Dawn, still darkness - Flight Vermeer’s gold

100

First Round Gustave Charpentier 1860 - 1956 Depuis le jour - Louise Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen 1756 - 1791 Die Zauberflöte Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Ich bin eurer Liebden - Der Rosenkavalier

Hyunju Mun Soprano South Korea 04-03-1993

124

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ach ich liebte - Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Bart Visman *1962 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835

Vermeer’s gold O rendetemi...Qui la voce…Vien, diletto - I Puritani

First Round Léo Delibes 1836 - 1891 Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990

Ou va la jeune Hindoue? (Bell song) - Lakmé Glitter and be gay - Candide

1756 - 1791

Semi-finals Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835

Julia Muzychenko Soprano Russia 22-06-1994

185

Bart Visman *1962

Ah! non credea mirarti...Ah, non giunge La sonnambula O zitt’re nicht...Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren Die Zauberflöte Vermeer’s gold

First Round Johann Sebastian Bach

Deposuit potentes - Magnificat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Die Zauberflöte

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Kuda, kuda vï udalilis (Lensky’s aria) - Eugene Onegin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

1685 - 1750 1756 - 1791 1840 - 1893

Stanisław Napierała Tenor Poland 31-12-1997

138

Semi-finals Samuel Barber 1910 - 1981 Francesco Cilèa 1866 - 1950 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bart Visman *1962 First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893

Mykola Lysenko 1842 - 1912

Maksym Nazarenko Baritone Ukraine 08-12-1995

79

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Bart Visman *1962 Charles-François Gounod 1818 - 1893

Outside this house - Vanessa È la solita storia del pastore (Lamento di Federico) L’Arlesiana Il mio tesoro intanto - Don Giovanni Vermeer’s gold Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro Le nozze di Figaro Uzhel ta samaja Tatiana (Onegin’s arioso) Eugene Onegin Shcho ty vchynyv (What have you done) - Taras Bulba Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo - Così fan tutte Ja vas lyublyu (Prince Yeletsky’s aria) - Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades) Het goud van Vermeer Avant de quitter ces lieux - Faust

First Round Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 - 1864 Nobles seigneurs, salut! - Les Huguenots Johann Sebastian Bach Es ist vollbracht - Johannes-Passion 1685 - 1750

Michelle Neupert

Mezzo-soprano Germany 12-04-1990

Viktor Ullmann 1898 - 1944

Arie des Trommlers - Der Kaiser von Atlantis

Semi-finals George Frederick Handel

Stà nell’Ircana pietrosa tana - Alcina

1685 - 1759

Bart Visman *1962 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911

Vermeer’s gold Wie du warst! Wie du bist! - Der Rosenkavalier Lob des hohen Verstandes Lieder aus ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’

225

First Round Engelbert Humperdinck 1854 - 1921

Wo bin ich? Wach’ich? - Hänsel und Gretel

Kaija Saariaho *1952 Non, par notre Seigneur - L’Amour de loin Carl Heinrich Graun 1704 - 1759 Tra le procelle assorto - Cesare e Cleopatra

Kris Ng

Soprano Hong Kong 16-02-1995

29

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Bart Visman *1962 Francis Poulenc 1899 - 1963 First Round Charles-François Gounod

Je veux vivre (Juliet’s waltz) - Roméo et Juliette

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 George Gershwin 1898 - 1937

Tutte le feste al tempio - Rigoletto Summertime - Porgy and Bess

Semi-finals Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Johann Sebastian Bach

Una voce poco fa - Il barbiere di Siviglia Zerfliesse, mein Herze - Johannes-Passion

Bart Visman *1962

Het goud van Vermeer

1818 - 1893

Hanna Okońska Soprano Poland 16-04-1992

357

1685 - 1750

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901

Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro Le nozze di Figaro Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja - Die Zauberflöte Ah, je meurs, l’âme joyeuse - Don Carlos

Semi-finals Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

È sogno? o realtà - Falstaff Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen - Ariadne auf Naxos Vermeer’s gold Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo - Così fan tutte

1756 - 1791

Samueol Park Baritone South Korea 24-03-1992

142

Quando avran fine omai...Padre, germani, addio! Idomeneo Het goud van Vermeer Non, monsieur mon mari Les mamelles de Tirésias

1756 - 1791

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni, non tardar 1756 - 1791 Le nozze di Figaro Ambroise Thomas 1811 - 1896 A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi - Hamlet

Yerang Park Soprano South Korea 16-12-1995

155

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912

Vermeer’s gold So war es mit Pagliazzo - Ariadne auf Naxos Je marche sur tous les chemins - Manon

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nel grave tormento - Mitridate, re di Ponto

1756 - 1791

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Douglas Stuart Moore

Anna ParyszLiubajeva Soprano Poland 21-09-1990

1893 - 1969

Sul fil d’un soffio etesio - Falstaff Gold is a fine thing (Silver aria) The ballad of Baby Doe

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Bester Jüngling - Der Schauspieldirektor

1756 - 1791

Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 Bart Visman *1962

Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! Quante volte, ti chiedo I Capuleti e i Montecchi Vermeer’s gold

181

First Round Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 - 1864 Nobles seigneurs, salut! - Les Huguenots Johann Sebastian Bach Erbarme Dich - Matthäus-Passion 1685 - 1750

Natalia Płonka Mezzo-soprano Poland 28-12-1997

402

Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes - Werther

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Non più di fiori vaghe catene - La clemenza di Tito

Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937 Bart Visman *1962

Oh! La pitoyable aventure - L’heure espagnole Vermeer’s gold

1756 - 1791

First Round Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Vy mne pisali...Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom (Onegin’s aria) - Eugene Onegin Es ist genug! - Elias

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Deh, vieni alla finestra - Don Giovanni

Semi-finals Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Bart Visman *1962 Johann Sebastian Bach

Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile - La Cenerentola Vermeer’s gold Betrachte meine Seele - Johannes-Passion

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Bella siccome un angelo - Don Pasquale

1840 - 1893 1809 - 1847 1756 - 1791

Tomi Punkeri Baritone Finland 16-02-1991

115

1685 - 1750

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912

Tinka Pypker Soprano Netherlands 23-02-1996

17

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893

Szymon Raczkowski Baritone Poland 16-06-1997

254

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Erich Korngold 1897 - 1957 First Round Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

George Gershwin 1898 - 1937

Michal Romanowski Bass Poland 15-04-1990

Wagner Prize candidate

Semi-finals Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Quando avran fine omai...Padre, germani, addio! - Idomeneo Je marche sur tous les chemins - Manon

Het goud van Vermeer Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden - Die Zauberflöte Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito Lucia di Lammermoor

Non più andrai farfallone amoroso - Le nozze di Figaro Wie Todesahnung...O du, mein holder Abendstern - Tannhäuser Ja vas lyublyu (Prince Yeletsky’s aria) - Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades) Vermeer’s gold Vy mne pisali...Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom (Onegin’s aria) - Eugene Onegin Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot’s Tanzlied) Die tote Stadt Leb’ wohl (Wotan’s farewell) - Die Walküre Eh! Consolatevi...Madamina, il catalogo è questo Don Giovanni I got plenty o’ nuttin’ - Porgy and Bess Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge - Das Rheingold Deh! Ti ferma ti placa - Semiramide Vermeer’s gold Um nichts in der Welt!...O wie will ich triumphieren Die Entführung aus dem Serail

61

Elsa Roux Chamoux

Mezzo-soprano France 04-04-1994

23

First Round Franz Lehár 1870 - 1948 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 William Walton 1902 - 1983

Hör’ ich Cymbalklänge - Zigeunerliebe Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio - I Capuleti e i Montecchi I was a constant, faithful wife - The bear

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Vermeer’s gold J’ai perdu mon Eurydice - Orphée et Eurydice

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Fia dunque vero...Oh, mio Fernando! - La favorita

First Round Antônio Carlos Gomes

Di sposo, di padre - Salvator rosa

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In diesen heil’gen Hallen - Die Zauberflöte

Kurt Weill 1900 - 1950

Let things be like they always was - Street scene

Semi-finals Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 George Frederick Handel

O tu Palermo - I vespri siciliani The people that walked in darkness - Messiah

Bart Visman *1962

Vermeer’s gold

1714 - 1787

1836 - 1896 1756 - 1791

Michał Rudziński Bass Poland 30-01-1994

150

1685 - 1759

First Round Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Tu al cui sguardi onni possente...La clemenza! s’aggiunge lo scherno - I due Foscari Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 - 2007 Monica’s waltz - The medium Franz Lehár 1870 - 1948 Es lebt eine Vilja (Vilja-Lied) - Die lustige Witwe

Mariangela Santoro Soprano Italy 10-12-1987

92

Semi-finals Erich Korngold 1897 - 1957 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 - 1835 Bart Visman *1962

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart George Frederick Handel

Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni, non tardar Le nozze di Figaro Such news flies swiftly...Happy they - Jephtha

Aribert Reimann 1936

Weinet, meine Trauerweiden - Melusine

1756 - 1791 1685 - 1759

Karola Sophia Schmid Soprano Germany 10-04-1992

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart George Frederick Handel Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Robert Schumann 1810 - 1856 Bart Visman *1962

401

First Round Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911

Johannes Schwarz

Bass-baritone Germany 12-05-1989

Wagner Prize candidate

Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta’s Lied) Die tote Stadt Casta Diva, che inargenti - Norma Vermeer’s gold

Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden - Die Zauberflöte Se pari è la tua fé - Se pari è la tua fé Quel guardo, il cavaliere...So anch’io la virtù magica Don Pasquale O lass mich von der Luft durchdringen Das Paradies und die Peri Het goud van Vermeer Fair lady, gracious gentlemen - The rake’s progress Was duftet doch der Flieder Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Revelge - Lieder aus ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’

Semi-finals Johann Rosenmüller 1617 - 1684 Giovedì Santo Lectione 1ma Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae Richard Wagner Bin ich nun frei? - Das Rheingold Bart Visman *1962 Vermeer’s gold Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848 Udite, udite, o rustici - L’elisir d’amore

41

First Round Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Divinités du Styx - Alceste

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883

Sola, perduta, abbandonata - Manon Lescaut Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa’s dream) - Lohengrin

1714 - 1787

Sílvia Sequeira

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wagner Prize candidate

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Bart Visman *1962

Soprano Portugal 15-12-1992

408

1756 - 1791

First Round Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

Mikhail Silantev Baritone Russia 15-01-1993

170

Semi-finals Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809

Mezzo-soprano Czech Republic 11-05-1991

218

Bart Visman *1962 First Round Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Henry Purcell 1659 - 1695 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949

Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Una voce poco fa Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth (Dido’s lament) Der Rosenkavalier - Wie du warst! Wie du bist!

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893

1756 - 1791

Richard Strauss Jacques Offenbach 1819 - 1880 Bart Visman *1962

First Round Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990 Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809 Gerónimo Giménez 1854 - 1923

Jerica Steklasa Soprano Slovenia 16-03-1992

90

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Baritone Ukraine 28-04-2002

Ah scostati!...Smanie implacabili che m’agitate Così fan tutte Sein wir wieder gut - Ariadne auf Naxos C’est l’amour vainqueur - Les contes d’Hoffmann Vermeer’s gold

A simple song - Mass Che mai m’avvenne!…Come il vapor s’accende - L’isola disabitata Sierras de Granada - La tempranica

Otto Nicolai 1810 - 1849

Vermeer’s gold Qual vita è questa mai...Che fiero momento Orfeo ed Euridice Nun eilt herbei - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

First Round Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Mykola Lysenko 1842 - 1912

Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen - Ariadne auf Naxos Io morrò, ma lieto in core - Don Carlo Shcho ty vchynyv (What have you done) - Taras Bulba

1714 - 1787

Semi-finals Erich Korngold 1897 - 1957

Yurii Strakhov

Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen - Ariadne auf Naxos Amore dolcemente - La scala di seta Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray! Billy Budd Vom Widder strahlet jetzt...Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann - Die Jahreszeiten Ja vas lyublyu (Prince Yeletsky’s aria) Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades) Vermeer’s gold

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Jolana Slavikova

Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio immoto resta Così fan tutte Tu che di gel sei cinta - Turandot Dich, teure Halle - Tannhäuser Vermeer’s gold

Bart Visman *1962 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot’s Tanzlied) Die tote Stadt Vermeer’s gold Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro Le nozze di Figaro

11

First Round Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990 Giovanni Pergolesi 1710 - 1736

Anna Thun

Mezzo-soprano Poland 10-02-1991

Wagner Prize candidate

Semi-finals Bart Visman *1962 Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Antonin Dvorák 1841 - 1904 Maurice Duruflé 1902 - 1986 First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

158

1756 - 1791

Benjamin Britten 1913 - 1976

Teona Todua Soprano Ukraine 22-12-1997

106

Semi-finals Francesco Cilea 1866 - 1950 Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Bart Visman *1962 First Round Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Henry Purcell 1659 - 1695

Grace Maria Wain

Mezzo-soprano United Kingdom 28-12-1989

Weiche Wotan, weiche...Wie alles war (Erda’s warning) Das Rheingold I am easily assimilated - Candide Fac ut portem - Stabat Mater Vermeer’s gold Höre mit Sinn - Die Götterdämmerung Aj, aj? Už jsi se navrátila! (What, what? You’re back already?) - Rusalka Pie Jesu - Requiem

Ecco il punto...Non più di fiori vaghe catene La clemenza di Tito Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Embroidery aria) - Peter Grimes Ecco: respiro appena...Io son l’umile ancella Adriana Lecouvreur Mein Elemer - Arabella Vermeer’s gold

Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Wo in Bergen du dich birgst - Die Walküre When I am laid in earth (Dido’s lament) Dido and Aeneas Ah! Parea che per incanto - Anna Bolena

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Va pure ad altri in braccio - La finta giardiniera

Bart Visman *1962 Richard Wagner

Vermeer’s gold Gerechter Gott! So ist’s entschieden schon! - Rienzi

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Il mio tesoro intanto - Don Giovanni

1756 - 1791

Wagner Prize candidate

252

1756 - 1791

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Georges Bizet 1838 - 1875

Weilian Wang Tenor China 03-11-1990

63

Semi-finals George Frederick Handel

Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu - Serse

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Bart Visman *1962 Franz Lehár 1870 - 1948

La donna è mobile - Rigoletto Vermeer’s gold Dein ist mein ganzes Herz - Das Land des Lächelns

1685 - 1759

First Round George Frederick Handel 1685 - 1759

Jonathan Dove *1959 Johann Strauss Jr. 1825 - 1899

Gerben van der Werf Countertenor Netherlands 27-03-1994

Che gelida manina - La Bohème La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (The flower song) Carmen

Semi-finals George Benjamin *1960 Gioacchino Rossini 1792 - 1868 Bart Visman *1962

Tale stupor m’occupa i sensi...Cor ingrato, ti rammembri - Rinaldo Dawn, still darkness - Flight Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein (Chacun à son goût) Die Fledermaus This says the boy - Written on skin Oh Patria...Tu che accende...Di tanti palpiti - Tancredi Het goud van Vermeer

282

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cara, lontano ancora - Ascanio in Alba

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Weh Ihnen - Elias

George Frederick Handel 1685 - 1759

Otton, Otton...Voi che udite il mio lamento - Agrippina

Semi-finals Antonio Vivaldi 1678 - 1741 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Eja Mater - Stabat Mater Sei stille dem Herrn - Elias

Bart Visman *1962 Jonathan Dove *1959

Het goud van Vermeer Dawn, still darkness - Flight

First Round Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden - Die Zauberflöte

1756 - 1791 1809 - 1847

Jan Wouters Countertenor Belgium 26-06-1993

228

1809 - 1847

1756 - 1791

Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 Donde lieta - La bohème Gustave Charpentier 1860 - 1956 Depuis le jour - Louise

Sang Ah Yoon Soprano South Korea 10-11-1988

59

Semi-finals George Frederick Handel

Se pietà di me non senti, giusto ciel - Giulio Cesare

Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Bart Visman *1962

Cäcilie - Vier Lieder Vermeer’s gold

1685 - 1759

First Round Richard Strauss 1864 - 1949 Gaetano Donizetti 1797 - 1848

Xueli Zhou Soprano China 20-10-1992

33

Semi-finals Léo Delibes 1836 - 1891 George Frederick Handel

Ou va la jeune Hindoue? (Bell song) - Lakmé Tornami a vagheggiar - Alcina

Bart Visman *1962

Vermeer’s gold

1685 - 1759

First Round Christoph Willibald von Gluck Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 - 2007

Qual vita è questa mai...Che fiero momento Orfeo ed Euridice Sul fil d’un soffio etesio - Falstaff Hello! Oh Margaret, it’s you - The telephone

Semi-finals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen - Zaide

1714 - 1787

Sylwia Ziółkowska Soprano Poland 05-04-1995

So war es mit Pagliazzo - Ariadne auf Naxos Ah! tardai troppo...O luce di quest’anima Linda di Chamounix

1756 - 1791

Antonin Dvorák 1841 - 1904 Bart Visman *1962

Mesícku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the moon) - Rusalka Vermeer’s gold