HERALD SUN ARIA CONDITIONS 1 This contest is open to any Australasian person who has been resident in Australasia for at least 5 years immediately prior to October 1, 2013. Competitors must be at least 19 and not over 32 years of age on December 31, 2013. (E.g. Competitor can be aged 32 years and 11 months - but must not have attained 33rd birthday prior to 31st December). First prize winners of previous Herald Sun Aria contests are not eligible to enter. In the semi-final and final the adjudicators will consider the singer’s potential as well as performance. 2 Competitors must enter in their own names and be prepared to furnish birth certificates and proof of residency. 3 Competitors must compete in the order in which their names appear in the official program, unless officially authorised or directed otherwise. 4 The closing date for entries is Friday 3rd May, 2013. Late entries will not be accepted. 5 Competitors must submit the full names of four arias from grand opera by Friday 23rd August 2013. Competitors will be notified by email and all aria selections must be submitted by this date. 6 Competitors in the heats will sing an aria of their own choice from the four submitted. In the semi-final, competitors must sing a different aria from that which they sang in the heat, which will be chosen by the adjudicators from the four submitted. At the final in the Melbourne Recital Centre, it is intended that competitors sing two arias of their choice, from the four submitted, at least one of which has not previously been sung by that competitor in either the heats or the semi final, however, this may be varied by the adjudicators in order to accommodate orchestral considerations. All arias are to be performed in the original language and key. 7 Sixteen (16) will be selected from the preliminary tests to compete in a semi-final at Royal South Street, from which six (6) will be selected to appear in the final at Melbourne Recital Centre. 8 The six (6) finalists must be available, if required, for interview in Ballarat on Saturday 24th August at the conclusion of the semi-final and must, by that time, have completed the questionnaire provided to all contestants by the Herald Sun. 9 An Official Royal South Street Society accompanist will be provided for the preliminary heats and semi-final in Ballarat. The accompanist fee doesn’t include any private rehearsals arranged directly with the accompanist. Both arias at the final will be sung to orchestral accompaniment and the finalists will be required for piano rehearsal in the afternoon before the final and orchestra rehearsal on the morning of the final. 10 COPYRIGHT: For all information relating to copyright of all printed, photocopied, recorded, adapted or reproduced material, please refer to www.royalsouthstreet.com.au/copyright Forms can also be found and downloaded from this link. Competitors must provide music for accompanist and three adjudicators at all of the preliminary tests, semi-final and the final. Competitors at the semi-final and final are to have with them original music for accompanist and three copies of all four arias for the adjudicators. Each copy of music must have a form attached; Form No 2 Temporary Music for the use by an adjudicator and Form No 5 Temporary Music for the use by an accompanist. 11 Competitors who are selected to sing in the semi-final must, when submitting their music for the semi-final at registration, also submit Curriculum Vitae. 12 The semi-finalists of the “Herald Sun Aria” may be requested to sing at The Royal South Street Society’s Stems Showcase Concert to be held on Sunday 3rd November, 2013 at 2:00pm at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Ballarat. ENTRIES CLOSE STRICTLY 11.59pm FRIDAY 3rd MAY, 2013 540 HERALD SUN ARIA ENTRY FEE $85 ($65 + $20 Accompaniment Fee)
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