FINAL ROUND IN GERMANY
Outline of the final round in Germany
- Sponsors
- Bertelsmann Stiftung
- Media Partner
- The German Broadcasting Company WDR
- President
of "NEUE STIMMEN" -
- Liz Mohn
(Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung)
- Liz Mohn
- Chairman
of the jury -
- Dominique Meyer
(Director of the Vienna State Opera)
- Dominique Meyer
- Jury
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Brian Dickie
(Former General Director of the Chicago Opera Theater) -
Sophie de Lint
(Director Dutch National Opera) -
Sophie Joyce
(Director Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Metropolitan Opera New York City) -
Bernd Loebe
(General Director of the Opera Frankfurt) -
Fortunato Ortombina
(General manager and artistic director, Fondazione Teatro La Fenica di Venezia) -
Elisabeth Sobotka
(General Director of the Bregenz Festival) -
Evamaria Wieser
(Artistic director of Salzburg festival, European Casting Consultant Lyric Opera Chicago) - Alexander Neefr
(General Director of the Opéra national de Paris)
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Brian Dickie
- Schedule
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2 (Sat) – 10 (Sun) October, 2021
Guetersloh in Germany
- System
of the selection -
After a two months application phase including a newly installed video pre-selection process (e-casting), live auditions are held at selected locations worldwide. The best 40 to 45 performers qualify for the final round in Germany.
Winners celebrate their success at the prize-winners concert in Berlin. - Prizemoney
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Female singers
- 1st prize 15,000 Euros
- 2nd prize 10,000 Euros
- 3rd prize 5,000 Euros
Male singers
- 1st prize 15,000 Euros
- 2nd prize 10,000 Euros
- 3rd prize 5,000 Euros
Peopleʼs Choice award: 500 Euros for sheet music
Audio & Video
- ・Videos of audition performance/final round
- ・CD of the competition
- ・Broadcasting on TV and Radio
- ・Livestreaming of the semi-final and the final concerts
- ・YouTube video clips from the concert performance during the semi-final and the final concerts
Contacts, Concerts, Coaching & Support
- ・Contact brokering to general directors of opera companies and festival directors
- ・Contact brokering to agents
- ・Performance at the Prize Winners Concert in Berlin
- ・Performance at NEUE STIMMEN concerts in Germany and abroad
- ・Participation at NEUE STIMMEN master classes, workshops & career coaching seminars
- ・A scholarship from the Liz Mohn Foundation for Culture and Music enabling the recipient to be involved at the international opera studio of the Berlin Staatsoper for two years