One of the biggest operatic singing competitions in Scotland, the Young Artists Singing Competition, is the highlight of Opera Festival Scotland‘s inaugural programme. The festival welcomes both national and international finalists Ted Black, Julieth Lozano, Suzie Gibbons and Jacobo Ochoa to perform in front of a high-profile panel of judges.
Panellists include international soprano and Chair of Voice at the Royal College of Music Janis Kelly, award-winning composer Paul Mealor, Head of Casting for English National Opera Michelle Williams, Head of Casting for Scottish Opera Sarah-Jane Davies, Scottish soprano and educator Linda Ormiston, and General Director for Opera for Peace Julia Lagahuzere.
Accompanied by a Dundee favourite, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and conducted by John Frederick Hudson, the three finalists will sing some of the most challenging music in the opera world creating an exciting programme combined with competitive energy.
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sinfonia (Overture)
SUSIE GIBBONS, SOPRANO
Smetana: Och, jaky zal1…Ten lasky sen jak krasnybl” (Prodana Nevesta)
The Bartered Bride
Mozart: Porgi amor
Le nozze di Figaro
Puccini: Quando m’en vo’ Soletta, Musetta’s Waltz
La bohème
Gounod: Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir, Jewel Song
Faust
JACOBO OCHOA, BASS
Mozart: Rivolgete A Lui Lo Sguardo
Tchaikovsky: Vy mne pisali…Kogda bi zhim domashnim krugom
Eugene Onegin
Wagner: Wie Todesahnung…O du mein Holder Abendstern
Tannhäuser
Donizetti: Cruda funesta smania…La Pieta del suo favore
Lucia di Lammermoor
JULIETH LOZANO, SOPRANO
Rossini: En proie à la tristesse
Le Comte Ory
Mozart: Ach, ich fühl’s
Die Zauberflöte
Puccini: Quando m’en vo’ Soletta, Musetta’s Waltz
La bohème
Bizet: Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante, Micaëla’s aria
Carmen
JUDGES DELIBERATE
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Photography by Lydia Smith
