Australian Singing Competition Showcase

Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd. (MOST) and Ussher Direction Presents

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"Ah leve toi soleil" from "Romeo et Juliette" by Gounod

Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, 2023 Marianne Mathy Scholarship Winner
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Winners' Performances
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2022: Baritone Jeremy Boulton performs “Or dove fuggo io mai” from Bellini’s “I Puritani”
2019: Manase Latu, Tenor performs “Ecco Ridente in cielo” from “Il barbiere di Siviglia” by Rossini
2018: Zoe Drummond, soprano performs “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio (with recit…Ninfe, elfi)” from “Falstaff” by Verdi
2017: Tenor Filipe Manu performs “Ah mes amis; Pour mon âme” from Donizetti’s “La fille du régiment”
2016: Counter tenor Nicholas Tolputt performs “I know a bank” from Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2015: Maximilian Riebl, counter tenor, performs the aria “Fammi combattere” from “Orlando” by Handel
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Complete Finals Concerts
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2023: The Complete Finals Concert of the 2023 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
2022: The complete Finals Concert of the 2022 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
2019: The complete Finals Concert of the 2019 IFAC Australian Singing Competition
2017: The complete Finals Concert of the 2017 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
2016: The complete Finals Concert of the 2016 IFAC Australian Singing Competition
2015: The complete Finals Concert of the 2015 IFAC Australian Singing Competition
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Finals Concert Guest Artists
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2023: Guest Artist Eleanor Greenwood, soprano, performs “Io son l’umile ancella” from “Adriana Lecouvreur” by Cilèa
2022: Guest Artist Eleanor Lyons, soprano, performs “Heia, heia in den Bergen” from “Die Csárdásfürstin” by Kálmán
2019: Guest Artist Isabella Moore, soprano, performs “Morrò, ma prima in grazia” from “Un ballo in maschera” by Verdi
2018: Guest Artist Adrian Tamburini, baritone, performs “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from “Don Giovanni” by Mozart
2017: Guest artist Olafur Sigurdarson, baritone, performs “Ehi! Paggio…L’onore! Ladri” from Verdi’s “Falstaff”
2016: Guest artists Jonathan Abernethy, tenor and Anna Dowsley, mezzo soprano, perform the love duet from Hector Berlioz’s “Les Troyens”, “Nuit d’ivresse”
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Complete Semi-Finals Concerts
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2023: The Complete Semi-Finals Concert of the 2023 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
2022: The Complete Semi-Finals Concert of the 2022 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
2018: The complete Semi-Finals Concert of the 2018 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
IFAC Handa Singing Competition: Semi-Finals Concerts Guest Artists
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2024: Emilia Antcliff & Amanda Chen, Guest Artists. Semi-Finals Concert
2023: Paul Nicolaou Guest Artist. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Salzedo)
2023: Paul Nicolaou Guest Artist. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Salzedo)
2022: Semi-Finals Guest Artist guitarist Andrew Blanch performs works by Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Ernesto Lecuona y Casado, Raphael Rabello, Vicente Emilio Sojo, and Ignacio Figueroa
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: MasterClasses
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2024: Complete MasterClass with Natalie Aroyan and Bradley Gilchrist.
2024: Complete MasterClass with Natalie Aroyan and Bradley Gilchrist.
2018: MasterClass in Classical Singing with Linnhe Robertson and David Harper
2017: MasterClass in Classical Singing with Catrin Johnsson and David Harper
2015: MasterClass in Opera and Classical Singing with Linnhe Robertson and David Harper
2014: MasterClass in Opera and Classical Singing with Jeffrey Black and David Harper
2013: MasterClass in Opera and Classical Singing with Emma Matthews and David Harper
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Adjudicators
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2012: Adjudicator Conal Coad – Finals Concert interview
Sharolyn Kimmorley AM, discusses her on-going involvement with the Australian Singing Competition
2016: LyndonTerracini AM, discusses the IFAC Australian Singing Competition
2012: Adjudicator Michael Halliwell interviewed before the Finals Concert of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition
2013: National Adjudicator and acclaimed soprano Emma Matthews
2019: Noëmi Nadelmann, National Adjudicator of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
ASC@Home: Highlights
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2020 ASC@Home (Jazz): Steph Russell performs “On Green Dolphin Street” by Bronisław Kaper
2020 ASC@Home (Contemporary): Stephen Chikazaza performs original song “My Good Things”
2020 ASC@Home (Opera & Classical): Eliza Boom performs a rendition of Nedda’s aria “Stridono lassu” from Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”
2020 ASC@Home (Contemporary): Raffaele Pierno performs “Il mare calmo della sera” by Zucchero Fornaciari
2020 ASC@Home (Audience Choice): Lucie Kaňková performs “Queen of the night” by Mozart
2020 ASC@Home (Jazz): Alec Steedman performs “Skylark” by Hoagy Carmichael
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2019: The Opera Australia Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Nicholas Milton AM, performs “Tico Tico” by Albreu, arr. by Colnot
2018: The Opera Australia Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Milton AM, performs the Overture “Girl Crazy”
2017: The Opera Australia Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Milton AM, performs the Overture “Academic Festival” by Brahms
2016: The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey, performs the Overture to “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” by Wagner

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2023: Paul Nicolaou Guest Artist. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Salzedo)
2023: Paul Nicolaou Guest Artist. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Salzedo)
2024: Emilia Antcliff & Amanda Chen, Guest Artists. Semi-Finals Concert
2024: Eden Shifroni, Soprano. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Donizetti)
2024: Eden Shifroni, Soprano. Semi-Finals Concert, second performance (Donizetti)
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