REPERTOIRE

FIRST ROUND – January 5th, 6th and 7th 2026

ARIAS (3 to be chosen) – Instrumentation: Orchestra, singers
– Mozart – Don Giovanni – Nr. 2 Recitativo and duet “Ma qual mai s’offre, o Dei….Fuggi, crudele, fuggi !” (Donna Anna and Don Ottavio)
– Mozart – Don Giovanni – Nr. 10 Recitativo and Aria “Don Ottavio, son morta… Or sai chi l’onore” (Donna Anna und Don Ottavio)
– Mozart – Don Giovanni – Nr. 21b Recitativo and Aria “In qualli eccessi, o Numi…. Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata” (Donna Elvira)
– Mozart – Don Giovanni – Nr. 23 Recitativo and Rondo “Crudele ! Ah no, mio bene!” (Donna Anna)
– Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro – Nr. 20 Recitativo and Aria “E Susanna non vien….Dove sono i bei momenti!” (Contessa)
– Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro – Nr. 27 Recitativo and Aria “Tutto è disposto….Aprite un pò quegl’occhi !” (Figaro)
– Mozart – La clemenza di Tito – Second Act, Scene VIII “Che orror! Che tradimento” (Tito)
– Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice – Third Act, Scene I “Vieni! Segui i miei passi” (Orfeo and Euridice)

MANDATORY PIECE FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES – Instrumentation: Orchestra, singers
– W. A. Mozart, from Die Zauberflöte: Sprechszene – Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben

SECOND ROUND – January 8th 2026

Each candidate will have to choose two (2) of the following pieces:
– G. Puccini – Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
– R. Leoncavallo – Intermezzo from I Pagliacci
– G. Verdi – Sinfonia from La forza del destino
– G. Verdi – Sinfonia from Nabucco
– G. Puccini – Intermezzo from Madame Butterfly
– R. Wagner – Der fliegende Hollaender, Ouverture
– C.M. von Weber – Der Freischutz, Ouverture

SEMIFINAL – January 9th 2026

Each candidate will have to prepare the following acts from Giacomo Puccini’s operas:
– G. Puccini – Tosca, third act
– G. Puccini – La Boheme, fourth act
– G. Puccini – Madame Butterfly, third act

FINAL – January 10th 2026

– G. Puccini – Tosca, third act
– G. Puccini – La Boheme, fourth act
– G. Puccini – Madame Butterfly, third act

Each finalist will conduct one Act, drawn by lot