A total of 12 singers will be selected for the two opera casts.

The selection of course participants will be made exclusively based on the video audition.

To be admitted to the course, candidates must pass the required exam (video audition) and pay the corresponding tuition fee.

The pieces chosen for the admission exam must be specified during the registration process.

During the course, students may refine additional pieces of their choice, provided they indicate them in advance on the registration form.

Roles:

IL PRIGIONIERO
Il Prigioniero – baritone
La Madre – dramatic soprano or high mezzo-soprano (with an extensive upper range)
Il Carceriere / Il Grande Inquisitore – lyric tenor
Primo Sacerdote – tenor
Secondo Sacerdote – baritone

LA VOIX HUMAINE
soprano or mezzo-soprano

Video Audition Program

For the video audition for La Voix Humaine (Ricordi edition), candidates must prepare:
[56] “Oh! Rien de grave, mon chéri” (from page 33 to page 44 inclusive)
[94] “Il y a des circonstances où le mensonge est utile” (from page 61 to the end of the opera, page 71)

Additionally, the following requirements apply:

• Mezzo-sopranos must also prepare Giocasta’s aria from Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinskij – “Nonn’erubeskite, reges” [up to “Laius”] (Boosey & Hawkes edition) – plus one aria of their choice.
• Sopranos must also prepare Marietta’s Lied from Die Tote Stadt by Erich W. Korngold – plus one aria of their choice.

For the video audition for Il Prigioniero (Suvini Zerboni edition), candidates must prepare:

Il Prigioniero – baritone

• Scene I – “Ero solo…” (from page 20 to measure 264, page 29)
• Scene III – from page 58 (“Signore aiutami a camminare”) to page 64 (“Ahimé!”)
  • and from page 67 (“Quegli occhi mi guardavano!”) to page 74 (“I giorni del tuo regno son contati”)

Additionally, candidates must prepare one aria of their choice from:

• “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” from Die Tote Stadt (Korngold)
• “Estuans interius” from Carmina Burana (C. Orff)

La Madre – soprano or high mezzo-soprano

• The entire Prologue (from page 7 “Ti rivedrò mio figlio” to the choir entrance on page 16)

Additionally:

• Sopranos must prepare “Arrigo, ah, parli a un core” from I vespri siciliani (Verdi) – uncut – plus one aria from the mid-20th-century repertoire.
• Mezzo-sopranos must prepare “Lieto del vostro incarco… se Romeo t’uccise un figlio” plus the complete cabaletta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Bellini), along with one aria from the mid-20th-century repertoire.

Il Carceriere / Il Grande Inquisitore – tenor

• Scene II – from page 30 (“Fratello…”) to page 48 (“Dormi… e spera!”)

Additionally, candidates must prepare one aria of their choice from:

• “Se di lauri il crine adorno” from Mitridate, Re di Ponto (Mozart)
• “Fra l’Arena di Verona e la torre di Cremona” from Lo speziale (Haydn)

Primo Sacerdote – tenor

• From page 64 “La comunione sub utraque specie” to page 67 [730]

Additionally, candidates must prepare:

• One 20th-century European aria
• One aria of their choice

Secondo Sacerdote – baritone

• From page 65 (“Silenzio… m’era sembrato udire…”) to page 67 (“Negano la reale presenza”)

Additionally, candidates must prepare:

• One 20th-century European aria
• One aria of their choice

Candidates are strongly advised to ensure the highest level of preparation, musical accuracy, and linguistic articulation, regardless of whether they are native speakers or not.