Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition - Live from NYC Finals - 11 December 2021

WELCOME to the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition Live from NYC Round Finals Concert! Download today's here: https://www.premiereoperafoundation.org/s/POFIVC-Live-Program-2021.pdf

This is our 5th year of the competition and this year we have again reinvented how to help even more singers worldwide. For 2021, We split the competition into TWO parts - Virtual Worldwide and Live from NYC. Tonight is the Finals Round of the Live from NYC Portion.

We have selected these 16 singers from hundreds of singers who applied from all over the world and then over 120 singers who sang a LIVE Semi-Final/Casting Audition for our International Jury in NYC over the past week.

We hope you enjoy hearing a but about each singer and then hearing their performances! Our jury is watching LIVE in the concert venue and voting on who will be our 2021 Live from NYC Winners!

Immediately after the Concert, we will have the Awards Ceremony - Don't Go Away! Stay and see who are our 2021 Prize Winners!

WANT TO SEE THE VIRTUAL FINALISTS? - the Virtual Finals Concert was Livestreamed on December 4 and can we seen here: https://youtu.be/ocxzorP1qAc

YOUR VOTE COUNTS! Immediately after the singing is done, please vote for Prize of the Audience: https://www.premiereoperafoundation.org/audience-prize
(Voting will only be open for approximate 10 minutes when the final singer finishes - we will tabulate those who vote in person from the audience as well as those who vote online!)

WE ALSO NEED YOUR SUPPORT! If you enjoy our concert, we would be honored if you would consider a 100% tax-deductible donation to keep the Foundation sustainable into the future: https://www.premiereoperafoundation.org/donate

You can choose to underwrite/name a Specific Prize, a Specific Artist, sponsor a member of the Jury or just support our ongoing mission to help the art of opera grow into future generations of amazing art!

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***** Prizes & Awards *****

Over $35,000 worth in cash prizes and special awards will be distributed equally to the Virtual Winners and the Live in NYC Winners!

*First Prizes total - Male: $5000 / Female: $5000
*Second Prizes total - Male: $3000 / Female: $3000
*Third Prizes total - Male: $2000 / Female: $2000
*Encouragement Awards total up to - $2000
*The Voce di Meche Encouragement Awards total up to- $2000
*The Regine Crespin Prizes of the Audience total - $1000
*Every Finalist receives a cash honorarium and certificate

Study Grants and other Special Awards will also be distributed, plus multiple Professional Casting Opportunities!

To Vote for Audience Favorite: https://www.premiereoperafoundation.org/audience-prize

***** Final Round Live Jury *****

Jonathan Friend - Artistic Advisor
Metropolitan Opera NYC

Samuel Gelber - Director of Artistic Planning
Washington National Opera

Dominik Licht - Casting & Artistic Planning
Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, Salzburg Easter Festival

Constantine Orbelian - Music Director & Chief Conductor
New York City Opera, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records

Christian Firmbach - General Director
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Germany

Gerald Martin Moore - Professor of Voice & Director of Yale Opera Yale School of Music, Glyndebourne Festival, Ravinia Festival, Music Academy of the West, SongStudio Carnegie Hall, Decca Records

Devere Burnett - Artist Manager
IMG Artists NYC

Andres Spoerer Rodriguez - Artistic Director
Fundacion Ibanez-Atkinson, Chile

Megan Weston - General Director
Athena Music Foundation NYC

David Blackburn - President & Chief Consultant
NYIOP, Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio, Opernhaus Zurich Opera Studio, Ibáñez-Atkinson Foundation

Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute

We are honored by your interest in our mission and thank you for joining us!

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