SIXTH ANNUAL
IRENE DALIS VOCAL COMPETITION

Finalists: First Annual Irene Dalis Vocal Compeitiion. Photo courtesy of Robert Shomler

Opera San José, in association with Arts Management Services of San Francisco, will present the Sixth Annual Irene Dalis Vocal Competition on May 19, 2012, 3 p.m. at the California Theatre. At the conclusion of the West Coast Auditions for Singers, the ten best singers will be chosen as the featured competition finalists.

Singers: Click here for competition guidelines and application.

The ten finalists will compete for $50,000 in cash prizes: First prize ($15,000), second prize ($10,000) and third prize ($5,000.) In addition, a  $5,000 prize for Audience Favorite will be selected by voting during the final intermission. A $1,000 Wagner Prize will be awarded (if there is  an appropriate competitor in this voice fach.) The remaining seven contenders will receive $2,000 each as Encouragement awards.

List of previous IDVC Finalists and Winners, 2007 to present

A distinguished panel of judges will select the top three winners at the competition including Henry Akina, General Director and Artistic Director of Hawaii Opera Theatre; Ward Holmquist, Artistic Director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City; and Brad Trexell, Director of Artistic Operations of Opera Colorado.

Timm Rolek, Artistic Director and Conductor of Lake Tahoe Music Festival; Peter Jaffe, Music Director and Conductor of Stockton Symphony; and Richard Harrell, Opera Program Director of San Francisco Conservatory of Music and visiting faculty for the Opera Studio of the Netherlands, will serve on the preliminary panel.

Accompanist for both the vocal competition finals and the auditions is pianist Catherine Miller.

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Call the OSJ Box Office @ (408) 437-4450 to purchase tickets or order online.