Round 4 ICCR | Evening Concert Opera Round | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 June 2022

After today's rehearsals, the jury announced four conductors that play in tonight's evening concert and have a chance at winning the Opera Award (€7500).

The ultimate test: the conductors do not only work with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, but also with the Laurens Symphony Chorus and five singers of the International Vocal Competition. Each conductor will perform a 20-minute selection from Bizet’s masterpiece Carmen.

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Full programme:

17:19 Joel Sandelson - selection 1
37:19 Chloe Rooke - selection 2

-- Intermision --

1:29:30 Luis Toro Araya - selection 1
1:49:34 Bertie Baigent - selection 2

Selection 1
Act 1 – Ouverture / Prelude
Act 1 – Scene 4: Habanera / L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen, chorus)
Act 1 – Scene 5: Carmen, sur tes pas nous pressons (Chorus)
Act 3 – Scene 19: Melons! – Coupons (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
Act 3 – Scene 20: Quant au douanier (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, le Dancaïre, le Remendado, chorus)

Selection 2
Act 1 – Scene 9: Seguidilla: Chanson et Duo – Près de remparts de Séville (Carmen & Don José)
Act 2 – Scene 11: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita)
Act 2 – Scene 14: Quintette: Nous avons en tête une affaire! (Le Dancaïre, le Remendado, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
Act 3 – Entr’acte
Act 4 – Scene 25: Les Voici until ‘Si tu m’aimes’ (chorus)

Soloists: Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano), Florieke Beelen (mezzo-soprano), Anton Kuzenok (tenor), Kelly Poukens (soprano), Raoul Steffani (baritone).

Jury: Giordano Bellincampi, Jeremy Geffen, Ara Guzelimian (chair), Sophie de Lint, Enrique Mazzola, Kim Noltemy, Ed Spanjaard, and Elmar Weingarten.