On sunday, Tasmanian soprano Pamela Andrews premiered an aria from Matthew Dewey’s work in progress operaTycho Brahe at the Hobart Eisteddfod as part of the IHOS Australian Opera Award.
Hobart Eisteddfod
IHOS Australian Opera Award
First Prize – $3500, Second prize $700
Competition Date – 3pm Sunday 29th June 2008
Inaugural 2007 Prize Awarded
Chris Richardson – Baritone
An Aria from Matthew Dewey’s – The Death of Chatterton
Repetiteur – Karen Smithies
Rebecca Hilder – Soprano
An Aria from Richard Mills’ Batavia
Criteria for Registration
* All works must have been composed from 1970 forward
* Participants must be an Australian citizen
* Participants must be 18 years or over
* Participants may select one or two pieces with a maximum performance time limit of 8 minutes.
* Only works by Australian composers accepted
* Genre – excerpts from previously staged opera or samples from work intended for performance in a staged production
* Unpublished and new commissions are eligible for performance
* Works must be accompanied
* Works with electronic music or amplification must be submitted one month prior to registration for approval
* For advice on repertoire selection see the Australian Music Centre or contact IHOS on 03 6231 2219
* (As this prize is provided by IHOS, works composed by Constantine Koukias will not be eligible for performance in this competition )
Examples of appropriate repertoire to select from:
* Lawrence Hargrave Flying Alone – Nigel Butterley
* The Eighth Wonder – Alan Jones
* Lindy – Moya Henderson
* Metamorphosis – Brian Howard
* Medea – Gordon Kerry
* Yuè Lìng Jié – Moon Spirit Feasting – Liza Lim
* Flight of Les Darcy – Raffaele Marcellino
* The Eternity Man – Jonathan Mills
* The Ghost’s Wife – Jonathan Mills
* The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll – Richard Mills
* Batavia – Richard Mills
* Voss – Richard Meale
* La Mer de Glace – Richard Meale
* Golem – Larry Sitsky
* Burrow – Michael Smetanin
* Two Executioners – David Chesworth
* Love in the Age of Therapy – Paul Grabowsky
