FULL IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semifinal & Finals Concert Sydney 2023

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semifinal & Finals Concert  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: The Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia, Semifinal at The Independent Theatre in North Sydney  
• Recorded: August 31, 2023 & July 23, 2023
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Cassandra Doyle, Yvette Keong, Ellena Hicks, Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, Michaela Cadwgan, Eleanor Greenwood
• Conductor: Vladimir Fanshil  
• Orchestra: Opera Australia Orchestra  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Australian Singing Competition  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition is recognised as one of the longest-running events of its kind, offering a range of scholarships, prizes, career and network opportunities, which also make the competition one of the richest in terms of financial and career opportunities available to opera and classical singers in Australasia.

Though many prizes and career opportunities now make up the Competition, the Marianne Mathy Scholarship remains the premier award in the Competition. The recipient of ‘The Mathy’ receives the Marianne Mathy Scholarship plus a selected suite of valuable cash prizes and opportunities.

Thousands of young singers from Australia and New Zealand have participated in the Competition and have had the benefit of being interviewed and heard by eminent professionals from the Australian and international singing and music fraternity. Many Competition participants have gone on to pursue successful careers in Australia and overseas.

The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition evolved from the Marianne Mathy Scholarship, established through a bequest made by Marianne Mathy-Frisdane, a coloratura soprano opera singer and distinguished teacher of opera and classical singing. The Competition is now well into its third decade discovering, rewarding and providing career opportunities to emerging Australasian opera and classical singers under the age of twenty-six.

The Competition consists of a number of components and processes, including Heats, Semi-Finals and Finals. More recently a MasterClass and selected Workshops have been added.

00:00 Introduction
00:22 Acknowledgement of Country
01:00 Special Guests Introduction
01:20 Opera Australia Orchestra Introduction
05:20 Adjudicators & Maestro Vladimir Fanshil Introduction
08:03 Cassandra Doyle (Gluck)
14:59 Yvette Keong (Mozart)
22:39 Ellena Hicks (Händel)
28:12 Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (Mozart)
33:36 Michaela Cadwgan (Mascagni)
39:15 Story of IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
40:59 Yvette Keong (Donizetti)
49:14 Ellena Hicks (Gounod)
57:57 Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (Gounod)
01:04:17 Cassandra Doyle (Gounod)
01:09:59 Michaela Cadwgan (Wagner)
01:16:49 Dr Handa dedication
1:22:35 Eleanor Greenwood (Cilèa)
01:29:07 Governor General of Australia Address
01:34:20 Tony Abbott Address
01:37:26 MOST Achievement Award
01:42:42 Stuart Maunder Video
01:46:39 National Adjudicator Address
01:49:36 Prizes and Awards Announcement
01:56:30 Winner Announcement

The semi-finalists in order of performance are: Rachael Joyce, Soprano; Michaela Cadwgan; Soprano, Benjamin Del Borrello, Baritone; Cassandra Doyle, Mezzo Soprano; Yvette Keong, Soprano; Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, Tenor; Ellena Hicks, Mezzo Soprano; Amelia Wawrzon, Soprano; Daniel Ott, Baritone; Eden Shifroni, Soprano.

0:00 Introduction
0:16 Acknowledgement of Country
0:41 Adjudicators & Accompanist Introduction
2:24 Rachael Joyce (Massenet)
7:48 Michaela Cadwgan (Duparc)
13:21 Benjamin Del Borrello (Mozart)
20:18 Cassandra Doyle (Gluck)
27:38 Yvette Keong (Strauss)
33:50 Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (Mozart)
38:46 Ellena Hicks (Händel)
43:43 Amelia Wawrzon (Delibes)
47:44 Daniel Ott (Williams)
51:39 Eden Shifroni (Ravel)
57:34 Interval
1:01:06 Rachael Joyce (Schubert), Michaela Cadwgan (Wagner), Benjamin Del Borrello (Saint-Saëns), Cassandra Doyle (Chausson), Yvette Keong (Rachmaninof)
1:20:55 Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (P.Tosti), Ellena Hicks (Sibelius), Amelia Wawrzon (Bellini), David Ott (Rossini), Eden Shifroni (Verdi)
1:45:43 Thank you Accompanist
1:46:16 Flower ceremony
1:48:26 GUEST ARTIST PERFORMANCE: Harpist Paul Nicolaou
2:06:07 Prizes and Awards
2:13:26 2023 ASC Finalist Announcement