International Vocal Competition 2017

Baritone Jaegyeong Jo (South Korea, 1985) performs ‘Hai già vinta la causa!… Vedro mentr’io sospiro’ from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro; ‘Avant de quitter ces lieux’ from Charles-François Gounod’s Faust; Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’; and ‘Largo al factotum’ from Gioacchino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Jeannette van Schaik (the Netherlands, 1988) performs ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’ from Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine; ‘Embroidery in childhood’ from Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’; and ‘È strano! è strano! … Ah, fors’e lui … Sempre Libera’ from Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Bass Dominic Barberi (United Kingdom, 1988) performs ‘Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben’ from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio; ‘Betrachte, meine Seele’ from J. S. Bach’s Johannes Passion; Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’; and ‘Revenge, Timotheus cries’ from George Frederick Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Momoko Nakajima (Japan, 1990) performs ‘Signore, ascolta’ from Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot; ‘Wohl denn gefasst ist der Entschluss’ from Otto Nicolai’s Die lustige Weiber von Windsor; ‘Ich soll ihn niehmals, niehalms mehr sehn’ from Erich Korngold’s Die Kathrin; and Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Kinga Borowska (Poland, 1986) performs ‘Slowly it all comes back’ from William Walton’s Troilus and Cressida; ‘Da, chas nasta! Prostite vy’ (Yes, this time! Forgive me hills) from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The maid of Orleans; and Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Tenor Yongxi Chen (China, 1992) performs ‘Ella mi fu rapita! … Parmi veder le lagrime’ from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto; Monique Krüs’s ‘Lunam, ne quidem Lunam’; ‘Ah, lève-toi soleil’ from Charles-François Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette; and ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’ from Franz Lehár’s Das Land des Lächelns, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2017 - Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.