International Vocal Competition 2018

Tenor Yury Rostotsky (Russia, 1986) performs ‘Let not fame the tidings spread’ from George Frideric Handel’s opera Hercules; ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera L’elisir d’amore; ‘Love, too frequently betrayed’ from Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress; and Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano He Wu (China, 1989) performs Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; ‘Amor’ from Richard Strauss’s Brentano Lieder; and ‘A vos jeux, mes amis’ from Ambroise Thomas’s opera Hamlet, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Maria Sardaryan (Armenia, 1989) performs ‘So war es mit Pagliazzo’ from Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos; ‘Care compagne… Come per me sereno’ from Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula; and Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Linsey Coppens (Belgium, 1993) performs ‘Arabien, mein Heimatland’ from Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Oberon; Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; ‘Must the winter come so soon?’ from Samuel Barber’s opera Vanessa; and ‘Nacqui all’affanno… Non più mesta’ from Gioacchino Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Nina van Essen (the Netherlands, 1994) performs ‘Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle?’ from Charles-François Gounod’s opera Roméo et Juliette; ‘Must the winter come so soon?’ from Samuel Barber’s opera Vanessa; Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; and ‘Enfin, je suis ici’ from Jules Massenet’s opera Cendrillon, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Baritone Stefan Astakhov (Germany, 1997) performs Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; ‘Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray!’ from Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd; and ‘Los cantos allegres… Ya mis horas felices’ from Reveriano Soutullo Otero’s La del Soto del Parral, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Beth Margaret Taylor (United Kingdom, 1993) performs ‘The soul of man’ from Michael Tippett’s oratorio A Child of Our Time; ‘Es ist vollbracht’ from J. S. Bach’s oratorio Johannes Passion; ‘Fac ut portem’ from Gioacchino Rossini’s Stabat Mater; and Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Ariana Wehr (USA/Brazil, 1989) performs ‘Dieu, quel frisson… Amour, ranime mon courage’ from Charles-François Gounod’s opera Roméo et Juliette; ‘Exsultate, jubilate’ from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s motet Exsultate, jubilate; Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; and ‘S prodruzhkami po jagodu khodit’ (Picking with friends) from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegúrochka (The Snow Maiden), during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Tenor Ibrahim Yesilay (Turkey, 1990) performs ‘Keops aria’ from Selma Ada’s opera Mavi Nokta; ‘Ella mi fu rapita… Parmi veder le lagrime’ from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto; ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera L’elisir d’amore; and Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Mezzo-soprano Rosina Fabius (the Netherlands, 1990) performs Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; ‘Where shall I fly’ from George Frideric Handel’s opera Hercules; and ‘Urlicht’ from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Soprano Adriana de León (Guatemala, 1989) performs Sylvia Maessen’s ‘Oh, che tranquillo mar’; ‘Glück, das mir verblieb’ from Erich Korngold’s opera Die tote Stadt; and ‘Ah! Non credea mirarti… Ah, non giunge’ from Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2018 – Opera | Oratorio. This performance was recorded at Theater aan de Parade in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.