The Arts rep 111 requests from artists from 29 nationalities for the Plácido Domingo Center
07.05.2018
The Palau de les Arts has received 111 applications from artists from 29 different nationalities to apply for the selection process for the next course of the Plácido Domingo Perfection Center.
The arts center hosts from 11 to 17 May the three phases into which the auditions are divided in the present call, among which the students of the promotion of this project will be triaged.
By country, Spain encapsulates the name of aspiring artists with 25 artists, 7 of them Valencians. The sequel in Brazil and Mexico, with 9 candidates; Italy, with 8 artists; South Korea and Russia, with 6, and Colombia, France and Ukraine with 5 singers. Europe accounts for more than 50% of the applications, followed by the American continent, with 38 young artists.
The candidates who remain admitted will face a qualifying phase with an audition on May 11, 12 and 13. For this purpose, five pieces have to be prepared: an aria by Mozart, an aria in Italy, an aria in an other language different from Italy, a sarsuela romança (a baroque opera ria for the countertenors) and a repertoire piece of sacred or chamber music.
After the eliminatory phase, on May 14 and 15, the semi-finalists will have an audition of one or two songs that the jury of the repertoire presents and a reading of a score at first sight. The exercise is completed with a personal interview.
The candidates who pass this phase will enter the final, which will take place on May 17, with Plácido Domingo as president of a jury format for notable figures in the world of poetry.
After the success of the previous editions, Les Arts will return to open to the public this last test, in which the singers who enter the Center de Perfection will decide.
The selectors, together with them, will prepare concerts and collaborate in the productions of the 2018-2019 Arts season.
The course, which will be donated, will begin on September 7 and end on July 26, 2019, and will also include master classes by prominent professionals such as Mateix Plácido Domingo, among others.
