Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Quarter-Finalists Announced

Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Quarter-Finalists Announced

Twenty-nine emerging opera singers have progressed to the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship quarter-finals and will compete again on June 9 in hope of coming one step closer to securing their part of the $70,000 worth of prizes on offer. Sixteen of the qualifying singers will progress to the semi-final on June 10 and eight will progress…

Filipe Manu Wins The Mathy And The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition For 2017

Filipe Manu Wins The Mathy And The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition For 2017

Congratulations to 24-year-old Filipe Manu, tenor, from New Zealand who last Saturday won the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship (The Mathy) and was judged the overall winner of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition. Held at the Concert Hall, The Concourse Chatswood, five emerging singers vied for almost $200,000 in prizes and opportunities. Filipe’s award-winning performance of Pastorello…

IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Announces Five Finalists

IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Announces Five Finalists

Five emerging singers have moved on to the finals of the 2017 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competiton. They were selected last week from eleven semi-finalists who performed in heats held around the country, in New Zealand and in London. Damian Arnold (tenor, 25) from NSW, Filipe Manu (tenor, 24) from New Zealand, Daniel Carison (baritone,…