Qualifying Rounds

Order: by Name | by Date
DateCityTheaterDeadlineRegister
March 05, 2019 Toronto University of Toronto February 26
March 06, 2019 Sofia Austrian Embassy - Österreichische Botschaft February 27
March 15, 2019 Cape Town Baxter Concert Hall March 08
March 16, 2019 Lviv Lviv National Opera March 09
March 17, 2019 St. Petersburg Elena Obraszova International Academy of Music March 09
March 19, 2019 Philadelphia The Curtis Institute of Music March 12
March 21, 2019 Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper am Rhein March 14
March 21, 2019 Vancouver University of British Columbia March 14
March 22, 2019 Erfurt Theater Erfurt March 15
March 24, 2019 Melbourne Glenfern House March 17
March 25, 2019 Munich Theaterakademie August Everding München March 18
March 30, 2019 Allentown Muhlenberg College March 23 Register for March 30
March 30, 2019 Linz Landestheater Musiktheater March 26 Register for March 30
April 03, 2019 Lisbon Teatro Nacional de São Carlos March 28 Register for April 03
April 04, 2019 Udine Teatro della Fondazione Luigi Bon March 28 Register for April 04
April 04, 2019 Copenhagen Operaen - Copenhagen Opera House March 21
April 04, 2019 San Diego San Diego Civic Theatre March 28 Register for April 04
April 04, 2019 Barcelona Teatre del Liceu March 28 Register for April 04
April 06, 2019 Vienna Musik u. Kunst Privatuniversität d. Stadt Wien - MUK March 23 Register for April 06
April 06, 2019 Oslo The Academy of Opera at KHiO, The Academy of the Arts in Oslo March 23 Register for April 06
April 06, 2019 Brisbane Griffith University March 23 Register for April 06
April 08, 2019 Vienna Wiener Staatsoper March 25 Register for April 08
April 08, 2019 Detmold Hochschule für Musik Detmold April 02 Register for April 08
April 09, 2019 London Royal Opera House Covent Garden March 26 Register for April 09
April 09, 2019 Graz Oper Graz March 26 Register for April 09
April 10, 2019 Tokyo Austrian Embassy - Österreichische Botschaft March 27 Register for April 10
April 10, 2019 Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin March 27 Register for April 10
April 10, 2019 Reykjavik Icelandic Opera at Harpa Concert & Conference Hall March 27 Register for April 10
April 10, 2019 Tel Aviv The Shlomo Lahat Opera House March 27 Register for April 10
April 12, 2019 Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées April 05 Register for April 12
April 12, 2019 Seoul Seoul Arts High School March 29 Register for April 12
April 12, 2019 Pretoria Musaion - Depart. of Music, University of Pretoria March 29 Register for April 12
April 13, 2019 Hamburg Hamburgische Staatsoper March 30 Register for April 13
April 15, 2019 Bejing Austrian Embassy April 01 Register for April 15
April 15, 2019 Warsaw Österreichisches Kulturforum April 01 Register for April 15
April 15, 2019 Yerevan Yerevan State Conservatory April 01 Register for April 15
April 18, 2019 Budapest Österreichisches Kulturforum - Osztrák kulturális fórum April 04 Register for April 18
April 18, 2019 San Francisco San Franciso Opera April 04 Register for April 18
April 18, 2019 Jurmala Concert Hall Dzintari April 04 Register for April 18
April 20, 2019 Iasi George Enescu National University of Arts April 06 Register for April 20
April 22, 2019 Vladivostok Mariinsky Theatre April 08 Register for April 22
April 23, 2019 Ljubljana SNG Opera in balet April 09 Register for April 23
April 25, 2019 Moscow Helikon Opera April 11 Register for April 25
April 25, 2019 Dublin Royal Irish Academy of Music April 11 Register for April 25
April 26, 2019 Pesaro Auditorium Pedrotti April 12 Register for April 26
April 28, 2019 Zurich Zurich Opernhaus-Studiobühne April 14 Register for April 28
April 29, 2019 Milan Österreichisches Kulturforum - Foro Austriaco April 15 Register for April 29
April 29, 2019 Kraków Akademia Muzyczna April 15 Register for April 29
April 30, 2019 Cologne Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln April 16 Register for April 30
May 03, 2019 Zagreb Academy of Music - Musicka akademija Sveuciliste April 19 Register for May 03
May 06, 2019 Rome Österreichisches Kulturforum - Foro Austriaco April 22 Register for May 06
May 06, 2019 Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera April 22 Register for May 06
May 07, 2019 Tbilisi Tbilisi State Conservatorie April 23 Register for May 07
May 10, 2019 Varazdin Glazbena Skola u Varazdinu April 26 Register for May 10
May 11, 2019 Gdansk Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanislawa Moniuszki April 27 Register for May 11
May 11, 2019 Poznan Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego J. Paderewskiego April 27 Register for May 11
May 11, 2019 Prague Narodni Divadlo/National Opera April 27 Register for May 11
May 13, 2019 Kassel Staatstheater Kassel April 29 Register for May 13
May 13, 2019 Dresden Semperoper April 29 Register for May 13
May 14, 2019 Istanbul Istanbul State Opera Süreyya House Kadiköy April 29 Register for May 14
May 17, 2019 Amsterdam Nationale Opera & Ballet May 03 Register for May 17
May 17, 2019 Irkutsk Staatliche Philharmonie May 03 Register for May 17
May 18, 2019 Bratislava Slovakian National Theater SND May 04 Register for May 18
May 21, 2019 New York Metropolitan Opera House May 07 Register for May 21
May 21, 2019 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie - Studio Fiocco May 07 Register for May 21
May 24, 2019 Madrid Teatro Real Madrid May 10 Register for May 24
May 27, 2019 Stuttgart JOiN - Junge Oper im Nord May 13 Register for May 27
May 28, 2019 Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt May 14 Register for May 28
May 28, 2019 Helsinki Helsinki Conservatory of Music May 14 Register for May 28
May 31, 2019 Wroclaw Klub Muzyki i Literatury May 17 Register for May 31

Final Rounds

Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
June 30, 2019 at 11:00

Singers’ Enrolment for the Final Rounds

  • Congress Center
    Europaplatz 1
    9500 Villach
  • Participants are requested to present themselves with a valid document, Passport or ID card from 11:00 to 14:00.
    Furthermore:
    • Allocation of rehearsal and audition times.
    • Check of the five arias: see conditions.
    • Notification of participants´ local address and phone number.
    • Handover of the information letter to the participants.

    It´s necessary for candidates of the Final Rounds to be present at the Singers´ Enrolment on 30 June.
Musikschule Villach. Photo: tinefoto.com
July 01, 2019 at 10:00

Coaching sessions 1 to 4 July

  • Musikschule Villach
    Widmanngasse 12,
    9500 Villach
  • 10:00 - 14:00 and 16:00 - 18:00 each day (subject to change)

    Coaching Sessions (not public): are published on the TV Screens at Congress Center Villach and in your personal account on the competition website.
Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
July 02, 2019 at 10:00

1st round 1st day

  • Congress Center
    Europaplatz 1
    9500 Villach
  • Public auditions are from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00. (subject to change)
    • Day tickets of EUR 12,- for audience are available at the box offices in Ossiach, Stiftsinnenhof, at the box office of the Congress Center Villach, ground floor, and online here.
    • Observers (agencies, representatives of theaters, festivals etc.: please register here or accredit yourself at the competition reception in the Congress Center.
    • Competition singers are invited to listen their competitors during the final rounds and support them with big applause.


    Singers, please note your rehearsals and audition times on the screens at the Congress Center Villach and/or in your personal accounts on the competition website.
Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
July 03, 2019 at 10:00

1st round 2nd day

  • Congress Center
    Europaplatz 1
    9500 Villach
  • Public auditions are from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00. (subject to change)

    Singers, please note your rehearsals and audition times on the screens at the Congress Center Villach and/or in your personal accounts on the competition website.
Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
July 04, 2019 at 10:00

Semi-finals 1st day

  • Congress Center
    Europaplatz 1
    9500 Villach
  • Public auditions are from 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 17:00. (subject to change)

    Singers, please note your rehearsals and audition times on the screens at the Congress Center Villach and/or in your personal accounts on the competition website.
Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
July 05, 2019 at 10:00

Semi-finals 2nd day

  • Congress Center
    Europaplatz 1
    9500 Villach
  • Public auditions are from 10:00 to 14:00. (subject to change)

    Singers, please note your audition times on the screens at the Congress Center Villach and/or in your personal accounts on the competition website.
Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Photo: Helge Bauer
July 05, 2019 at 18:00

Orchestra rehearsals

  • Stadttheater Klagenfurt
    Theaterplatz 4
    9020 Klagenfurt
  • The orchestra rehearsals are not public. Finalists: please note the information for orchestra rehearsals with singers on the screens at the Congress Center Villach.
Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Photo: Helge Bauer
July 06, 2019 at 10:00

Orchestra rehearsals

  • Stadttheater Klagenfurt
    Theaterplatz 4
    9020 Klagenfurt
  • Finalists: please note the information for orchestra rehearsals with singers on the screens at the Congress Center Villach.
Congress Center. Photo: Congress Center Villach
July 07, 2019 at 20:00

Finals Concert - Opening of the Carinthian Summer Music Festival

Villach by night