IHOS is pleased to announce the inaugural IHOS Australian Opera Award as a feature of the Hobart Eisteddfod

First Prize - $3500, Second prize $700
Competition Date - 3pm Sunday 29th June 2008
Registrations close 21 April 2008

Registration $20 payable to the Hobart City Eistedfodd
To register please download Eisteddfod Registration Form

Inaugural 2007 Prize Awarded

Chris Richardson - Baritone
An Aria from Matthew Dewey's - The Death of Chatterton
Repetiteur - Karen Smithies

Rebecca Hilder - Soprano
An Aria from Richard Mills' Batavia


Criteria for Registration

• All works must have been composed from 1970 forward
• Participants must be an Australian citizen
• Participants must be 18 years or over
• Participants may select one or two pieces with a maximum performance time limit of 8 minutes.
• Only works by Australian composers accepted
• Genre - excerpts from previously staged opera or samples from work intended for performance in a staged production
• Unpublished and new commissions are eligible for performance
• Works must be accompanied
• Works with electronic music or amplification must be submitted one month prior to registration for approval
• For advice on repertoire selection see the Australian Music Centre or contact IHOS on 03 6231 2219
• (As this prize is provided by IHOS, works composed by Constantine Koukias will not be eligible for performance in this competition )

Examples of appropriate repertoire to select from:

• Lawrence Hargrave Flying Alone - Nigel Butterley
• The Eighth Wonder - Alan Jones
• Lindy - Moya Henderson
• Metamorphosis - Brian Howard
• Medea - Gordon Kerry
• Yuè Lìng Jié - Moon Spirit Feasting - Liza Lim
• Flight of Les Darcy - Raffaele Marcellino
• The Eternity Man - Jonathan Mills
• The Ghost's Wife - Jonathan Mills
• The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll - Richard Mills
• Batavia - Richard Mills
• Voss - Richard Meale
• La Mer de Glace - Richard Meale
• Golem - Larry Sitsky
• Burrow - Michael Smetanin
• Two Executioners - David Chesworth
• Love in the Age of Therapy - Paul Grabowsky