IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition

Tune in at 1pm, Tuesday 10 October to relive the breathtaking performances by five talented young vocalists as they competed for the prestigious IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition. Camille Mercep hosts this rebroadcast of this year’s final’s concert held at the Concourse in Chatswood last month. The 2023 finalists were soprano Michaela Cadwgan (NZ), mezzo Cassandra Doyle (NSW), tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimmaono (NZ), mezzo Ellena Hicks (NSW), and soprano Yvette Keong (NSW).

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Cassandra Doyle, mezzo-soprano

Amour, viens rendre à mon âme.  Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? Gounod: Roméo et Juliette

Ellena Hicks, mezzo-soprano

Svegliatevi nel core Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

O ma lyre immortelle. Gounod: Sapho

Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, tenor

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

Ah leve toi solei. Gounod: Romeo et Juliette

Yvette Keong, soprano

Se il padre perdei. Mozart: Idomeneo

Par le rang… Salut a la France! Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment

Michaela Cadwgan, soprano

Voi lo sapete, o mamm. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Dich, teure Halle. Wagner: Tannhäuser

Eleanor Greenwood, soprano. Guest Artist.

Son Giunta! Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Io son l’umile ancella. Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur

Opera Australia Orchestra, Vladimir Fanshil Conductor

Audio Engineer: Jonathan Palmer