Organization

The Grange Festival

Judges

Joan Rodgers

Michael Chance

Hurn Court Opera

Daniel Gray Bell

Semi-Finalist

Marie Cayeux

Natalie Davies

Clover Kayne

Robert Lewis

Madeline Robinson

Luke Terence Scott

Rosamond Thomas

Singer

Finalist

1. Prize

2. Prize

3. Prize

1. Prize Female

1. Prize, Audience Prize

HCO Singing Competition 2022

Bournemouth

United Kingdom

Kimmeridge House

HCO Singing Competition: Competition Various

Public

Private

Competition

Approved

Semi-finals and finals of Hurn Court Opera's Singer of the Year Competition, a national contest for classical singers aged 20-29 years. Following online preliminary rounds, eight semi-finalists will each perform a 15-minute programme. The judges will select four singers to deliver a 20-minute programme in the finals. Judges: Joan Rodgers, CBE (international soprano), Michael Chance, CBE (CEO and Artistic Director of The Grange Festival) and Scott Cooper (Director of Artistic Administration, The Grange Festival). Semi-finals start 11.00am; finals start approx 3.30pm followed by adjudications and announcement of results.

Inaugurated in 2018, the HCO Singer of the Year Competition provides an important platform for young vocal talent. This year we are thrilled to announce a collaboration with The Grange Festival. As well as being invited to perform with HCO, the winner of the Nigel Beale Grange Festival First Prize will also be offered a contract in The Grange Festival Chorus in 2023, subject to a sufficient standard being reached.

 

Selected HCO prizewinners perform in recital and opera with us, and all entrants may be considered for future opportunities. For details of previous competitions, including lists of prizewinners, please click on the year tabs under HCO Competition, above.​

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Prizes  

Nigel Beale Grange Festival First Prize
- £2000, plus the offer of a contract with The Grange Festival Chorus in 2023*

John Harding Second Prize
- £1000

Rosalind Armstrong Prize
- £750

Roger Higgins Prize
- £500

Anthony Lowrey Audience Prize
- £500

Wendy Blamire Prize**
- £300

*subject to a sufficient standard being reached

** This discretionary award may be made to a semi-finalist or finalist who, in the opinion of the panel, shows outstanding linguistic and artistic commitment to text in at least two European languages other than English.​

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Jury 

Semi-finals and finals

Joan Rodgers CBE, International Soprano (Chair)

Michael Chance CBE, CEO and Artistic Director, The Grange Festival

Scott Cooper, Director of Artistic Administration, The Grange Festival

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Preliminary auditions

Philip Curran, composer

Joy Robinson, mezzo-soprano and HCO producer​

English

HCO Singing Competition 2022 by Various, From (2022/2022), Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues