11th International Contest for Baroque Singing "Francesco Provenzale”
27 to 29 September 2019
The 11th edition of Francesco Provenzale Baroque singing contest will take place in Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de’ Turchini (Naples)
Preliminary trials include :
• A song by Claudio Monteverdi or Cavalli or Purcell
• A passage taken from a Mass, Passion or sacred Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.
• A recitative and an aria from an Italian cantata by Georg Friedrich Haendel or Vivaldi or coeval author.
• A vocal excerpt from the repertoire of the Neapolitan opera school (XVII-XVIII century: Vinci, Porpora, Pergolesi, Caldara, Scarlatti etc)
Registration is open to all voices, till 31 July !