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24.01.2022 Achtung! Free GAOG Information Session in Sydney on 12.03.2020!

23.01.2022 We are proud to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2021 German-Australian Opera Grant

19.01.2022 2020 GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN OPERA GRANT The German-Australian Opera Grant (GAOG), The Gateway to an International Career, is one of the biggest career chances in the country for young emerging Australian opera singers. The Grant consists of a one-year employment contract in Germany with the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (for the Season 2020/2021) plus a one-month intensive German language tuition at the Goethe-Institut in Germany, including a return flight to Germany and $450...0 cash. On Friday, 9 August 2019 the 12 Semi-Finalists will be individually auditioned. At the end of the day 4 finalists will be chosen to compete on in the Opera Finale. www.trybooking.com/bbibg The 2020 GAOG Opera Finale will be held on Saturday, 10 August 2019 at Deakin Edge, Federation Square in Melbourne in the presence of an audience of 500 people. The winner of the grant will be chosen from amongst the four finalists on this day. www.trybooking.com/bbiba

19.01.2022 GAOG Artistic Director Dr David Kram has launched a public Youtube channel Kram’sNotes with backing tracks for arias. You can not only hear the accompaniment but you can see him mouthing the words and giving cues in passages with pauses or rubatos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw79y5sHqNen5v8mypdo9sg Singers are invited to submit comments or email Dr Kram on [email protected] with their requests for material.

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Michelle Ryan (Soprano) on receiving the 2020 German-Australian Opera Grant and the Audience Award!

18.01.2022 UPDATE To all potential applicants for GAOG: Due to the current slow delivery times for mail deliveries, applications for the 2021 GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN OPERA GRANT can be submitted via email instead. ... Please submit only .PDF files as attachments to your email. All recordings are to be uploaded via www.dropsend.com For enquiries email Nicole Ritzdorf: [email protected] We appreciate your short expression of interest via e-mail before receiving your full application. This will enable efficient processing of all applications.

17.01.2022 A message to all singers, from GAOG Artistic Director Dr David Kram To all potential applicants for GAOG some new guidelines for your audition videos: You are welcome to use a backing track. As this can be tricky for opera, we’ve simplified the requirements thus (a) recitatives not required (of course, you are welcome to submit if you prefer) (b) One verse of a multiverse aria will suffice (of course, you can sing it all as long as it is not too long). ... Still consulting with a number of colleagues re: real-time accompanying technology; inching forward bit by bit. In the meantime, I have been making backing tracks for some prospective applicants (no charge) in two formats: (a) a high-quality mp3, audio only and (b) a reasonable quality mobile phone video, where I play the accompaniment and mouth the words. This is useful for those arias which have recit or rubato passages or cadenza points. You’re welcome to consult. Contact Dr David Kram directly via FB messaging or else email him at [email protected]

15.01.2022 German-Australian Opera Grant Final CALL FOR ENTRIES Applications close Friday 24 May This is your gateway to an one-year employment contract with the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, Germany. Take your chance to convince the adjudicators in the finals as Fleuranne Brockway did last year!... For more information see http://mto-gaog.com/ or call (03) 9417 4144

15.01.2022 We are proud to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2020 German-Australian Opera Grant

11.01.2022 German-Australian Opera Grant The gateway to an international career CALL FOR ENTRIES... This is your opportunity to apply for the German-Australian Opera Grant at the Hessische Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany, as full ensemble member starting in 2021. Applications for emerging Australian opera singers close 29 May 2020 Application details on www.mto-gaog.com Contact [email protected] or call (03) 9417 4144

08.01.2022 The four Finalists Bronwyn Douglass (Mezzo-Soprano), Daniel Macey (Baritone), Michelle Ryan (Soprano) and Daniel Nicholson (Baritone) at the Opera Finale on 10 August 2019.

06.01.2022 Some of the highlights from this year's Farewell Concert at the Abbotsford Convent to send Fleuranne Brockway (2019 GAOG recipient) off to Germany. More Than Opera and the German-Australian Opera Grant wish Fleuranne all the best during her time at the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany! Other artists were Daniel Macey (baritone, 2019 GAOG finalist) and David Kram (piano, Artistic Director GAOG).... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKRfsm3TT8o&feature=youtu.be

03.01.2022 Update: GAOG going ahead! We at GAOG are still planning on running the award auditions. We are hoping that the situation will have returned to normal by August and if not we will consider remote auditions. As it is more difficult for the initial application stage to record the required three arias we are working on a way to accompany you remotely (at the moment Zoom). At this stage we are still testing that the required quality can be achieved this way. ... David Kram is offering his services to accompany applicants remotely. If you prefer your own accompanist and do not have a method, David Kram will gladly give you the information you require. Please contact us should you know of alternative recording methods which could help get GAOG on its way in these exceptional circumstances. Singer in one space, accompanist in another. We will continue to evaluate the situation as it evolves. Health and Safety is foremost important for everyone involved.