Application 2027 | Concours international de chant

Registration for the 29th Clermont-Ferrand International Opera Competition
will open in early October and close on December 15, 2026.

Selection results will be announced on January 25, 2027 on the Competition website
and will be communicated by email to each selected candidate,
along with practical information regarding their participation.

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Piano-Voice Duo registration*

Yes

== Singer ==

Voice type*

Please specify*

Mezzo

Soprano

Please specify*

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Auditioned Work(s) / Role(s)*

L’Amour masqué – Role of the 1st and 2nd Servants

Ariodant – Role of Dalinde

L’Amour masqué and Ariodant – Roles of the 1st and 2nd Servants and Dalinde

Auditioned Work(s) / Role(s)*

L’Amour masqué – Role of Elle

Ariodant – Role of Ina

L’Amour masqué and Ariodant – Roles of Elle and Ina

Auditioned Work(s) / Role(s)*

Ariodant – Role of Le Barde

Auditioned Work(s) / Role(s)*

Ariodant – Role of Edgar

Auditioned Work(s) / Role(s)*

L’Amour masqué – Role of the Baron

Ariodant – Role of Lurcain

L’Amour masqué and Ariodant – Roles of the Baron and Lurcain

Surname*

First name*

Address*

Address City Zip Code Country

Email address*

Mobile phone number*

Date of birth*

Nationality*

Would you like to benefit from free host-family accommodation (subject to availability)?*

Yes

== Pianist ==

Surname*

First name*

Address*

Address City Zip code Country

Email address*

Mobile phone number*

Date of birth*

Nationality*

Would you like to benefit from free host-family accommodation (subject to availability)?*

Yes

Documents to upload

Scanned copy of passport or official ID*

Max. file size: 20 MB.

1 portrait photo*

Max. file size: 20 MB.

1 biography*

(not a CV) written in French, English or Italian (1 page max.)

Max. file size: 20 MB.

Scanned copies of passports or official IDs*

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 128 MB, Max. files: 20.

1 photo of each artist or of the duo, in black and white or colour*

1 MB minimum, minimum size 4×6, 300 dpi resolution, JPEG format, royalty-free

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 20 MB.

1 biography of each artist or of the duo*

Written in French, English or Italian (1 page max.)

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 20 MB.

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Le Baron ==

Aria n°1*

Tango - N°3 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Text n°4
A spoken text in French, learned by heart, lasting no more than 2 minutes, chosen by the candidate, to be presented in the first round, either before or after performing the chosen aria for that round.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Elle ==

Aria n°1*

« J’ai deux amants » - N°2 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*

« Mon rêve » - N°5 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°3*

Couplets du charme - N°13 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°4*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Text n°5
A spoken text in French, learned by heart, lasting no more than 2 minutes, chosen by the candidate, to be presented in the first round, either before or after performing the chosen aria for that round.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / 1ère et 2ème servantes ==

Aria n°1*

Couplets des servantes (pages 5 à 7 incluses) - N°1 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / L’Interprète ==

Aria n°1*

Chanson du Koutchiska - N°12 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Le Maharadjah ==

Aria n°1*

Chant birman - N°11 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / L’Interprète et le Maharadjah ==

Aria n°1*

Chanson du Koutchiska - N°12 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*

Chant birman - N°11 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°3*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Edgar ==

Aria n°1*

Air « D'un himen qui fit mon bonheur » – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « Inutiles regrets » (Énée) - Berlioz - Les Troyens

Aria n°3*

Air "D'Angelica il nome!" (Orlando) - Haydn - Orlando Paladino

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Lurcain ==

Aria n°1*

Air « Chi nel cammin d’onore » (Enrico) - Haydn - L’isola disabitata

Aria n°2*

Air « Ô puissante magie » (Hoël) – Meyerbeer - Dinorah ou Le pardon de Ploërmel

Aria n°3*

Air « Voilà mes plaisirs les plus doux » (Saint-Albe) – Lesueur – Paul et Virginie

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Le Barde ==

Aria n°1*

Air « Femmes sensible » – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « Qual tenero diletto » (Bertrando) - Rossini - L’inganno felice

Aria n°3*

Air « Tandis que tout sommeille » (Florival) - Grétry - L’Amant jaloux

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Ina ==

Aria n°1*

Air « Ô des amants les plus fidèles » (avec le récitatif « Mais que dis-je ? ») – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « Dell’amor mio fedele » (Amaranta) - Haydn - La Fedeltà Premiata

Aria n°3*

Récitatif & Aria « Que dis-je, ô Ciel ! – Hélas ! Dans ce cruel asile » (Lodoïska) - Cherubini – Lodoïska

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Dalinde ==

Aria n°1*

Air « Calmez, calmez cette colère » - Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « Come il vapor s’accende » (Silvia) - Haydn - L’isola disabitata

Aria n°3*

Air « Je vais le voir » (Héro) - Berlioz - Béatrice et Bénédict

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Ariodant ==

Aria n°1*

Romance « Amour, amour, si je succombe » (avec le récit « Qu’il est doux ») – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Aria n°3*

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Othon ==

Aria n°1*

Air « Infortuné ! Sais-je moi-même » (avec le monologue « C’est aujourd’hui que mon sort se décide ») – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Aria n°3*

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Ariodant / Ariodant et Othon ==

Aria n°1*

Romance « Amour, amour, si je succombe » (avec le récit « Qu’il est doux ») – Ariodant

Aria n°2*

Air « Infortuné ! Sais-je moi-même » (avec le monologue « C’est aujourd’hui que mon sort se décide ») – Ariodant

Aria n°3 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°4*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a Mozart aria in Italian, chosen by the candidate*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Elle – Ariodant / Ina ==

Aria n°1*

« Mon rêve » – No. 5 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*

« Couplets du charme » – No. 13 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°3*

Aria « Ô des amants les plus fidèles » (avec le récitatif « Mais que dis-je ? ») – Ariodant

Aria n°4*

Aria « Dell’amor mio fedele » (Amaranta) – Haydn – La Fedeltà Premiata

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Text n°6
A spoken text in French, learned by heart, lasting no more than 2 minutes, chosen by the candidate, to be presented in the first round, either before or after performing the chosen aria for that round.

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / 1ère et 2ème servantes – Ariodant / Dalinde ==

Aria n°1*

Couplets des servantes (pages 5 à 7 incluses) - N°1 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Air « Calmez, calmez cette colère » - Ariodant

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « Come il vapor s’accende » (Silvia) - Haydn - L’isola disabitata

Air « Je vais le voir » (Héro) - Berlioz - Béatrice et Bénédict

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / L’Interprète – Ariodant / Ariodant ==

Aria n°1*

Chanson du Koutchiska - N°12 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Romance « Amour, amour, si je succombe » (avec le récit « Qu’il est doux ») – Ariodant

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°5*

Airs d’Ensemble : Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / L’Interprète – Ariodant / Othon ==

Aria n°1*

Chanson du Koutchiska - N°12 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Air « Infortuné ! Sais-je moi-même » (avec le monologue « C’est aujourd’hui que mon sort se décide ») – Ariodant

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Le Maharadjah – Ariodant / Ariodant ==

Aria n°1*

Chant birman - N°11 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Romance « Amour, amour, si je succombe » (avec le récit « Qu’il est doux ») – Ariodant

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Le Maharadjah – Ariodant / Othon ==

Aria n°1*

Chant birman - N°11 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Air « Infortuné ! Sais-je moi-même » (avec le monologue « C’est aujourd’hui que mon sort se décide ») – Ariodant

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) - Haydn - L’anima del filosofo ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice

Air « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) - Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: L’Amour masqué / Le Baron – Ariodant / Lurcain ==

Aria n°1*

Tango - N°3 – L’Amour masqué

Aria n°2*
1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Please upload the score of the chosen aria*

Max. file size: 40 MB.

Aria n°3*

Air « Voilà mes plaisirs les plus doux » (Saint-Albe) – Lesueur – Paul et Virginie

Aria n°4 – Choose one of the following:*

Air « Chi nel cammin d’onore » (Enrico) - Haydn - L’isola disabitata

Air « Ô puissante magie » (Hoël) – Meyerbeer - Dinorah ou Le pardon de Ploërmel

Aria n°5*

Act II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’isola disabitata

Video link to an aria in French from a 20th-century operetta or musical*

Video link to an aria in French from 1770 to 1830*

Video link to a spoken text in French of the candidate’s choice*

== Audition programme: Piano-Voice Duo ==

Lied n°1*
1 lied by Franz Schubert, chosen by the candidates

Title of the lied*

Lied n°2*
1 lied by Franz Schubert, chosen by the candidates

Title of the lied*

Lied n°3*
1 lied by Franz Schubert, chosen by the candidates

Title of the lied*

Aria n°4*
Aria of the candidates’ choice

Composer*

Title of the work*

Title of the aria*

Text
A 2-minute maximum presentation text about the Duo, in French or English, to be presented in the first round, either before or after performing the chosen aria for that round.

Video recordings

Video link to one of Schubert’s Lieder, chosen by the candidates*

Video link to an aria, chosen by the candidates*