Auditioned work

L’Amour masqué

Elle – Soprano or mezzo-soprano

• Aria « J’ai deux amants » – N°2 – L’Amour masqué 
• Aria « Mon rêve » – N°5 – L’Amour masqué 
• Couplets du charme – N°13 – L’Amour masqué 
• 1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

1^ère et 2^ème servantes – Soprano

• Couplets des servantes (pages 5 à 7 inclusive) – N°1 – L’Amour masqué   
• 2 arias from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

L’Interprète – Tenor

• Chanson du Koutchiska – N°12 – L’Amour masqué  
• 2 arias from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

Le Baron – Baritone

• Tango – N°3 – L’Amour masqué 
• 2 arias from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

Le Maharadjah – Tenor

• Chant birman – N°11 – L’Amour masqué 
• 2 arias from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

L’Interprète and Le Maharadjah – Tenor

• Chanson du Koutchiska – N°12 – L’Amour masqué
• Chant birman – N°11 – L’Amour masqué 
• 1 aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

Auditioned works

L’Amour masqué and Ariodant

Elle / Ina – Soprano or mezzo-soprano

• Aria « Mon rêve » – N°5 – L’Amour masqué 
• Couplets du charme – N°13 – L’Amour masqué 
• Aria « Ô des amants les plus fidèles » (including the recitative « Mais que dis-je ? ») – Ariodant
• Choose one of the following arias :
  1. Aria « Dell’amor mio fedele » (Amaranta) – Haydn – La Fedelta Premiata
  2. Recitative & Aria « Que dis-je, ô Ciel ! – Hélas ! Dans ce cruel asile » (Lodoïska) – Cherubini – Lodoïska
• Chorus : Act II finale (Ariodante) and finale from Haydn’s L’Isola disabitata
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

1^ère et 2^ème servantes / Dalinde – Soprano

• Couplets des servantes ((pages 5 to 7 inclusive) – N°1 – L’Amour masqué
• One aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• Aria « Calmez, calmez cette colère » – Ariodant
• Choose one of the following arias :
  • • 1. Aria « Come il vapor s’accende » (Silvia) – Haydn – L’isola disabitata
      2. Aria « Je vais le voir » (Héro) – Berlioz – Béatrice et Bénédict
• Chorus : Act II finale (Ariodante) and finale from Haydn’s L’Isola disabitata
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

L’Interprète or le Maharadjah / Ariodant or Othon – Tenor

• 1 aria to be chosen according to the role auditioned for :
  1. Role of L’Interprète : Chanson du Koutchiska – N°12 – L’Amour masqué
  2. Role of Le Maharadjah : Chant birman – N°11 – L’Amour masqué
• One aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• 1 aria to be chosen according to the role auditioned for :
  1. Role of Ariodant : Romance « Amour, amour, si je succombe » (with the recitative « Qu’il est doux ») – Ariodant
  2. Role of Othon : Air « Infortuné ! Sais-je moi-même » (with the monologue « C’est aujourd’hui que mon sort se décide ») – Ariodant
• Choose one of the following arias :
  1. Aria « In un mar d’acerbe pene » (Orfeo) – Haydn – L’anima del filosofo, ovvero Orfeo ed Euridice
  2. Aria « Merci, doux crépuscule ! » (Faust) – Berlioz – La Damnation de Faust
• Chorus : Acte II finale (Ariodant) and finale from Haydn’s L’Isola disabitata
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria

Le Baron / Lurcain – Baritone

• Tango – N°3 – L’Amour masqué 
• One aria from a French-language operetta or musical dating from the late 19th or 20th century, chosen by the candidate (score to be attached to your registration form)
• Aria « Voilà mes plaisirs les plus doux » (Saint-Albe) – Lesueur – Paul et Virginie
• Choose one of the following arias :
  • • 1. Aria « Chi nel cammin d’onore » (Enrico) – Haydn – L’isola disabitata
      2. Aria « Ô puissante magie » (Hoël) – Meyerbeer – Dinorah ou Le pardon de Ploërmel
• Chorus : Act II finale (Ariodante) and finale from Haydn’s L’Isola disabitata
• A French spoken text, learned by heart and lasting no more than two minutes, chosen by the candidate and presented during the first round, either before or after the selected aria.

Auditioned work

Piano Voice Duo

– 3 lieder by Franz Schubert, chosen by the candidates (duration of each lied: maximum 10 minutes)
– 1 free-choice aria, chosen by the candidates (total duration: maximum 10 minutes)
– 1 French or English duo presentation text – Total time 2 minutes max. to present during the trials.