BBC Cardiff Singer of the World: Song Prize Final (BBC Four Thursday 15 June 2023)

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World: Song Prize Final airs Thursday 15 June 2023 on BBC Four

Full coverage of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize final is presented by Petroc Trelawny and Josie d’Arby. The intimate and difficult art form of ‘art song’ (Lieder) is performed here by five singers. There is nowhere to hide when there is only a piano and a singer on stage.

The esteemed Welsh soprano Rosemary Joshua, the world-renowned Argentinian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, the world-renowned pianist Anna Tilbrook, the multi-award winning composer Errollyn Wallen, and the director of London’s Wigmore Hall, John Gilhooly, will serve as tonight’s esteemed panel of judges.

Irish soprano Ailish Tynan, who won this competition twenty years ago, is performing and joins Petroc and Josie. Who will succeed her as the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize winner?

Season 2023 Episode 5

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is a competition known throughout the classical music world as the premier showcase for opera and concert singers at the outset of their careers.

The competition is open to singers at the start of their professional careers, aged 18-32. After a three-stage selection process involving DVD and live auditions, 20 singers are invited to compete in Cardiff, to perform opera and concert music with full orchestra in four concerts, in front of a distinguished jury. The winner from each concert plus one wild card (the best of the rest) compete in the final in St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World: Song Prize Final airs Thursday 15 June 2023 at 22:00 on BBC Four

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