REGULATION
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The Associazione “Maria Caniglia” onlus, in collaboration with Banca Popolare di Lanciano e Sulmona, the Provincial Administration of L’Aquila, the Sulmona and Rivisondoli Municipalities under the patronage of the Abruzzo Region, advertises the International Singing Competition “Maria Caniglia”.

The following regulation will pertain:

ART. 1 The competition is open to sopranos, mezzosopranos, contraltos, tenors, baritones and basses of all nationalities, not younger than 18 and born after the 1st January 1976.

ART. 2 The competition will be held in Sulmona from the 26th September to 2nd October 2011, and will consist in three rounds: eliminatory, semi-final and final, which will be held at the Teatro “Maria Caniglia”.

ART. 3 Each applicant must enclose the following documents to the filled in application form:
1) an official document, or an authenticated photocopy, certifying the age and nationality of the competitor;
a) two recent photographs; 3) a short curriculum stating musical studies completed, prizes won, professional activity.

ART. 4 The receipt of the payment of € 60 must be enclosed to the application form, as follows:
a) by non-negotiable cheque payable to the Associazione Maria Caniglia;
b) by money transfer - Cassa di Risparmio della Provincia dell’Aquila - Sede di Sulmona
Iban IT 74 F 06040 40800 0000 000 64240 SWIFT BPMOIT 22 XXX
Under no circumstances the entry fee can be refunded.

ART. 5 Expiring date for the applications is 20th September 2011. On the application form, the competitor must indicate clearly his/her register of voice, and what he/she wishes to sing during the competition specifying the composer’s name, the title of each Operas and arias.
The application form is valid only if sent by post or e-mail. An incomplete or incorrect filling in of the application form may invalidate the application. After the expiring date for applications, no changes in the repertoire submitted by the competitor and accepted by the Organizing Committee will be permitted.

ART. 6 All competitors are allowed to attend the ceremony, to be held on Sunday 25th September 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Palazzo dell’Annunziata of Sulmona, during which the order the competitors will sing is decided by lot. The same order will be followed for the entire duration of the competition, and under no circumstances it can be changed. The first elimination round will begin on Monday 26th September 2011 at the Teatro Comunale “Maria Caniglia” Sulmona at 3:00 p.m.

ART. 7 During the competition, the competitor will be accompanied by the official pianist. Any competitor who wishes to bring his/her own accompanist may do so, at his/her own expenses. In such case, the accompanist’s name must be stated on the application form.

ART. 8 All competitors must bring their own voice and piano editions of all works chosen.

ART. 9 Full board and lodging will be available, at the expense of the Organizing Committee, for each competitor who passes the second round, till the final concert.

ART. 10 The Jury is composed by recognized high level personalities, who represent different districts of the musician world. The voting will be secret in all phases of the competition.

ART. 11 Persons who are related in any degree to one or more competitors may not take part in the Juries of national or international competitions. The same exclusion applies to those who currently teach, or during the two years preceding the beginning of the competition have taught one or more competitors privately. Jury members who currently teach, or during the two years preceding the beginning of the competition have taught one or more competitors within a public institution situation must abstain from any discussion regarding the competitor(s) and also from any vote regarding the competition results. Such abstention must be explicitly mentioned in the official report of the competition results. The definition of “pupil” refers to those singers who have studied during the last three years with a member of the Jury.

ART. 12 The presentation of the completed application form implies full acceptance, by the competitor, of the regulation as stated above, as well as of the Jury’s decisions, which are binding.

ART. 13 Each candidate must enclose to his/her application form a list of five opera arias from the international repertoire in his/her own register of voice, in original tone and language, including the recitative. The competitor will sing the aria chosen en- tirely, but, during the eliminatory, the Jury can decide to interrupt the competitor after one aria.

ART. 14 The Organizing Committee has the right to bring to the present regulation any variations that become necessary for technical or organizational reasons. It is competence of the Organizing Committee to take decisions which are not written in the regula- tion stated above. In case of objection, reference will be made to the Italian text of the regulation.

ART. 15 The signature on the application form is necessary for acceptance of this regulation and, according to the Law 675/96, for the authorization to the treatment of the personal data for requirements of communication and selection.