Teams

SEMIFINAL-TEAM (in alphabetical order)

1. Maria Chagina (RUS) / Anna Agafonova (ISR) / Sören Sarbeck (DEU)
2. Caterina Cianfarini (DEU) / Julia Kraushaar (CHE) / Karoline Gundermann (DEU) / Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar (DEU)
3. Franciska Ery (HUN) / Peter Butler (GBR) / Mathieu Cabanes (FRA)
4. Richard Glöckner (DEU) / Heike Hümpfner (DEU) /Anna Novotny (HUN)
5. Marcel Kohler (DEU) / Benjamin Kohler (DEU) / Anne Schartmann (DEU) / Natalie Soroko (DEU) / Friedemann Slenzka (DEU)
6. Finn Nachfolger (DEU) / Sidonia Helfenstein (CHE) / Anouk Hufschmid Hirschbühl (CHE) / Selina Pfeiffer (CHE)
7. Max Nattkämper (DEU) / Elena Popova (BGR) / Sabrina Zinsmeister (DEU) / Jurij Kowol (DEU)
8. Giorgio Pesenti (ITA) / Giulia Bruschi (ITA) / Riccardo Mainetti (ITA) / Elena Patacchini (ITA) / Matteo Castiglioni (ITA)
9. Victoria Stevens (ZAF) / Basia Bińkowska (POL) / Charlotte Werkmeister (DEU) / Lukas Eicher (DEU) / Alexander Schweiß (DEU)

The following teams have reached excellent results and are semifinal-reserve-teams:

• Lorenzo Ponte (ITA) / Alice Benazzi (ITA) / Giulia Rossena (ITA) / Emanuele Agliati (ITA)
• Lars Marcel Braun (DEU) / Felicia Riegel (DEU) / Marilena Büld (DEU) / Martin Lühr (DEU)
• Loïs Heirman (BEL) / Christophe Eynde (BEL)
• Lea Theus (CHE) / Nikolai Kuchin (RUS)
• Luca Baracchini (ITA)/ Bruno Antonetti (ITA) / Valentina Volpi (ITA)
• Ana Cuéllar Velasco (ESP) / Xandi Vogler (AUT) / Ella Steinbach (DEU) / Giulia Fornasier (ITA) / Helena Cánova Parés (ESP)

SEMIFINAL for teams January 16-18, 2025 at NEXT LIBERTY

The semifinal teams are expected to submit a production concept for the complete competiton opera L’ORFEO by Claudio Monteverdi as well as a set design model for the part that will be realized in the final (scale1: 25). A practice rehearsal and the feasibility test of the set and costume design will provide the jury with information on background and technical skills. The production concepts are presented to the RING AWARD jury at an audience event (max. 20 minutes per team). The jury nominates three teams for the final.

A Dramaturgy Prize, an Audience Prize and the Prize of the Honorary President will be awarded at the semifinal.

Timetable for Teams
Practice rehearsals: Thu & Fri, January 16-17,  2025
Preparation of presentation areas: Fri, January 17, 2025
Public presentation: Sat, January 18, 2025
Nomination of final teams: Sat, January 18, 2025

We aim to organise the event in accordance with the criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Events. The RING AWARD puts great importance to sustainability and would like to encourage the use of environmentally friendly means of transport such as train, bus or bicycle. Thank you for your help in reducing emissions!

COMPETITION FINAL: June 28 & 29, 2025 at Schauspielhaus Graz