Semifinal

How is opera staged? A look behind the scenes!

Nine young teams compete for a the grand competition final
Competition opera: L’ORFEO by Claudio Monteverdi

Nine innovative production concepts
Nine set design models
Nine exciting multimedia presentations

RING AWARD 25 SEMIFINAL: Sat, 18 January 2025 at NEXT LIBERTY

Timetable

09:30 am Admission
10:00 am – 12:10 pm Team 1-4
1:00 – 2:30 pm Team 5-7
3:00 – 4:00 pm Team 8-9
5:00 pm Award Ceremony & Nomination of the three final teams

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Audience Prize

The jury chooses the three final teams – you can help your favourite team win the Audience Prize!

RING AWARD 25

A record number of 353 young artists from 38 nations took part in the first stage of the RING AWARD 25 and developed innovative production concepts for the competition opera ‘L’Orfeo’ by Claudio Monteverdi in 109 teams.

The RING AWARD jury evaluated the anonymised concepts in the first stage of the competition.

Nine teams are in the RING AWARD 25 semifinal with a total of 35 participants from 12 nations in the fields of directing, set and costume design, dramaturgy, light design, video design and composition.

SEMIFINAL TEAMS (in alphabetical order)

Maria Chagina (RUS) / Anna Agafonova (ISR) / Sören Sarbeck (DEU)
Caterina Cianfarini (DEU) / Julia Kraushaar (CHE) / Karoline Gundermann (DEU) / Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar (DEU)
Franciska Ery (HUN) / Peter Butler (GBR) / Mathieu Cabanes (FRA)
Richard Glöckner (DEU) / Heike Hümpfner (DEU) /Anna Novotny (HUN)
Marcel Kohler (DEU) / Kenneth Chinea Torres (USA) / Natalie Soroko (DEU) / Friedemann Slenzka (DEU)
Finn Nachfolger (DEU) / Sidonia Helfenstein (CHE) / Anouk Hufschmid Hirschbühl (CHE) / Selina Pfeiffer (CHE)
Max Nattkämper (DEU) / Elena Popova (BGR) / Sabrina Zinsmeister (DEU) / Jurij Kowol (DEU)
Giorgio Pesenti (ITA) / Giulia Bruschi (ITA) / Riccardo Mainetti (ITA) / Elena Patacchini (ITA) / Matteo Castiglioni (ITA)
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)