Semifinal

How is opera staged? A look behind the scenes!

Nine teams compete for a place in 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

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

Access to the presentations is possible at any time.
Click here for the exact SCHEDULE OF THE SEMIFINALE.

Audience Prize

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

RING AWARD Forum: Fr, Jan 17, 2025, 6-7:30pm

“Frauenfiguren im klassischen Musiktheater” – IN GERMAN
Panel discussion in cooperation with magazine Opernwelt
Free admission

Panel
Vera-Lotte Boecker, singer
Tatjana Gürbaca, director
Stefan Herheim, Intendant Theater an der Wien
Dr. Ann-Christine Mecke, des. Head of Dramaturgy Staatsoper Hannover
Moderation: Jürgen Otten, Editor in Chief Opernwelt

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) / Benjamin Kohler (DEU) / Anne Schartmann (DEU) / 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)

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