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Who will Win the Ring Award?

Who will Win the Ring Award?

This week OperaVision brings Slippedisc readers coverage of the Ring Award in Graz, Austria. The RING AWARD is the foremost international competition for emerging talent in music theatre direction, set and costume design. The Grand Finale of the RING AWARD 25 sees three young directing teams stage their production concepts of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Acts II-III) on the stage of Schauspielhaus Graz.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Ring Award stands for creativity, originality and passion in music theatre. It offers young artists from around the globe a professional platform to plan, present and stage their ideas for contemporary music theatre. In this edition of the Ring Award, a record number of 353 young artists from 38 nations took part and developed innovative production concepts for the competition opera L’Orfeo by Monteverdi in 109 teams. Following an anonymised first assessment phase, nine teams from twelve countries were nominated for the semi-final in Graz, where they presented their concepts and stage design models in front of a live audience and the distinguished international jury. For the Finals, you can be sure to expect three completely different perspectives on the Orpheus myth.  The Grand Finale of the RING AWARD 25 sees three young directing teams stage their production concepts of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Acts II-III) on the stage of Schauspielhaus Graz. Which version will win over the audience and jury?

LIVE      Saturday 28 June  11:30 CET / 10.30 UK  Team A

LIVE      Saturday  28 June  16.30 CET / 16.30 UK  Team B

< LIVE      Sunday 29 June  10.30 CET  / 9.30Team C

<Results will be streamed live on Sunday 29 June at 12.30 CET / 11.30 am London –

Click here for results streaming the results of this competition live

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