CAVALLI MONTEVERDI COMPETITION – CMC 2023
Crema and Cremona
from 28th october to 1st november
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Program
28th and 29th October
Eliminatory rounds
Crema, Sala Bottesini (Fondazione Teatro San Domenico)
29th October – 6.00 p.m.
Concert and semi-finalists announcement
Crema, Sala Pietro da Cemmo
30 October
Semi-finals
Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli
1st November – 5.00 p.m.
Finals and award ceremony
Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli
SPECIAL CONCERT – SUNDAY 29 OTTOBRE H. 6.OO P.M.
Sala Pietro da Cemmo of the Museo Civico di Crema e del Cremasco
On Sunday 29 at 6 p.m., we look forward to seeing you in the Sala Pietro da Cemmo of the Museo Civico di Crema e del Cremasco for a special concert at the end of which the names of the candidates admitted to the CMC semi-finals will be announced.
The concert will offer a unique opportunity to meet the two young talents who have emerged from the latest competitions organised by the Bottesini Association: Nina van Essen, mezzosoprano winner of the 9 edition of CLIP – International Opera Competition in Portofino, and Fabrizio Buzzi, double bass player second prize of the 8 edition of IBC – Concorso Bottesini 2022.
FREE ENTRY, WHILE SEATS LAST
SEMI-FINALS on Monday 30 October at 4 pm, live on Facebook and YouTube from Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona
Here are the official finalist of the first edition of CMC 
Ferran Albrich
Martina Barreca
Emilia Bertolini
Camilo Delgrado Diaz
Jiayu Jin
Rocco Lia
Laura Orueta
Theodora Raftis
Alessandro Ravasio
Marco Saccardin
Leila Schütz
William Wallace
1st NOVEMBER H. 5.00 PM – FINAL CONCERT – PONCHIELLI THEATRE
CMC – CAVALLI MONTEVERDI Competition
International baroque singing competition
FINAL CONCERT
FINALISTS OF THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE SINGING COMPETITION
CMC – CAVALLI MONTEVERDI Competition
with Orchestra Monteverdi Festival – Cremona Antiqua
harpsichord and conduction Antonio Greco
arias from L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi and from Il Giasone by Francesco Cavalli
Live streaming on Cremona 1plus
The final will be hosted by Alberto Mattioli, journalist, writer and Opera expert
At the end, the Jury will proclaim the Competitionìs winner assigning the prizes.
Tickets (€ 5,00) available at Ponchielli ticket office and online on vivaticket.com
LA GIURIA
🔸Laurent Brunner, President of the Jury, Director of Château de Versailles Spectacles
🔹Michael Chance, Artistic Director,The Grange Festival
🔸Andrea Cigni, General and Artistic director Teatro Ponchielli of Cremona
🔹Francesco Corti, Guest conductor Orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro
🔸Peter de Caluwe, General and Artistic director Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie of Bruxelles
🔹Antonio Greco, Founder and Conductor Orchestra Cremona Antiqua e Coro Costanzo Porta
🔸Peter Heilker, Program and Casting Director, Deputy Artistic Director of MusikTheater an der Wien.
CMC – Cavalli Monteverdi Competition
CMC is a new international baroque singing competition named after Francesco Cavalli from Crema and Claudio Monteverdi from Cremona, the fathers of baroque opera.
The Competition will enhance a unique artistic and musical heritage, creating a synergic bridge between territories, traditions, and institutions.
The project is part of a true renaissance of Baroque opera, stimulating and encouraging young artists to specialise in this genre. The Competition also aims to create job opportunities for the best young talents involved, thanks to the possibility of taking part in the production of the opera Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, produced by the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona on the occasion of the Monteverdi Festival 2024.
