SEASON TICKET BROCHURE 2019

WELCOME THE COMPETITION

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 is coming! BBC Cardiff Singer of the World – Main Prize
From Saturday 15 until Saturday 22 June 2019 the city of Cardiff, not to BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is a life-changing experience for twenty young
mention the BBC’s airwaves, will be filled with the glorious sounds of twenty singers at the start of their professional careers. Over four hundred gifted singers
of the world’s finest young singers and you can be there too! Our audience applied from all over the world, and the final twenty have made it through a rigorous
is one of the most remarkable things about Cardiff Singer – passionate, selection process. Now they get to perform in front of our jury of distinguished
opinionated and knowledgeable – it just wouldn’t be the same without you. experts. They will be accompanied by two first-class orchestras – the BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ewa Strusińska, and the WNO Orchestra
For the 2017 competition we made a successful transition to online booking conducted by Ariane Matiakh.
and, following feedback, we’ve made the booking process for 2019 even
smoother. You will be able to book from the St David’s Hall website, where The performances are broadcast across the BBC to audiences around the UK and
you can choose your own seats for both the Main Prize and Song Prize beyond, and the five strongest singers are selected to compete in the exhilarating final
rounds and both finals, from 10am on Tuesday 4 December. at St David’s Hall. The singer named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, is presented
with the Cardiff Trophy and £20,000.
We’ve listened to the many of you who said you’d like to buy tickets for
presents and, by moving the opening Season Ticket launch to early December, The Song Prize The Audience Prize The Fringe
you can have your gifts sorted well before Christmas. If you don’t have The Song Prize puts our The Audience Prize is voted In 2019, we are again
internet access, or need to ask us about specific accessibility issues you can singers well and truly under for by our audiences and organising our series of fringe
also contact us or book your tickets by phone. the spotlight. Performing presented during the grand events throughout the week,
some of the most beautiful final. Winners receive The and you can enjoy a wider
I hope you can be with us for the next Cardiff Singer. Book early to make Lieder and art songs in Dame Joan Sutherland range of events than ever
sure you get the seats you want! the repertoire, the singers Audience Prize, £2,500 across Cardiff and beyond.
are accompanied by and a crystal trophy. This Pre-concert talks, master
internationally renowned year the prize is dedicated classes, recitals and films will
pianists including Llŷr Williams to the memory of Dmitri enhance the experience and
and Simon Lepper. Hvorostovsky, the much deepen your enjoyment of
David Jackson, Artistic Director missed and beloved baritone the competition.
The intimate recitals take
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World place at the Royal Welsh
who became Cardiff Singer
Full details will be released
of the World in 1989.
College of Music & Drama, early in 2019 – keep an eye
with a final at St David’s Hall. on our website for details.
The winner receives the bbc.co.uk/cardiffsinger
The auditions this year have been BBC Cardiff Singer of the
excellent; we are in for something World Song Prize Trophy
special in June, and I’m greatly and £10,000.

looking forward to the competition. bbc.co.uk/cardiffsinger

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Patron
SEASON TICKETS MAIN PRIZE SEASON TICKETS
The best way to enjoy the full drama of the competition is to Four concerts and the final in the magnificent acoustics of
experience it in its entirety and our Season Tickets offer the best Wales’s National Concert Hall, St David’s Hall:
way to secure your seats.
Concerts Price Band Location
Season Tickets will be Sunday 16 June, 7.30pm
A £220 Stalls
available online from Monday 17 June, 7.30pm Tier 1,2,8,
10am on Tuesday 4 Tuesday 18 June, 7.30pm Tier 11 Rows A-E
December 2018, via Wednesday 19 June, 7.30pm B £165 Tier 3, 7
the St David’s Hall website Tier 10 Rows A-E
stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk Tier 11 Rows F-K
Main Prize Final Tier 12 Rows A-E
Saturday 22 June, 7pm C £95 Tier 9
Tier 10 Rows F-H
Please note, the 2019 Main
Tier 12 Rows F-H
Prize final is on a Saturday. Tier 13

St David’s Hall

10 11 12
I am so honoured to have 9 13
won the competition. It is quite
1
literally a dream come true. Winning
has accelerated my career and 8 2
opened doors to some wonderful Stalls
and exciting opportunities. Thank you 7 3
for this incredible platform.
Catriona Morison, Scotland Stage
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, and Joint Song
Prize Winner, 2017
SONG PRIZE SEASON TICKETS BOOKING INFORMATION
Season Tickets will be available through the St David’s Hall website from 10am
Four recitals at the state of the art Dora Stoutzker Hall at the on Tuesday 4 December at stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk. If you have specific access
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, plus the final at requests or are unable to book online you can call 029 2087 8444.
St David’s Hall: On sale in January: Access
• Main Prize Season Ticket Both St David’s Hall and Both venues are accessible via
Recitals Offer • Song Prize Season Ticket the Royal Welsh College of wheelchair, and have a number
Saturday 15 June 2.30pm & 7.30pm • Main Prize Season Ticket Music & Drama are part of a of dedicated wheelchair and
Main Prize Season
+ Song Prize Season Ticket national scheme called Hynt assistant/carer spaces set
Sunday 16 June 2.30pm Ticket holders can • Programme book pre-order that works with theatres aside for every performance.
Monday 17 June 2.30pm purchase tickets for • Song Prize Final and arts centres across Please see the individual
the Song Prize Final (for Main Prize Season Wales to provide customers venue websites for more
Song Prize Final for £20 instead Ticket holders only) with the very best practice detailed access information.
of £22. in fair ticketing policy and
Thursday 20 June 7.30pm
Single Tickets accessibility. Hynt cardholders
Price £80 Tickets for individual are entitled to a ticket free of
performances will be made charge (where possible) for a
For the 2019 Song Prize, you will be able to choose the seats you want but available to the public from personal assistant or carer at
March 2019. participating venues and you
please note that seats in the Dora Stoutzker Hall are limited and we anticipate do not have to live in Wales Returns
that Song Prize Season Tickets will sell out very quickly. Please note that the to become a cardholder. Only Season Tickets
Song Prize 2019 starts on a Saturday. Programme Book Visit hynt.co.uk/en/ for more (including Season Tickets
You can pre-order your information. for the Song Prize) or Finals
competition programme book tickets will be accepted
now for £12. Hearing Induction Loops are
by the St David’s Hall Box
available at both venues – an
A voucher will be sent with Office for resale. No other
infra-red system is available in
your tickets, redeemable at individual tickets will be
the auditorium at St David’s
The competition was definitely the first event you attend Hall and can be used with or
accepted for resale. A 20%
administration charge
one of the most magical moments
(separate booklets will be without a hearing aid. Please
provided for the finals). will apply.
contact the Hall on 029 2087
of my life. It left a huge imprint 8444 for more information.
on my life and my singing career! Customers requiring Hearing
Induction Loops at the Royal
Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Mongolia Welsh College of Music &
Joint BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Drama will be required to pay
Song Prize Winner 2017 a refundable £5 deposit.

For more information on our venues, please refer to their individual websites:
St Davids Hall – stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – rwcmd.ac.uk
BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD 2019
CANWR Y BYD CAERDYDD 2019

Event Diary / Dyddiadur Digwyddiadau

Meet the 2019 Jury
Panel Beirniaid 2019
SATURDAY Song Prize / Gwobr y Gân
SADWRN Recital / Datganiad 1 2:30pm u
June 15 Song Prize / Gwobr y Gân
Mehefin Recital / Datganiad 2 7:30pm u

SUNDAY Song Prize / Gwobr y Gân

SUL Recital / Datganiad 3 2.30pm u DAVID POUNTNEY JOHN GILHOOLY
© Nick Treharne
© Frances Marshall

June 16 CHAIR / CADEIRYDD v CHAIR / CADEIRYDD b

Main Prize / Prif Wobr
Mehefin Concert / Cyngerdd 1 7.30pm k

MONDAY Song Prize / Gwobr y Gân

LLUN Recital / Datganiad 4 2.30pm u
June 17 Main Prize / Prif Wobr
Mehefin Concert / Cyngerdd 2, 7.30pm k
© B Ealovega

JOSÉ CURA v ROBERT HOLL b

TUESDAY Main Prize / Prif Wobr
MAWRTH Concert / Cyngerdd 3 7.30pm k
June 18
Mehefin

WEDNESDAY Main Prize / Prif Wobr

MERCHER Concert / Cyngerdd 4 7.30pm k
June 19
Mehefin

THURSDAY Song Prize Final

IAU Rownd Derfynol Gwobr y Gân DAME / Y FONESIG
© Bernd Brundert
© T Leighton

7.30pm k WASFI KANI v DAME FELICITY LOTT v b

June 20
Mehefin

FRIDAY Master Class Day

GWENER Diwrnod Dosbarthiadau Meistri
June 21 Details to be announced
Manylion i’w cyhoeddi u
Mehefin

SATURDAY Main Prize Final

SADWRN Rownd Derfynol Prif Wobr
June 22 7pm k
Mehefin
© KK Dundas
© R Millard

MALCOLM MARTINEAU b FREDERICA VON STADE v b

bbc.co.uk/cardiffsinger MAIN PRIZE / PRIF WOBR v

SONG PRIZE / GWOBR Y GÂN b
k ST DAVID’S HALL / NEUADD DEWI SANT
u ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA / COLEG BRENHINOL CERDD A DRAMA CYMRU

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is organised by BBC Cymru Wales in association with Welsh National Opera and is
supported by Cardiff Council / Mae BBC Canwr y Byd Caerdydd yn cael ei drefnu gan BBC Cymru Wales ar y cyd ag
Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru ac mae’n cael ei gefnogi gan Gyngor Caerdydd.