2019 Herald Sun Aria winner Georgia Wilkinson from MelbourneVenue: Heats & Semi Finals -TBC
Grand Final- TBC
Entries Open – 17th March
Entries Close – 23rd June at 3pm
The Herald Sun Aria, established in 1924, is Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prize for emerging classical singers. 2021 sees the Herald Sun Aria enter its 4th year with Melbourne Opera as their official partner.
Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious competition for emerging opera singers, the Aria offers nearly $60,000 in cash prizes to enrich the training of our brightest talent. Entries must be aged between 19 – 36 years of age for this wonderful competition.
The finalists will perform two Aria each, giving the audience an insight into various world operas as well as a night of sophisticated exhilaration. Master of Ceremonies, ABC’s Christopher Lawrence, will give a brief synopsis of each Aria. Also performing will music and voice students from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.
With $60,000 in cash prizes available, each finalist will be sure to give an award winning performance, one that will ensure they have the opportunity to go on to perform on the world stage.
*Prize money for 2021 is still under review.
Winner – $35,000
The Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Prize – $10,000
The Richard Divall Prize – $10,000
Other finalists – $1,500
Semi finalists that don’t get in the final will receive $200 each.
In 2021 the Herald Sun Aria celebrates 97 years of launching the international careers of many well-known singers, including: Dame Malvina Major (1964) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1965), Jonathon Summers (1973), Judith Henley (1976), Roger Lemke (1985), Jason Wasley (1993), and Rachelle Durkin (2000)
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