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ANNEXE I
RECRUITMENT AUDITION
Two second tenors
Two first tenors
Pour le Choeur de Radio France
2015 March 9th to 11th
Vacancies:
Two first tenors
Two second tenors
Application closing date:
2015 Februar 25th
(with a proof of postage)
Gross annual remuneration :
(Barème au 01/01/2014)
39991,71€
Starting date :
To be agreed
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ANNEXE II - PROGRAMME
First eliminatory test
In this order
1) Vocalise : “Rossini arpeggio”.
This vocalise will show the colour, registration and vocal technique of the applicant.
It is performed on vowel A
First tenor : from C to C
Second tenor : from B flat to B flat t
Ex : B D F B D F up, E C A E C A B down.
The jury is free to ask for an additional exercise.
2) Opera aria (from the list below)
You must bring your own scores.
« Nature immense » 4ème partie scène
XV1
« Una furtiva lagrima »
BERLIOZ
La Damnation de Faust
DONIZETTI
Elisir d’amore
DONIZETTI
La fille du régiment
GOUNOD
Faust
GOUNOD
Roméo et Juliette
MASSENET
Werther
MOZART
Cosi fan tutte
MOZART
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
PUCCINI
La Bohème
ROSSINI
Cenerentola
TCHAÏKOVSKY
Eugène Onéguine
WEBER
Der Freischütz
« Ah mes amis quel jour de fête »
(with introduction recitativo)
« Salut demeure chaste et pure »Acte 3
(with introduction recitativo)
« Lève-toi soleil » (B major version)
(with introduction recitativo)
« Pourquoi me réveiller »
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Air de Ferrando « Un aura
amorosa »Acte 1 scène 17
Air de Belmonte « Konstanze…o, wie
ängstlich » Acte 1 no 4
Air de Rodolfo « Che gelida manina »
Acte 1
« Si ritrovarla, io giuro » (ed. Ricordi)
(Score with the cuts format PDF)
Air de Lensky « Kuda, kuda vy udalilis »
2ème tableau
Air de Max «Durch die Wälder» Acte 1
scène 3 (with introduction recitativo)
Second eliminatory test
Sight reading: a melody without words, an extract from a chorus part.
The applicant has a three minute’s preparation time in front of the jury. The fork (A) is allowed.
Third eliminatory test
1) Extract from the following score (PDF file)
Brahms Requiem, Choir n° 7 “Selig sind die Toten”
2) An oratorio aria to be chosen in the following list:
BACH
Magnificat
“Deposuit”
BACH
Passion selon St Matthieu
Aria "Geduld, Geduld"
HAENDEL
Messiah
“Confort ye,my people...Ev'ry valley"
HAENDEL
Judas Maccabaeus
“Sound an alarm”
3) A lied or melody of your choice.
Please mark that:
One piece of the audition programme must be sung in french.
It is not obligatory to sing by heart.
Final test
Four-part practise
You will sing an extract of Mozart Requiem (score provided by the competition office- PDF file)
under the guidance of a chorus master. Complementary parts are performed by singers of the Choeur
de Radio France.
Unison practise
You will sing an extract of Mozart Requiem under the guidance of a chorus master. Two tenors of the
Choeur de Radio France will sing with you on the same part.
The extracts from Mozart Requiem, Brahms Requiem and Rossini Cenerentola aria are
provided by the competition office (format PDF)
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