TEATRO GRATTACIELO and CAMERATA BARDI VOCAL ACADEMY are proud to present the first edition of the
TEATRO GRATTACIELO and CAMERATA BARDI VOCAL ACADEMY are proud to present the first edition of the
The Giovanni Consiglio International Competition Subscriptions are closing tonight, August 20th at 12:000pm. We are thanking everyone who has entered our competition and we wish a big Toi Toi!
Sorry, entries for the competition are closed.
Giovanni Consiglio (1923-2012) was an Italian tenor born in Foggia, Italy. He sang primarily in South America and the U.S. in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Washington. New Orleans, Florida and New York. Giovanni was a leading Tenor at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina before coming to New York. He had a hugh following and had his own radio program for four years there, singing Opera arias, Italian and Spanish Songs. He made his Carnegie Hall recital debut on April 22nd, 1959. In the U.S. he sang the role of Canio in Pagliacci over 300 times. On October 1st, 2011 he was honored at Lincoln Center Library of Performing Arts and the day was declared, “Giovanni Consiglio Day” in New York City and other Boroughs.
Giovanni was a very kind, humble and generous man. He was gifted with an extraordinary, powerful and beautiful voice. He was esteemed and admired among voice specialists, colleagues and opera goers, and was considered a "vocal phenomenon".
He enjoyed a very successful career, not only as a Singer and Performer but also later as an Artistic Director, Founder and Director of his own Opera Company and an outstanding Master Vocal Teacher.
Giovanni also maintained a Vocal Studio through which many known singers have passed and until he became ill and made his transition, he dedicated his time exclusively to teaching, transmitting with great passion, his enormous technical and artistic knowledge to the younger generations.
“There is a special place in my musical memory for the unique and powerful voice of my tenor colleague GIOVANNI CONSIGLIO. During the years of his active career Giovanni possessed a tremendous facility for accessing the top register of his voice. His high notes had tremendous ring, projection, and emotional impact. Giovanni was a good friend to me throughout my career, a straight forward and sincere colleague.” Placido Domingo.
Teatro Grattacielo is unique in New York City. With full symphonic orchestra and chorus, soloists and repertoire that is first-rate (albeit unfamiliar), its concert-style performances have been an event that is dear to the hearts of operaphiles since 1994. For its 18th season, Teatro Grattacielo presented Italo Montemezzi's lyrical masterpiece, La Nave, adapted from the play by Gabriele d'Annunzio, which had not been seen in the U.S. since 1919, and which was performed by the Teatro Grattacielo Orchestra conducted by Maestro Israel Gursky, in a specially reconstructed version taken from the composer's manuscript. Teatro Grattacielo's mission is to promote the performances of those works in the Italian operatic repertoire that are rarely heard in the United States.
Teatro Grattacielo provides emerging artists and opera enthusiasts with the opportunity to become familiar with lesser-known repertoire and Italian performance style, thus promoting the expansion and appreciation of the Italian operatic tradition.
This year, in joint forces with Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy, an institution founded by businessman and philanthropist Enzo Pizzimenti that aims to promote and educate upcoming opera singers, We have launched together our very first Teatro Grattacielo Young Artists Program.
The Giovanni Consiglio international competition will be done in two rounds.
FIRST ROUND: For the first round you must submit two Arias or one Aria and one Song of your choice. At least one of your pieces must be in Italian language. Between September 5-10, 2020 the jury will hear all video submissions and will choose 8 finalists. Chosen singers will be notified by email on September 11, 2020.
SECOND ROUND: The eight finalist will be asked to submit a second video from the list of arias submitted on the Application. Videos must be submitted no later than September 20, 2020. Winners will be announced on September 23, 2020. Every finalist will receive $100 to pay for his video expenses.
A non-refundable application fee of $30.00 US must accompany the application. No video will be accepted until the fee is received.
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