Opera Singer Competition
We are waiting for you in beautiful Procida Island
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Awards over €20.000: cash scholarships, concerts, special prizes (bottom of the page) and the opportunity to debut in the Gala of the Mimas Music Festival from 18th to 21nd August 2026
The evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
Places are limited! Only 25 places available!
Your Program
Send us the performance where you feel comfortable
The program is free
You can send us separate links uploaded to one of these channels: Youtube, Tencent, Youku, Vimeo, Google drive
The indicated duration is the maximum – you can also send us performances of shorter duration
Don’t Forget
Registrations/Links made from 2025 are accepted
Entries are Limited
Deadline: 10th March 2026
We will announce the Winners by 25th March 2026
There is only one fee: Young 50€ – Virtuoso 60€
please read all other rules at the bottom of the page
Registration Countdown
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Winner Opera Singer Competition
Mimas Music Festival
Young
Ages 17-22
Program Maximum 10 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 3000
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Concert in the winners gala of Mimas Music Festival 9th Edition
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Auditions with Opera Agency
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2026’
- Concert in Leon – Spain
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival Social Channels
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Opportunity to be invited to the Mimas Festival 9th Edition
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Official certificate of winners
- Opportunity to be invited to the Mimas Festival 9th Edition
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Deadlines:
10th March 2026
Last 25 places available in total!
*When the maximum number of registrations is reached, this page will no longer be active
Virtuoso
Ages 23-33
Program Maximum 15 min
First Prize
*Special Mimas Prize: € 5000
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Scholarship of € 1000
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Concert in the winners gala of Mimas Music Festival 9th Edition
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Auditions with Opera Agency
- Nomination for the prestigious award ‘Premio Internazionale Cartagine 2026’
- Concert in Naples – Italy organized by NOMEA
- Audition with the ‘Orchestra Sinfonica Brutia’ – Italy
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Official certificate of winners
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival Social Channel
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Second Prize
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 9th Edition
- Auditions with Opera Agency
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Official certificate of winners
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival Social Channel
- Direct access top selections Nomea Competition
- Direct access top selections Neapolitan Masters Competition
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
Third prize
- Concert in the winners gala of the Mimas Festival 9th Edition
- Scholarship for OperaLab with Soprano Romina Casucci
- Official certificate of winners
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival Social Channel
- Self Marketing Workshop by Accademia Musicale Europea
4th-5th-6th prize
- Official certificate of winners and musical benefits
- Broadcast on Mimas Music Festival and NOMEA Social Channels
Top selections
- Honorable mention and musical benefits
Other participants
- Certificate of distinction and musical benefits
Meet the Jury
Romina
Casucci
ITALY
Opera Singer – Artistic Director of Mimas Festival
She in an international Opera Singer made her debut in main roles in Rigoletto, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor,La Bohème etc. She toured in USA, Spain, Japan, France, China, Morocco, and Germany. She recorded for Brilliant Classic and Rubicon Records. Romina is the Artistic Director of many international singing competitions and teacher of ‘Operalab’ Higher Education Course.
Andriy
Yurkevych
UKRAINE
Music director of the State Opera in Prague
He is a conductor won a special prize at the National Turchak Competition in Kiev, has performed all over the world: Vienna Staatoper , Berlin State Opera, German Opera Berlin, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Flemish Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Municipal in Santiago (Chile), in San Francisco Opera, Greek National Opera etc.
He is a laureate of the International Opera Award (8th year “Opera Star”) – Gli Oscar della Lirica.
From 2020 He is the Music director of the State Opera in Prague
Carles
LAma
SPAIN
Director of KNS Classical
Steinway Artist and international concert pianist, co-founder and director of the label KNS Classica.
Artistic director of several cycles and festivals of music, he has also won a reputation for mentoring a wide number of young talents.
Christian
Starinieri
ITALY
DM Artist Management
Winner of the AsLiCo competition debuts in various roles and opera houses by developing in-depth experience and knowledge through a broad repertoire.
His career evolves as an opera agent and with DM Artist Management becoming a point of reference for opera and theater singers internationally.
Gu
Ping
China
Opera Singer and Professor
He was awarded the Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award and honored by the City of Shanghai as a Model Teacher and recipient of the “He Luting” Gold Award.
He is a Chinese tenor and professor, a graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the San Francisco Opera Merola Program.
A veteran of the international stage, he has performed leading roles at the Paris Opera and across Asia and Europe, spanning from Wagner and Mozart to Mahler’s symphonic works.
Director of the Shanghai Zhou Xiaoyan Opera Center, he has promoted both Western masterpieces and original Chinese opera through acclaimed premieres.
He is Full Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he leads the Department of Bel Canto and mentors prize-winning vocalists.
Special Prizes
- KNS CLASSICAL PRIZE – Digital publishing and distribution
- Best Italian performer concert at Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa
- Best performance of a work of F.P.Tosti
- Best performance of a work of Baroque Composer
- Best performance of a work of Classical Composer
- Best performance of a work of Romantic Composer
- Best performance of a work of Contemporary Composer
- Best performance of Virtuoso Composition
- Best European Opera Singer
- Best African Opera Singer
- Best Asian Opera Singer
- Best North American Opera Singer
- Best South American Opera Singer
- Best Australian Opera Singer
* The Mimas Special Prize for each category is awarded only if the jury unanimously votes the highest possible score for the first prize.
*The performances will be listened to by the links or downloaded in video format by the organization
*The winners will be entitled to the prizes by participating in the Mimas Festival concerts dedicated to them
Join the Competition
You will only submit your performance once, so as not to create travel costs, the evaluation and announcement of the winners will be online.
Registrations/Links made from 2024 are accepted
