Melbourne Singing Contest

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)

Melbourne Singing Contest

For the fourth year in succession 230 guineas has been set aside as prize money in the now famous grand opera aria contest which was instituted 14 years ago by the Melbourne Sun, the first prize being 120 guineas, the second, 20 guineas, and the third, 10 guineas. An amount of 10 guineas is also awarded to each of the eight finalists selected from the preliminary stages to be held at 13allar.it at the long-es-tablished South Street competitions, from September 28 to October 1. The adjudicator on that occasion will lie Mr. Linley Evans, and the grand final is fixed for Wednesday, October G, at the Town Hall, Melbourne. All previous Sun aria winners are excluded. The contest is open to every class of voice, soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone or bass, and competitors in the preliminary test at Ballarat will be required to render in English any aria of their own selection taken from a grand opera. At the final, two arias must be sung, one of which may bo that a I read v stinc in Ballarat. Entries will close on Friday, August 20, and particulars are now available from Mr. L. A. Blackmail, central secretary of South Street Competitions, Ballarat.