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Alfredo Kraus International Singing Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International opera and zarzuela singing competition of the Alfredo Kraus Foundation in Gran Canaria, with preliminary rounds in Madrid, Florence and Las Palmas. The 10th edition was held in September 2025 with a final with the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus.
- Organiser
- Fundación Internacional Alfredo Kraus (FIAK), with the support of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria
- Instruments
- Voice
- Category
- Opera & general voice
- Age limits
- 2025: sopranos, countertenors and tenors 18-33; mezzo-sopranos, contraltos, baritones, bass-baritones and basses 18-36
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Official form from cicakraus.com plus ID, photo, short CV and proof of payment of the EUR 35 fee
Rounds & time limits
- Preliminary (Madrid, Florence or Las Palmas): one opera aria (+ one zarzuela piece for the zarzuela category)
- Semi-final: one opera work, or one opera and one zarzuela work, with piano
- Final: two works with orchestra chosen by the organisers from the semi-final repertoire
Repertoire
Opera arias (Annex I) and optionally zarzuela pieces (Annex II), sung from memory in the original language; no repeats across rounds.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Yolanda Auyanet (chair, 2025)
Prizes
- 1st prize: EUR 14,000
- 2nd prize: EUR 12,000
- 3rd prize: EUR 10,000
- Audience Prize: EUR 2,500
- Best opera interpreter: EUR 2,500
- Best zarzuela interpreter: EUR 2,000
- Best bel canto interpreter: EUR 2,000
- Non-prizewinning finalists from outside Gran Canaria: EUR 800 travel grant
Past editions
- 2025 — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 21-27 September 2025 source
1st: Gesua Gallifoco (soprano, Italy)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source