{"id":21993,"date":"2022-02-13T13:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=21993"},"modified":"2022-06-20T22:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T02:47:38","slug":"alexandra-flood","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/alexandra-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Voice 2022 \u2013 Art Song Division<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-69 maxbutton maxbutton-voice-2022\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/about\/archives\/voice-2022\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Voice 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>soprano<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2022: Born in Australia and based in Munich, soprano Alexandra Flood is plainly passionate about her craft. Since her 2014 debut at the Salzburg Festival, Alexandra Flood\u2019s lyric coloratura instrument has stretched from Donizetti\u2019s <em>La Fille du r\u00e9giment<\/em> to Bernstein\u2019s <em>West Side Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Alexandra Flood rounds out her dramatic palette with concert and recital work. She loves a good Liederabend, judging from her rich history of recital work in Australia, Norway, and Venice\u2019s iconic Teatro la Fenice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She was a 2019 Stern Fellow at SongFest in Los Angeles, where she also performed works by Schubert and Jake Heggie. In 2020 she was awarded the Joan Sutherland &amp; Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Training<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2014-2017: <em>Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater Munich &amp; Theaterakademie August Everding Munich<\/em>, Master&#8217;s Degree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2008-2011: University of Melbourne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Principal Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Neil Semer, 2014-present<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">KS Prof Andreas Schmidt, 2014-2017<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Anna Connolly, 2011-2013<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Vivien Hamilton, 2004-2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prizes\u00a0and Awards<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2015 &amp; 2017: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Prize, Richard Strauss Competition, Munich, Germany<\/li>\n<li>2015: Winner, Australian Music Foundation Award, London, UK<\/li>\n<li>2014: Awardee &#8211; Acclaim Opera Awards <em>Teatro alla Scala<\/em> Fellowship, Italy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2014: Winner, Opera Foundation for Young Australians AIMS Award, Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Programme<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><u>FIRST ROUND<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FRANZ SCHUBERT <\/strong>Liebesbotschaft<br \/>(<em>Schwanengesang, D. 957<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>LILI BOULANGER<\/strong> Elle est descendue au bas de la prairie<br \/>(<em>Clairi\u00e8res dans le ciel<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ARIBERT REIMANN <\/strong>The Couriers<br \/>(<em>Six Poems by Sylvia Plath<\/em>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>RICHARD STRAUSS <\/strong>St\u00e4ndchen<br \/>(<em>6 Lieder, Op. 17)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JAKE HEGGIE<\/strong> Not in a silver casket<br \/>(<em>Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandra-flood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22131 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Pianist<\/strong>: Alex Raineri<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Alexandra Flood is generously sponsored by the Famille Jean C. Monty<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/natalie-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice 2022 \u2013 Art Song Division \u00a0 soprano \u00a0 2022: Born in Australia and based in Munich, soprano Alexandra Flood is plainly passionate about her craft. Since her 2014 debut at the Salzburg Festival, Alexandra Flood\u2019s lyric coloratura instrument has stretched from Donizetti\u2019s La Fille du r\u00e9giment to Bernstein\u2019s West Side Story. 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