Imai Ayane
No. 27
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Japan
Date of birth: 16 July, 1987
She graduated from Otani University in Japan. In 2010, where she met Prof Andrea Meláth, and thanks to this encounter she could pursue further studies at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. By 2014, when she received her M.A., she had acquired a fluent command of Hungarian. In 2016, she earned the special prize of the Debrecen Csokonay theatre’s at the József Simándy International Singing Competition in Szeged. Her repertoire covers vocal parts from the Baroque to contemporary music. One of her most memorable performances was in Péter Eötvös’ Lady Sarashina, which was staged in Budapest, Lisbon and Milan. In 2016, at the Budapest Spring Festival, she took to the stage as Amor in Cesti’s Orontea, a year late she gave a solo recital at the same event series.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Lorelei (H. Heine)
Händel: Da tempeste il legno infranto – Cleopatra’s Aria from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Thomas: A vos jeux, mes amis – Ophelia’s Aria from Hamlet
Semi-final
Gounod: Amour, ranime mon courage – Juliet’s Aria from Roméo et Juliette
Menotti: Bravo! And after the theatre, supper and dance – Monica’s Waltz from The Medium
Final
Bellini: Eccomi, in lieta vesta... Oh! quante volte – Giulietta’s Aria from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Verdi: Mercé, dilette amiche – La Duchessa Elena’s Sicilienne
from I vespri siciliani
Stravinsky: No word from Tom… Quietly Night – Anne’s Aria from The Rake's Progress