CLIP 2026 WINNERS

Suji Kwon

Female Voice Award, Scholarship Fondazione Il Secolo XIX

PROGRAM CLIP 2026

Wednesday JULY 22nd
FIRST ROUND

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Teatrino di Portofino

Free admission until full capacity is reached

Thursday JULY 23rd
SEMIFINAL

from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Teatrino di Portofino

Free admission until full capacity is reached

Friday JULY 24th
FINAL
5:00 p.m.

Teatro Sociale di Camogli

Free admission until full capacity is reached

Live streaming on YouTube

JULY 25th
STABAT MATER di G.B. Pergolesi

7:45 p.m. – Basilica di Santa Margherita Ligure

Orchestra Bottesini

Elizaveta Shuvalova - terzo premio CLIP 2025

Lilly Jørstad - vincitrice CLIP 2016

Conductor Enrico Fagone

Free admission until full capacity is reached

Fundraising in support of Gaslininsieme ETS for the music therapy project of the Istituto Giannina Gaslini

JULY 26th
FINALISTS CONCERT
with award cerimony
Piazza di Portofino
Orchestra: Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Reserved stalls – free access to the square

JURY

The CLIP judges are Directors and Casting Directors from major international opera houses.

GIANNI TANGUCCI

HEAD OF PRESELECTIONS
Artistic Coordinator
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

CAROLIN WIELPÜTZ

Director of Artistic Administration
MusikTheater an der Wien and
Opera Director at Deutsche Oper
am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg

GIANNI TANGUCCI

HEAD OF PRESELECTIONS
Artistic Coordinator
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

CAROLIN WIELPÜTZ

Director of Artistic Administration
MusikTheater an der Wien and
Opera Director at Deutsche Oper
am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg

MARKUS HOLLOP

Casting & Artistic Production Officer, Grand Théâtre de Genève

PRIZES

CLIP wishes to ensure that the financial commitment required of admitted singers does not prevent them from participating in the Competition. For this reason, all admitted candidates (those who pass the pre-selections) who attend the live auditions in Portofino, will receive a scholarship of €500 (five hundred).

1° PRIZE ``CARLO MAJER``

10.000 €

offered by

2° PRIZE

5.000 €

offered by 

3° PRIZE

2.500 €

offered by 

UNDER 25 PRIZE

3.000 €

dedicated to Luca Targetti

offered by amici di Luca 

ITALIAN SINGER AWARD

1.500 €

offered by

FEMALE VOICE AWARD

1.500€ 

offered by 

EMERGING TENOR AWARD

1.500 €

offered by

EMERGING BASS AWARD

1.500€

offered by 

EMOTION PRIZE - AUDIENCE AWARD

1.500€

offered by

EVA KLEINITZ AWARD

€ 1.500

1 SCHOLARSHIP

1.500€

offered by

2 SCHOLARSHIPS

1.500€

offered by

SCHOLARSHIP

1.500€

offered by

Fondazione Bossi

SCHOLARSHIP

1.500€

offered by

SCHOLARSHIP

500€

Scholarship awarded to each admitted contestant who attends the live auditions.

CARREER

CONTRACTS AND AUDITIONS

With the theaters represented by the jury at the discretion of the judges

ORCHESTRA AND DIRECTOR

Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Biografia

Conductor – Maestro Marco Alibrando
Biografia

THE FACES OF #CLIP2026

Announcement Form

Submissions for CLIP 2026 are now closed, but the announcement form is still available here.

DOWNLOAD

Download the documentation

Announcement Form CLIP 2026

CONTACTS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Francesco Daniel Donati
donati@associazionebottesini.com

SECRETARY

Micol Cappelli
segreteria@associazionebottesini.com

PRODUCTION

Beatrice Caravaggio
produzione@associazionebottesini.com

COMMUNICATION

Sara Rosati
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CONTACTS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Francesco Daniel Donati
donati@associazionebottesini.com

SECRETARY

Micol Cappelli
segreteria@associazionebottesini.com

PRODUCTION

Beatrice Caravaggio
produzione@associazionebottesini.com

COMMUNICATION

Sara Rosati
comunicazione@associazionebottesini.com

SOCIAL

Follow us on:

InstagramYouTube

PRIVACY

Privacy Policy

Cookie Policy

SUPPORT US

Help us to support music, culture and young talents



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