Participants are required to form teams consisting of at least one director and one stage designer. The maximum number or participants per team is five (extra costume designers, dramaturgs, composers, etc.).
A “team” can also consist of only one member.
Both options are possible.
Persons born on 16 September 1988 or later qualify to participate in the RING AWARD. This applies to each team member. No exceptions.
The plans can be downloaded on the “Terms of Participation” page.
A storyboard is expected to explain the concrete activities on the stage (directions and design) step by step in the sequence of scenes for the designated part of the competition opera. It is also essential to consider the musical text. The individual formation of the storyboard is left to the participants’ own decision. It may consist of model photos describing the scenes, or of drawn images with stage directions.
Only for the semifinal, a stage design model on a scale of 1:25 is required.
It has to be strictly observed that the names of the participants as well as any other information which would enable their identification (institutions, nationalities, etc.) do not appear on the cover of the portfolio or anywhere else on the texts or pictures, etc. Anyone not complying with this regulation will be excluded from the competition.
The budget applies to the stage realization of the selected part of the competition opera at the finals (act II from Ritornello before Orfeo: “Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi” until act III, Sinfonia after Orfeo: “Rendetemi il mio ben, Tartare numi” – without the choruses of this section). Nonetheless the budget should already be kept in mind when submitting the designs as their feasibility within the given budget is an essential assessment criterion of the competition. Any cost overruns at the stage of preparation for the finals give reason for an exclusion from the competition and offer other contestants an opportunity of moving up. The exact budget calculations have to be handed in for the semifinal (not the initial submission)
The deadline is September 16, 2024