The musical association “Maria Caniglia” in Sulmona, founded in 1983, organizes every year from August 1984 an international opera competition dedicated to the great opera singer coming from Abruzzi and reserved only to female voice of soprano and mezzo soprano.
This event, born with the aim to discover new talented people, to help and to follow them in their career and professional life, have a good success thanks to the high professionalism of the international juries and to the extraordinary auditions.