The organizing committee has all rights reserved on broadcasting, audio and video recordings, distribution and reproduction without payment of extra fee to the particapants in the Competition. Art.12 Competitors will be judged by an International Jury. The ballot of the Jury is secret and its decision is final. No more than ten competitors with highest rating from the second stage will be admitted to the third stage. The final rating is calculated by the mark received at the Second stage plus the double mark received at the Third stage.
All prizes are indivisable.
The Jury is not bound to award all prizes. Cash encouragements and special awards are envisaged as well. The Laureates will take part in performances of opera theaters and in manifestations of International Music Festivals in Bulgaria. In case of disputes arising from the interpretation of the regulations, only the Bulgarian text is binding. Bellini, Bizet, Wagner, Weber, Glinka, Gounod, Delibes, Dvorak, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Thomas, R.Strauss or Cilea.