Question: Would the competition Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin be held for the genres of light opera in even or uneven years?

Context articles: Homer Curran
Vinexpo
Operetta
Sebastian Noack
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera
Magdalena: a Musical Adventure
Bundeswettbewerb Gesang
Philip Kraus
Lakeshore Light Opera
Ohio Light Opera

Homer F. Curran (1885–1952) was an American theatrical producer who had a profound impact on the development of professional theatre on the West Coast of the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
 Born in Springfield, Missouri, he was educated at Stanford University.
 After graduating, he purchased and operated the Cort Theatre in San Francisco and temporarily changed its named to the Curran Theatre.
 In 1921, construction began on a new theatre which opened in 1922 as the Curran Theatre.
 This is the same theatre that operates under that name today.
 In 1939 he founded the San Francisco Light Opera Company which for many years worked in partnership with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.
 Throughout his years operating the Curran Theatre, he also established partnerships with the Shubert Organization as well as the Theatre Guild.
 He notably co-authored the books for the operetta "Song of Norway" and the musical "".
Vinexpo is one of the largest exhibitions for wine and spirits professionals from all over the world, held in Bordeaux in uneven years.
 The first event dates back to year 1981 gathering 524 exhibitors from 21 countries 11,000 professional visitors from 50 countries.
 In 2015 it grew to 2,350 exhibitors (2,400 in 2013) from 42 countries.
 Current Vinexpo Chief Executive Officer is Guillaume Deglise who was appointed in September, 2013.
Operetta is a genre of light opera, "light" in terms both of music and subject matter.
Sebastian Noack (born 1969 in Berlin) is a German baritone.
 After attending master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Aribert Reimann, he won 1st prize at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin 1996 and was awarded 2nd prize at the International Song Competition at Wigmore Hall the following year.
 He is noted for his recitals of J.S. Bach, including BWV 245, 63, 133 and BWV 243a.
 A 2004 "Gramophone" article wrote of his performance as King Cosroe in Hasse's "Siroe": "Sebastian Noack provides a full and warm baritone in Cosroe's music and makes a good deal of the sombre 'Gelido, in ogni vena' ".
The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theatre/opera company in Los Angeles, California.
 Founded under the motto "Light Opera in the Grand Opera manner" in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester, the organization presented fifty seasons of theatre before closing due to financial reasons in 1987.
 Typically the LACLO presented four to six productions during an annual season.
 The company produced or co-produced several of their own shows in addition to bringing in shows from Broadway to California, often with their original casts.
 Productions that originated at the LACLO and then went on to wider success, included "Song of Norway" (1944), "Magdalena" (1948), "Kismet" (1953), "Peter Pan" (1954) and "Gigi" (1973).
 Initially the organization mainly presented American operettas, but by the 1960s the company was presenting mostly musical theatre; although the company never completely left its roots.
"Magdalena" premiered at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera on 26 July 1948, pursuant to a commission from Edwin Lester, president of that organization.
 Arthur Kay conducted Irra Petina, Dorothy Sarnoff, John Raitt, Hugo Haas, Gerhard Pechner, A. Garcia, Melva Niles, Henry Reese, Ferdinand Hilt, J. Arthur, Betty Huff, Christine Matsios, Leonard Morganthaler, John Schickling, Lorraine Miller, Gene Curtsinger, Patrick Kirk, Betty Brusher, and Jack Cole (soloists).
 Jules Dassin directed, Jack Cole was the choreographer, and the chorus was prepared by Robert Zeller.
 Broadway veterans Howard Bay (settings and lighting) and Irene Sharaff (costumes) were also part of the creative team.
 It was also presented in San Francisco at the Curran Theatre (San Francisco Light Opera) for several performances beginning August 16, 1948.
 The same production opened in New York City at the Ziegfeld Theatre on September 20, 1948, and closed on December 4 after 88 performances.
 Raitt, Sarnoff, and Haas reprised their roles.
 No recording was made due to a strike.
 "Magdalena" was revived in concert form under conductor Evans Haile on November 24, 1987, at Alice Tully Hall in New York's Lincoln Center; a recording with a slightly different cast was made in RCA's studios in 1988 and issued by CBS (later Sony) in 1989 (ASIN: B0000026QF).
 The work was performed in Australia in the 1990s as part of the Opera Festival in Ballarat, Victoria, again under Haile.
 More recently the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris announced a production to open in May 2010, with Kate Whoriskey directing and Warren Adams supplying choreography.
The German national competition Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin was inaugurated in 1966 as a competition for solo singing.
 Beginning in 1979, it has been held annually, for the categories Musical and Chanson in uneven years, for Opera, Operetta and concert singing in even years.
 The patron of the competition is the mayor of Berlin, where the competition is organized and held by the association "Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin".
Philip Kraus (born November 17, 1950) is an American operatic baritone and stage director known for his performances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, starting in 1991, and for his co-founding of Light Opera Works, a professional light opera company in Chicago, in 1980.
Lakeshore Light Opera (LLO), an amateur community theatre group, performs Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the West Island of Montreal, Canada.
 The company produced its first show in 1955.
 Early in its history, the group was directed by former D'Oyly Carte Opera Company member Doris Hemingway, and briefly conducted by her husband, former D'Oyly Carte conductor Harry Norris.
 The group was known as St Paul's Operatic Society until 1980, when it changed its name to Lakeshore Light Opera.
 For over 35 years, proceeds from its annual production have been contributed to the Lakeshore General Hospital.
The Ohio Light Opera is a professional opera company based in Wooster, Ohio that performs the light opera repertory, including Gilbert and Sullivan, American, British and continental operettas, and other musical theatre works, especially of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
 The company is also known for its recordings of these works.