The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 02 through June 09, 2024 at Jurmala (Latvia)
Why Participate?
888 Singers
The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 888 singers participated in 2023. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!
47% Engagement Ratio
7 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2023 to the 15 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 46.7%.
21 Jury Members
The Opera Jury in the final rounds is composed exclusively with opera and casting directors of the most prestigious opera houses, who award additional engagements to the participants. The international Media Jury in the final rounds awards the additional Media Prize.
16 Professional Observers
Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 30 in 2023 – of international opera and concert houses visit the final rounds as observers. They have made the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition into a veritable “Wall Street of Voices”. It’s your “springboard” to a career in opera.
51 Qualification Cities
The international qualifying rounds are held each year on all continents and gives young, highly talented opera singers the best access to the professional opera world.
42 Years of Experience
The Belvedere Singing Competition started in 1982, making it one of the renowned and best networked singing competition in the world.
Singers in the Final Rounds after 35 out of 51 Qualifications
Alicja Bany
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Sean Tester
Tenor
Jun Hyuk Jang
Baritone / Bass
Olena Skitsko
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Minki Hong
Baritone / Bass
Yongbeom Kwon
Countertenor
Fanya Jin
Soprano
Cleo Lee-McGowan
Soprano
Alice Chung
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Nina Ruban
Soprano
Adrian Janus
Baritone / Bass
Seokju Hong
Baritone / Bass
Janice Van Rooy
Soprano
Austėja Zinkevičiūtė
Soprano
Imogen-Faith Malfitano
Soprano
Mihailo Slavnić
Tenor
Romina Jofré
Soprano
Seán Boylan
Baritone / Bass
Juhyeon Kim
Baritone / Bass
Cecelia McKinley
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Wei Lu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Anastasiia Povazhna
Soprano
Tamar Tsirekidze
Soprano
Youngkwang Oh
Baritone / Bass
Eva Langeland Gjerde
Soprano
Valerija Iljinaite
Soprano
Lei Wu
Soprano
Indyana Schneider
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Monika Radecka
Soprano
Dahye Kang
Soprano
Kaarin Cecilia Phelps
Soprano
Rafaela Albuquerque
Soprano
Aimee Kearney
Soprano
Luna Seongeun Park
Soprano
Olena Dmytriieva
Soprano
Ting Yu
Soprano
Hanseong Yun
Baritone / Bass
Ejnar Colak
Baritone / Bass
Yancheng Chen
Baritone / Bass
Winners 2023
Mikołaj Bońkowski
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagement:
Sächsische Staatsoper – Semperoper
Katleho Mokhoabane
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Israeli Opera
SeongBeom Choi
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Theater Dortmund
Serhii Moskalchuk
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
Dzintari Concert Hall Jurmala
Fabian Homburg
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
A coaching session awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
Neven Crnic
Baritone / Bass
Media Prize
Sanele Mwelase
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Filip Filipović
Tenor
- 2nd Prize Opera
- Awarded Engagements:
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Grisha Martirosyan
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Oper Köln
Théo Imart
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Coaching Session and Audition on the main stage awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk
Soprano
- 1st Prize Opera
- Audience Prize