The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: May 31 through June 07, 2026 at Jurmala (Latvia)
Singers in the Final Rounds after 51 out of 51 Qualifications
Agate Grīnhofa
Soprano
Olena Herneha
Soprano
Elvira Margarian
Soprano
Katherina Sandmeier
Soprano
Jinhyouk Yoon
Baritone / Bass
Nikita Voronchenko
Baritone / Bass
Hansung Kang
Baritone / Bass
Annija Kristiana Adamsone
Soprano
Martiniana Antonie
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Johanna Bretschneider
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Eva Rae Martinez
Soprano
Leah Bedenko
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Olga Surikova
Soprano
Emily Christina Loftus
Soprano
Xinyi Hou
Soprano
Sofia Savenko
Soprano
Samanta Grahovec
Soprano
ZHOU YUJIE
Soprano
Tina Drole (Schwaiger)
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Paul Minhyung Roh
Baritone / Bass
Fang Cai
Soprano
Georgiana Adams
Soprano
Zhengyu Li
Baritone / Bass
Hannah Rehrl
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Marion Germain
Soprano
Jurica Jurasić Kapun
Baritone / Bass
Sungmin Park
Baritone / Bass
Charlotte Langner
Soprano
Forooz Razavi
Soprano
Laura Brasó Sala
Soprano
Junkyu Lee
Baritone / Bass
Hyerim Kim
Soprano
Long Ning
Tenor
Yoonjae Lee
Soprano
Chen Li
Tenor
Emily Rocha
Soprano
Seongeun Park
Soprano
Haixia Chen
Soprano
Demetrious Sampson Jr
Tenor
Yixu Zheng
Soprano
Yurii Strakhov
Baritone / Bass
Anastasia Evdaimon
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Victoria Chicu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Yuhui Liang
Baritone / Bass
Hyewon Seo
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Barbora Michalcovská
Soprano
Sam Dhobhany
Baritone / Bass
Bruno Khouri
Baritone / Bass
Kadircan Torun
Tenor
Johannes Moore
Baritone / Bass
Despoina Drandaki
Soprano
Maurizio Bove
Baritone / Bass
WenBo Shuai
Countertenor
Zhasmina Temelkova
Soprano
David Pogana
Baritone / Bass
Agneta Otaņķe
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
HaoXuan Zhang
Tenor
Clarice Granado
Soprano
Shawn Roth
Tenor
Themba Mdlalose
Baritone / Bass
Valeriia Mudra
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Anqi Chen
Soprano
Elizabeth Hanje
Soprano
Youngkwang Oh
Baritone / Bass
Kirill Odintsov
Baritone / Bass
Dmitrii Negrimovskii
Baritone / Bass
Nataliia Shumska
Soprano
Tereza Kotlánová
Soprano
Simian Wu
Soprano
Young Woo Hur
Countertenor
Geonho Lee
Baritone / Bass
Alessandra Djurdjevic
Soprano
Marie Lombard
Soprano
Georgia Cooper
Soprano
Peng Wang
Baritone / Bass
Nela Drozdová
Soprano
Anna Krikheli
Soprano
Antonia Modes
Soprano
Hwanhee Lee
Soprano
Jan Veljak
Baritone / Bass
Shunya Goto
Baritone / Bass
Taras Korol
Tenor
Mikołaj Niżegorodcew
Baritone / Bass
Weizi Wu
Baritone / Bass
Xinyi Xiao
Soprano
Qiupeng L yu
Baritone / Bass
JINGYI YU
Soprano
Pengyu Yang
Baritone / Bass
Daniela Zib
Soprano
Gaja Napast
Soprano
Dongjun Lee
Baritone / Bass
Zübeyde Azra Orçan
Soprano
Geonmuk Lim
Tenor
Margarita Gushcha
Soprano
Daniils Pogoriless
Baritone / Bass
Joe Chalmers
Baritone / Bass
Fanny Utiger
Soprano
Sungbeom Hong
Baritone / Bass
Bonyeop Gu
Tenor
Keisuke Onoda
Baritone / Bass
Cemre Elisa Görgü
Soprano
Nathan Bryon
Tenor
Guannan Chen
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Xizi Li
Soprano
Son Jin Kim
Baritone / Bass
Chelsea Kolić
Soprano
Junoh Lee
Baritone / Bass
Gan Lin
Baritone / Bass
Elsa Roux Chamoux
Soprano
Sophie Salvesani
Soprano
Juyeon Lee
Soprano
Zhiyun Liu
Soprano
Marko Erzar
Baritone / Bass
Ismael Correa Ulriksen
Baritone / Bass
Haneul JO
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Hae Kang
Baritone / Bass
Arpi Sinanyan
Soprano
Diana Agasian
Soprano
Anna Oganesyan
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Kang Seo
Tenor
Malgorzata Pawlowska
Soprano
Hannah Friesen
Soprano
Varvara Nikishina
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Why Participate?
833 Singers
The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 833 singers participated in 2025. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!
69% Engagement Ratio
9 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2025 to the 13 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 69.2%.
Each year, the jury also regularly awards engagements to participants in the first rounds and semi-finals. You can find all the engagements awarded last year under ‘Winners 2025’.
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.
7 Professional Observers
Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 14 in 2025 – 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.
44 Years of Experience
The Belvedere Singing Competition started in 1982, making it one of the renowned and best networked singing competition in the world.
Winners 2025
Ben Reisinger
Tenor
Awarded Engagement:
Sächsische Staatsoper - Semperoper
Lonwabo Mose
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagements:
Bühnen Bern
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition
Molly Dzangare
Soprano
- Awarded Engagement:
La Monnaie/De Munt
Ivan Lyvch
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Wexford Festival Opera
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
JINGYI YU
Soprano
Hans Gabor Prize
Daria Akulova
Soprano
- Awarded Engagement:
Wexford Festival Opera
Ani Aghajanyan
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
- Awarded Engagement:
Dutch National Opera
