The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 20 through June 27, 2021 in Erfurt (Germany)

Qualifying and Final Rounds 2021

We are pleased about the invitation of the Theater Erfurt and its general director Guy Montavon to hold the final rounds 2021 in Erfurt.

We are currently planning the qualifying rounds 2021 and the announcement of the first auditions in the new year starting mid-January 2021.

The website is currently still under construction. Please note the conditions 2021 already now.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year and good health.

Isabella Gabor & Holger Bleck
December 30, 2020

Why Participate?

1110 Singers

The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 1,110 singers participated in 2019. In 2020, the competition took place only on a very restricted basis due to the pandemic. Become now part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career in 2021!

67% Engagement Ratio

10 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2019 to the 15 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 66.67%.

Finalists from previous year

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.

List of all jury members

6 Professional Observers

Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 45 in 2019 – 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.

List of registered observers

20 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.

List of all cities