The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: May 30 through June 06, 2020 in Jurmala (Latvia)

Coronavirus - Competition updates

May 13, 2020: We learn just now from Jurmala that Latvian government has extended the emergency situation in Latvia until June 9. Therefore we will have to wait until mid-June to get an exact date for the Final Rounds, which are planned in October.

April 20, 2020: The Final Rounds 2020 in Jurmala: as previously announced, we are planning to postpone the Final Rounds in autumn 2020 due to current international restrictions in all areas of life. Our partners from the Dzintari Concert Hall are expecting new instructions from the Latvian government at the end of April. We will keep you informed and ask for your patience. All the best and above all health to you all!

April 8, 2020: We are working together with our partners in the qualification cities on new audition dates for the cancelled Qualifying Rounds, possibly also on holding the Final Rounds later in the year. For this reason, we ask registered singers already for their patience and suggest that they remain registered and let us know at a later date, when the new dates are certain, whether they will participate or withdraw. Sorry for these news - we sincerely hope that the situation will normalize as soon as possible and trust that die final rounds in Jurmala is going to take place, expected in autumn this year. Please find all Qualifying Rounds here

March 2020 - We would like to inform you, especially the singers who have already registered and those who intend to participate in the Belvedere Singing Competition this year, that we are in constant contact with our partners worldwide in the 71 cities where Qualifying Rounds are held. Where necessary, we have cancelled the auditions or postponed it to a later date. Should further developments require a re-evaluation, we will of course inform the relevant competition participants and partners immediately. We trust that the competition is going to take place as planned. - We wish you all the best and look forward to exciting Final Rounds in Jurmala, Latvia.

Why Participate?

1061 Singers

The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 1061 singers participated in 2019. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!

53% Engagement Ratio

8 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2019 to the 15 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 53.3%.

Finalists from previous year

27 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

19 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

70 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