The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 14 through June 21, 2025 at Bern (Switzerland)

Current Singers in the Competition

Yaara Attias

Yaara Attias

Soprano

Yasmin Forastiero

Yasmin Forastiero

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Annabel Soode. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

Annabel Soode

Soprano

Mariana Poltorak

Mariana Poltorak

Soprano

Daniel Kfelir. Photo: Marek Obrzymek

Daniel Kfelir

Baritone / Bass

Malinda Wagstaff. Photo: Brent Looyenga

Malinda Wagstaff

Soprano

Kathryn Henry. Photo: Fay Fox

Kathryn Henry

Soprano

Gosh Sargsyan

Gosh Sargsyan

Baritone / Bass

Maria Kosovitsa. Photo: Nikos Kokkas

Maria Kosovitsa

Soprano

Gan Lin

Gan Lin

Baritone / Bass

Sophia Hunt. Photo: Daniel Welch

Sophia Hunt

Soprano

Ani Aghajanyan. Photo: Gayane Hovsepyan

Ani Aghajanyan

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

YOUNJI YI

YOUNJI YI

Soprano

Jaewoung Lee

Jaewoung Lee

Baritone / Bass

Mateusz Ługowski. Photo: Szymon Pacholec

Mateusz Ługowski

Baritone / Bass

Julie Sekinger. Photo: Kirsten Nijhof

Julie Sekinger

Soprano

Maria Vasilevskaya. Photo: Matthew Holler
Aoxue Zhu

Aoxue Zhu

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Kevin Godinez. Photo: Zack Rioux

Kevin Godinez

Baritone / Bass

Junoh Lee

Junoh Lee

Baritone / Bass

Samuel Harris. Photo: Ben Durrant

Samuel Harris

Tenor

Sydney Baedke. Photo: Gaetz Photography

Sydney Baedke

Soprano

Marie-Juliette Ghazarian

Marie-Juliette Ghazarian

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

SoJin Yang

SoJin Yang

Baritone / Bass

Volodymyr Morozov. Photo: Victor Kovalevskyi

Volodymyr Morozov

Baritone / Bass

Cory McGee. Photo: Jiyang Chen

Cory McGee

Baritone / Bass

Louise Guenter. Photo: Capucine de Chocqueuse

Louise Guenter

Soprano

Yue Yin

Yue Yin

Baritone / Bass

Felicity Tomkins. Photo: Andi Crown Photography
Juhyeon Kim

Juhyeon Kim

Baritone / Bass

Valentina Pravdina
Hyejin Kim

Hyejin Kim

Soprano

Rosamond Thomas. Photo: Anita Victoria

Rosamond Thomas

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Mark Kurmanbayev. Photo: Parodi Carole

Mark Kurmanbayev

Baritone / Bass

Yejy Nam

Yejy Nam

Soprano

George Gamal Mohareb. Photo: Philipp Lojak

George Gamal Mohareb

Baritone / Bass

Florentine Schumacher

Florentine Schumacher

Soprano

Seolbin Oh. Photo: Kanon Adachi

Seolbin Oh

Soprano

Indyana Schneider

Indyana Schneider

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Laura Avila. Photo: Simon Petek

Laura Avila

Soprano

Mihailo Slavnić. Photo: Marija Erdelji

Mihailo Slavnić

Tenor

Patricia Žudetić. Photo: Dejan Štifanić

Patricia Žudetić

Soprano

JINGYI YU

JINGYI YU

Soprano

Romi Zelig. Photo: Yossi Zwecker

Romi Zelig

Soprano

SungUk Park

SungUk Park

Baritone / Bass

Geon Kim. Photo: Geon Kim

Geon Kim

Baritone / Bass

Wonje Song

Wonje Song

Baritone / Bass

Teresa Sales Rebordão. Photo: Filipe Ferreira

Teresa Sales Rebordão

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Adrian Domarecki

Adrian Domarecki

Tenor

Diana Hurjă. Photo: Andrei Grigore

Diana Hurjă

Soprano

Ivan Lyvch. Photo: Kvetoslav Šakový

Ivan Lyvch

Baritone / Bass

Elisabeth Eunsoo Lee

Elisabeth Eunsoo Lee

Soprano

Yerang Park

Yerang Park

Soprano

Esther Tonea. Photo: Daniel Welch

Esther Tonea

Soprano

Cecilia Lund Tomter

Cecilia Lund Tomter

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Ryota Higuchi

Ryota Higuchi

Baritone / Bass

SiQi Liu

SiQi Liu

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Johannes Pessi

Johannes Pessi

Baritone / Bass

Evelina Smolina. Photo: Daniil Rabovsky

Evelina Smolina

Soprano

Aleksandra Zotova
Ju-Hyeok Lee. Photo: jihyang lim

Ju-Hyeok Lee

Tenor

Sophie Kidwell. Photo: Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

Sophie Kidwell

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Katariina Holma. Photo: Taru Kunnari

Katariina Holma

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Haewon Lee

Haewon Lee

Baritone / Bass

Tatev Baroyan. Photo: Tigran Arakelyan

Tatev Baroyan

Soprano

Sophie Bellamy. Photo: Anna Sommerfeld

Sophie Bellamy

Soprano

Petra Radulovic

Petra Radulovic

Soprano

Molly Dzangare

Molly Dzangare

Soprano

Camila Montefusco. Photo: Cecilia Gidali

Camila Montefusco

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Aleksander Løe Myrling. Photo: Caroline Olava Halvorsen

Aleksander Løe Myrling

Baritone / Bass

Tessa Fackelmann. Photo: Curtis Brown

Tessa Fackelmann

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Ben Reisinger. Photo: Dario Acosta

Ben Reisinger

Tenor

Changdai Park. Photo: Youngbeom Kwon

Changdai Park

Baritone / Bass

Thomas Kinch. Photo: Jiyang chen

Thomas Kinch

Tenor

Valeriia Gorbunova

Valeriia Gorbunova

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Anastasiya Taratorkina. Photo: Maja Kamienska
James Young. Photo: Christian Pöllmann

James Young

Baritone / Bass

Binny-Supin Yang. Photo: Geoffrey Tang
Kitija Mināte. Photo: Sevinča Sabīne Ukolova

Kitija Mināte

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Christin Stanowsky. Photo: Martin Trømborg
Meredith Wohlgemuth. Photo: Eva Zar
Daria Akulova. Photo: Dasha Suchak

Daria Akulova

Soprano

Alma Ruoqi Sun

Alma Ruoqi Sun

Soprano

Lonwabo Mose

Lonwabo Mose

Baritone / Bass

Anna Erokhina. Photo: Daniil Rabovsky

Anna Erokhina

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Vartan Gabrielian

Vartan Gabrielian

Baritone / Bass

Heesung Kwon

Heesung Kwon

Tenor

Jongyoung Kim
Magdalena Kuźma. Photo: Dario Acosta
Hyun-Woo Roh

Hyun-Woo Roh

Baritone / Bass

Participant information: current rehearsal and audition times here and the complete details in the personal singer account. Please note that rehearsals and auditions in front of the jury have to be performed in the given order without exception. Rehearsal and audition slots cannot be exchanged.

Why Participate?

773 Singers

The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 773 singers participated in 2024. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!

44% Engagement Ratio

4 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2024 to the 9 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 44.4%.
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 2024’.

19 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.

14 Professional Observers

Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 28 in 2024 – 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.

52 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.

43 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 2024

Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah

Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah

Baritone / Bass

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition
Janice Van Rooy

Janice Van Rooy

Soprano

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Teona Todua. Photo: Olesya Dyatlova

Teona Todua

Soprano

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Deutsche Oper Berlin
Thando Zwane. Photo: Mark Cloete

Thando Zwane

Baritone / Bass

  • TrophyAudience Prize
  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Daniel O'Hearn. Photo: Dario Acosta

Daniel O'Hearn

Tenor

  • Trophy2nd Prize Opera
Nicole Chirka

Nicole Chirka

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Bühnen Bern
Jungrae Noah Kim. Photo: Jiseock cho

Jungrae Noah Kim

Baritone / Bass

  • Trophy1st Prize Opera
Adrian Janus

Adrian Janus

Baritone / Bass

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Dzintari Concert Hall
Volodymyr Morozov

Volodymyr Morozov

Baritone / Bass

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Deutsche Oper Berlin
Matthew Cairns. Photo: Sam Gaetz

Matthew Cairns

Tenor

  • Trophy3rd Prize Opera
  • TrophyMedia Prize
Andrew Hyunjung Kim

Andrew Hyunjung Kim

Tenor

  • Handshake Awarded Engagement:
    Theater Bonn
JING YI YU

JING YI YU

Soprano

  • TrophyHans Gabor Prize
Etīna Saulīte. Photo: Jānis Ķeris

Etīna Saulīte

Soprano

  • TrophyJane Carty Memorial Prize
  • Handshake Awarded Engagements:
    Dutch National Opera
    Dzintari Concert Hall
Berner Symphonieorchester – Photo (c) Priska Kletterer