The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 02 through June 09, 2024 at Jurmala (Latvia)
Congratulations to the Winners 2024
The three winners (ltr): Matthew Cairns, Jungrae Noah Kim, Daniel O'HearnPhoto (c) Dzintari Concert Hall – Pauls Zvirbulis
Winners
Janice Van Rooy
Soprano
- Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Nicole Chirka
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
- Awarded Engagement:
Bühnen Bern
Thando Zwane
Baritone / Bass
- Audience Prize
- Awarded Engagement:
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition
Andrew Hyunjung Kim
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Theater Bonn
Adrian Janus
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
Dzintari Concert Hall
Teona Todua
Soprano
- Awarded Engagement:
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Etīna Saulīte
Soprano
- Jane Carty Memorial Prize
- Awarded Engagements:
Dutch National Opera
Dzintari Concert Hall
JING YI YU
Soprano
- Hans Gabor Prize
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%.
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.
28 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.
Winners 2023
Katleho Mokhoabane
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Israeli Opera
Serhii Moskalchuk
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
Dzintari Concert Hall Jurmala
Filip Filipović
Tenor
- 2nd Prize Opera
- Awarded Engagements:
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Sanele Mwelase
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Théo Imart
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Coaching Session and Audition on the main stage awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
Neven Crnic
Baritone / Bass
- Media Prize
SeongBeom Choi
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Theater Dortmund
Mikołaj Bońkowski
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
Sächsische Staatsoper – Semperoper
Fabian Homburg
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
A coaching session awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
Grisha Martirosyan
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Oper Köln
Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk
Soprano
- 1st Prize Opera
- Audience Prize