The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 14 through June 21, 2025 at Bern (Switzerland)
Singers in the Final Rounds after 52 out of 56 Qualifications

Mihailo Slavnić
Tenor

Alma Ruoqi Sun
Soprano

Daniel Kfelir
Baritone / Bass

GUAN Bowen
Baritone / Bass

Lonwabo Mose
Baritone / Bass

Junoh Lee
Baritone / Bass

SungUk Park
Baritone / Bass

Geon Kim
Baritone / Bass

Laura Nielsen
Soprano

Christin Stanowsky
Soprano

Yejy Nam
Soprano

Yasmin Forastiero
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Mark Kurmanbayev
Baritone / Bass

Yerang Park
Soprano

Mathilda Goike
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Malinda Wagstaff
Soprano

Changdai Park
Baritone / Bass

Wonje Song
Baritone / Bass

Laura Avila
Soprano

Hwanhee Lee
Soprano

Andrés Sánchez Joglar
Tenor

Valeriia Gorbunova
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Anna Shcherbakova
Soprano

Johannes Pessi
Baritone / Bass

Ju-Hyeok Lee
Tenor

Louise Guenter
Soprano

Xiaofang Zhao
Soprano

Maria Cenname
Soprano

George Gamal Mohareb
Baritone / Bass

Vartan Gabrielian
Baritone / Bass

Kitija Mināte
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Mia Mandineau
Soprano

Gan Lin
Baritone / Bass

Jongyoung Kim
Tenor

Anastasiya Taratorkina
Soprano

Wei Lu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Ivan Lyvch
Baritone / Bass

BO YANG
Baritone / Bass

Felicity Tomkins
Soprano

Heta Sammalisto
Soprano

Indyana Schneider
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Petra Radulovic
Soprano

Sviatoslav Vynnyk
Baritone / Bass

Seolbin Oh
Soprano

Binny-Supin Yang
Soprano

Teresa Sales Rebordão
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Jaewoung Lee
Baritone / Bass

Suhyeon Shin
Soprano

Anna Erokhina
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

YOUNJI YI
Soprano

Minseok David Kang
Baritone / Bass

Heesung Kwon
Tenor

Rania Ateek
Soprano

Evelina Smolina
Soprano

Frida Lund-Larsen
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

KAMILA DUTKOWSKA
Soprano

Hyejin Han
Soprano

Ani Aghajanyan
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Tamara Nishri
Soprano

Matthew Curtis
Tenor

Haneul Jo
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

JINGYI YU
Soprano

Vanesa Čierna
Soprano

Charlotte Kelso
Soprano

Yulietta Quevedo Santos
Soprano

Elisabeth Eunsoo Lee
Soprano

Cory McGee
Baritone / Bass

Elena Sverdiolaite
Soprano

Sophia Hunt
Soprano

Alice Paroissien
Soprano

Cecilia Lund Tomter
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Maria Vasilevskaya
Soprano

Yaara Attias
Soprano

Molly Dzangare
Soprano

Sháo fēng (韶沨) Fàn (范)
Baritone / Bass

Keith Klein
Baritone / Bass

Gosh Sargsyan
Baritone / Bass

Ben Reisinger
Tenor

Haewon Lee
Baritone / Bass

Camila Montefusco
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Thomas Kinch
Tenor

yue yin
Baritone / Bass

Kathryn Henry
Soprano

Huigang Liu
Baritone / Bass

William Meinert
Baritone / Bass

Valentina Pravdina
Soprano

Tessa Fackelmann
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Gihwang Yoon
Baritone / Bass

Ryota Higuchi
Baritone / Bass

Aoxue Zhu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Julie Sekinger
Soprano

Nicoletta Briguglio
Soprano
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.
8 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.
54 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

Nicole Chirka
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Awarded Engagement:
Bühnen Bern


JING YI YU
Soprano
Hans Gabor Prize

Etīna Saulīte
Soprano
Jane Carty Memorial Prize
Awarded Engagements:
Dutch National Opera
Dzintari Concert Hall

Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagement:
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition

Adrian Janus
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagement:
Dzintari Concert Hall

Thando Zwane
Baritone / Bass
Audience Prize
Awarded Engagement:
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Andrew Hyunjung Kim
Tenor
Awarded Engagement:
Theater Bonn



Teona Todua
Soprano
Awarded Engagement:
Deutsche Oper Berlin


Janice Van Rooy
Soprano
Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden