The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 02 through June 09, 2024 at Jurmala (Latvia)
Singers in the Final Rounds after 45 out of 51 Qualifications
Fanya Jin
Soprano
Beste Bulut
Soprano
Cleo Lee-McGowan
Soprano
Lantao Li
Baritone / Bass
Indyana Schneider
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
JING YI YU
Soprano
Teona Todua
Soprano
Sean Tester
Tenor
Lucija Spevec
Soprano
Youngkwang Oh
Baritone / Bass
Yancheng Chen
Baritone / Bass
Amber Fasquelle
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Juhyeon Kim
Baritone / Bass
Xiaoyu Li
Soprano
Ofeliia Pogosian
Soprano
Francesco Lucii
Tenor
Monika Radecka
Soprano
Anastasiia Povazhna
Soprano
Janice Van Rooy
Soprano
Alicja Bany
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Alice Chung
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Alexandra Danilova
Soprano
Yuxuan Wang
Tenor
Ihor Mostovoi
Baritone / Bass
Ana Cucereavii
Soprano
Marina Shakhdinarova
Soprano
Tamar Tsirekidze
Soprano
Etīna Saulīte
Soprano
Gloria Tronel
Soprano
Lwazi Dlamini
Baritone / Bass
Olena Skitsko
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Jun Hyuk Jang
Baritone / Bass
Olena Dmytriieva
Soprano
Ejnar Colak
Baritone / Bass
yunho Eric Kim
Baritone / Bass
Seán Boylan
Baritone / Bass
Kaarin Cecilia Phelps
Soprano
Hiroki Kono
Tenor
Cecelia McKinley
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Kathleen Felty
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Lei Wu
Soprano
Romina Jofré
Soprano
Wei Lu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Daniel O'Hearn
Tenor
Valerija Iljinaite
Soprano
Austėja Zinkevičiūtė
Soprano
Eva Langeland Gjerde
Soprano
Minki Hong
Baritone / Bass
Si Qi Liu
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Michal Proszynski
Tenor
Solveig Bergersen
Soprano
Irene Hoogveld
Soprano
Carmen Štroffek Ferenceiová
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Sihao HU
Baritone / Bass
Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah
Baritone / Bass
Adrian Janus
Baritone / Bass
Audelia Shallev
Soprano
Seungwoo Sun
Baritone / Bass
Nicole Chirka
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Nina Ruban
Soprano
Luna Seongeun Park
Soprano
Imogen-Faith Malfitano
Soprano
Nazar Mykulyak
Baritone / Bass
Thando Zwane
Baritone / Bass
Jacob Abel Isefiær
Baritone / Bass
Florentine Schumacher
Soprano
Rosalie Ardts
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Volodymyr Morozov
Baritone / Bass
Mihailo Slavnić
Tenor
Ting Yu
Soprano
Jordan Loyd
Tenor
Aimee Kearney
Soprano
Yongbeom Kwon
Countertenor
Julia Portela Piñón
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Rafaela Albuquerque
Soprano
SoJin Yang
Baritone / Bass
Chiharu Uchida
Soprano
Dahye Kang
Soprano
Erik Rosenius
Baritone / Bass
Georgiy Derbas-Richter
Baritone / Bass
Gabriele Kupsyte
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Hanseong Yun
Baritone / Bass
Seokju Hong
Baritone / Bass
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%.
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.
21 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
Grisha Martirosyan
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Oper Köln
Fabian Homburg
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
A coaching session awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
SeongBeom Choi
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Theater Dortmund
Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk
Soprano
- 1st Prize Opera
- Audience Prize
Sanele Mwelase
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Katleho Mokhoabane
Tenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Israeli Opera
Neven Crnic
Baritone / Bass
- Media Prize
Théo Imart
Countertenor
- Awarded Engagement:
Coaching Session and Audition on the main stage awarded by the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
Mikołaj Bońkowski
Baritone / Bass
- Awarded Engagement:
Sächsische Staatsoper – Semperoper
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