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 48 out of 51 Qualifications

Austėja Zinkevičiūtė

Soprano

Lithuania

Lantao Li

Baritone / Bass

China

Ofeliia Pogosian

Soprano

Armenia

Nazar Mykulyak

Baritone / Bass

Ukraine

Alicja Bany

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Poland

Etīna Saulīte

Soprano

Latvia

Alice Chung

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

USA

Ejnar Colak

Baritone / Bass

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Florentine Schumacher

Soprano

Germany

Kaarin Cecilia Phelps

Soprano

USA

Mihailo Slavnić

Tenor

Serbia

Josip Švagelj

Tenor

Croatia

Beste Bulut

Soprano

Turkey

Lei Wu

Soprano

China

Julia Portela Piñón. Photo: Olivia Da Costa

Audelia Shallev

Soprano

Israel

Francesco Lucii

Tenor

Italy

Valerija Iljinaite

Soprano

Lithuania

Imogen-Faith Malfitano

Soprano

Australia

SoJin Yang

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Hwaeum Lee

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Michal Proszynski

Tenor

Poland

Janice Van Rooy

Soprano

Namibia

Nicole Chirka

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Ukraine

Juhyeon Kim

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Ting Yu

Soprano

China

Aimee Kearney

Soprano

Ireland

Romina Jofré

Soprano

Chile

JING YI YU

Soprano

China

Rafaela Albuquerque

Soprano

Portugal

Yuxuan Wang

Tenor

China

Youngkwang Oh

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Ana Cucereavii

Soprano

Moldova

Volodymyr Morozov. Photo: Viktor Kavalevskyi

Alexandra Danilova

Soprano

Russia

Hiroki Kono

Tenor

Japan

Hanseong Yun

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Leander Carlier. Photo: Leen Vandenhende

Michael Appiah Kubi Mensah

Baritone / Bass

Ghana

Si Qi Liu

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

China

Monika Radecka

Soprano

Poland

Marina Shakhdinarova. Photo: Iuri Akopov

Sihao HU

Baritone / Bass

China

Anastasiia Povazhna. Photo: Travneva Kate

Olena Dmytriieva

Soprano

Ukraine

Lwazi Dlamini

Baritone / Bass

Swaziland

Cleo Lee-McGowan

Soprano

Australia

Thando Zwane

Baritone / Bass

Swaziland

Eva Langeland Gjerde. Photo: Caroline Olava Halvorsen

Wei Lu

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

China

Dahye Kang

Soprano

Korea South

Yancheng Chen

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Lucija Spevec

Soprano

Croatia

Nina Ruban

Soprano

Ukraine

Jun Hyuk Jang

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Adrian Janus

Baritone / Bass

Poland

Teona Todua

Soprano

Ukraine

JONGWOO HONG

Tenor

Korea South

Seokju Hong

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Tamar Tsirekidze

Soprano

Georgia

Minki Hong

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Yongbeom Kwon

Countertenor

Korea South

Carmen Štroffek Ferenceiová

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Slovakia

Fanya Jin

Soprano

China

Rosalie Ardts

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Netherlands

Registration for the qualifying rounds 2024 is open!

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%.

Winners from previous year

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.

List of all jury members

23 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.

List of registered observers

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.

List of all cities