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

Winners




Daria Akulova
Soprano
Awarded Engagement:
Wexford Festival Opera

Ben Reisinger
Tenor
Awarded Engagement:
Sächsische Staatsoper - Semperoper



Ivan Lyvch
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Wexford Festival Opera
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Ani Aghajanyan
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Awarded Engagement:
Dutch National Opera

JINGYI YU
Soprano
Hans Gabor Prize

Lonwabo Mose
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagements:
Bühnen Bern
The Metropolitan Opera - Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition


Molly Dzangare
Soprano
Awarded Engagement:
La Monnaie/De Munt


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’.
20 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

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

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

Adrian Janus
Baritone / Bass
Awarded Engagement:
Dzintari Concert Hall

JING YI YU
Soprano
Hans Gabor Prize


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

Teona Todua
Soprano
Awarded Engagement:
Deutsche Oper Berlin



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

Andrew Hyunjung Kim
Tenor
Awarded Engagement:
Theater Bonn


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