The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 30 through July 07, 2019 in Villach (Austria)
Congratulations to the Winners 2019
Boikhutso Owen Metsileng 2nd prize, Valeriia Savinskaia 1st prize and Slávka Zámečníková 3rd prize (f.l.t.r.)
Singers in the Finals 2019
Annika Schlicht
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Soprano
Audience Prize- CS Rising Stars
Awarded Engagement:
Operngala für die Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung
Sol Her
Soprano
Erica Petrocelli
Soprano
Valeriia Savinskaia
Soprano
- 1st Prize Opera
- Media Prize
- Awarded Engagements:
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Theater Dortmund
Bonsu Ku
Baritone / Bass
Boikhutso Owen Metsileng
Tenor
- 2nd Prize Opera
- Hans Gabor Prize
- Awarded Engagement:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Kalvis Kalnins
Baritone / Bass
Vero Miller
Mezzo-Soprano / Alt
Maksym Nazarenko
Baritone / Bass
Pablo Martinez
Tenor
- Awarded Engagements:
Stadttheater Klagenfurt
Dzintari Concert Hall
Margaux de Valensart
Soprano
Why Participate?
1127Singers
The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 1127 singers participated in 2018. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!
63%Engagement Ratio
10 of the 16 singers in the finals 2018 were given an engagement by one of our opera jury members right away. That makes a ratio of 62.5%.
21Jury 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.
43Professional Observers
Numerous singers’ agents and representatives 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.
71Qualification 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.
38Years of Experience
The Belvedere Singing Competition started in 1982, making it one of the renowned and best networked singing competition in the world.