The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: May 31 through June 07, 2026 at Jurmala (Latvia)

The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 833 singers participated in 2025. Become part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career!

9 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2025 to the 13 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 69.2%.
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 2025’.

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.

Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 14 in 2025 – 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.

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.

The Belvedere Singing Competition started in 1982, making it one of the renowned and best networked singing competition in the world.