Programme 2025
Queen Sonja Singing Competition
Oslo, 15-22 August
Friday 15 August
Oslo City Hall
6.00 pm
Host: Oslo Council by Mayor Anne Lindboe
Official opening of the competition in Oslo by Minister of Culture Lubna Jaffery
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Sunday 17 August, Semi-Final
The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Second Stage
1.00 pm-2.20 pm:
Ekaterine Buachidze, mezzo-soprano, Georgia, pianist: Lina Braaten
Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano, USA, pianist: Olesya Tutova
Kathleen O’Mara, soprano, USA, pianist: César Canón
Hannah Edmunds, soprano, Norway, pianist: Dorina Komani
2.20 pm-3.00 pm: break
3.00 pm-4.20 pm:
Hedvig Haugerud, soprano, Norway, pianist: Lina Braaten
Maire Therese Carmack, mezzo-soprano, USA, pianist: Olesya Tutova
Sakhiwe Mkosana, baritone, South Africa, pianist: César Canón
Pawel Horodyski, bass, Poland, pianist: Rozalia Kierc
4.20 pm-4.40 pm: break
4.40 pm-6.00 pm:
Eirin Rognerud, soprano, Norway, pianist: Lina Braaten
Jonghyun Park, tenor, South Korea, pianist: Olesya Tutova
Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine, pianist: César Canón
Justyna Khil, soprano, Poland, Rozalia Kierc
The results will be announced at approx. 7.30 pm
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Slottsplassen
8.30 pm
Concert with Oslo Philharmonic conducted by Adam Hickox
Soloist: Jasmin White (First Prize winner 2023)
Monday 18 August
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
11.00 am-1.00 pm: Feedback session: Jury and 6 candidates
2.00 pm-3.30 pm: Panel Discussions with international industry representatives
4.00 pm-6.00 pm: Audition Training with Annette Weber (Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich) and 3 semi-finalists
Tuesday 19 August
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Scene 6
11.00 am-1.00 pm: Audition Training with Annette Weber (Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich) and 3 semi-finalists
2.00 pm-4.00 pm: The video format as an art form – how to produce high quality audition videos, with Jan Capinski (Capinski Recordings) and the participants in the Opera Academy
4.30 pm-6.00 pm: Opera production knowledge – who do you meet, and what is expected of you? With Annette Weber (Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich) and the participants in the Opera Academy (Auditorium)
Wednesday 20 August
Oscarshall
5.00 pm
Concert with Rebecka Wallroth (Finalist Prize 2023)
Pianist: Sveinung Bjelland
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Thursday 21 August
Oscarshall
5.00 pm
Concert with Rebecka Wallroth (Finalist Prize 2023)
Pianist: Sveinung Bjelland
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Friday 22 August
Oslo Konserthus
6.00 pm (5.45 pm)
6 finalists perform opera arias with the Oslo Philharmonic
Conductor: Nicholas Carter
Presenter: Jasmin White (First Prize Winner 2023)
Full programme for the final concert can be found here
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