Programme 2025
Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2025
Online, 11-12 June
Oslo, 14-22 August
Wednesday 11 June
YouTube, live online transmission
Preliminary Rounds, Day 1
3.00 pm-8.30 pm
19 participants
Thursday 12 June
YouTube, live online transmission
Preliminary Rounds, Day 2
3.00 pm-8.30 pm
19 participants
The results will be announced Friday 13 June.
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
For invited guests
Sunday 17 August
The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Second Stage
1.00 pm-6.20 pm
Semi-final
12 participants
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The results are announced at approx. 8.00 pm
20.30
Slottsplassen
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: Coaching Class with David Gowland (Artistic Manager Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at ROH, London) 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
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
For invited guests
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)
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