Previous Juries

2023

Randi Stene, Norway, Opera Director, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo (chair)
Samuel Gelber, USA, Director of Artistic Planning, Washington National Opera, Washington D.C.
Michael Heaston, USA, Assistant General Manager, Artistic, The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Stefan Herheim, Norway, Opera Director, Theater an der Wien
Sophie de Lint, Switzerland/Netherlands, Opera Director, Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
Pål Christian Moe, Norway, Artistic Administrator and Casting Adviser
Annette Weber, Germany, Opera Director, Opernhaus Zürich

Birgitta Svendén, Sweden, CEO and Director of Opera, the Royal Opera, Stockholm (Chair)
Olga Kapanina, Russia, Casting Director, the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Pål Christian Moe, Norway, Artistic Administrator and Casting Adviser (only for the final concert)
Christoph Seuferle, Germany, Director of Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Randi Stene, Norway, Director of Opera, the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo
Diane Zola, USA, former Assistant General Manager, Artistic, the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Annilese Miskimmon, Ireland/United Kingdom, Director of Opera, the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo (Chair)
Stefan Herheim, Norway, opera director
Sumi Jo, South Korea, soprano
Tatjana Kandel, Denmark, Head of Artistic Planning, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Robert Körner, Germany, Director of Artistic Production, Opéra National de Lyon
Sergei Leiferkus, Russia, baritone
Diane Zola, USA, Assistant General Manager, Artistic, the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Birgitta Svendén, Sweden, CEO and Artistic Director at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm (Chair)
Ben Heppner, Canada, Tenor
Sophie de Lint, Switzerland/Netherlands, Director of Zürich Opera
Annilese Miskimmon, Ireland/United Kingdom, Opera Director at The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet in Oslo
Lenore Rosenberg, USA, former Artistic administrator at The Metropolitan Opera in New York
Sebastian Schwarz, Germany, General Director of Glyndebourne
Terje Stensvold, Norway, Baritone

Sophie de Lint, Switzerland/Netherlands, Director of Zürich Opera (Chair)
Jonathan Friend, UK/USA, Artistic Administrator at The Metropolitan Opera in New York
Angelika Kirchschlager, Austria, mezzosoprano
Dominique Meyer, Austria, Artistic Director at Wiener Staatsoper
Pål Christian Moe, Norway, Artistic adviser to The Norwegian National Opera
Christophe Seuferle, Germany, Artistic Director at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bo Skovhus, Denmark, baritone

Sophie de Lint, Switzerland/Netherlands, Director of Zürich Opera (Chair)
Dame Felicity Palmer, UK, mezzosoprano
Carol Vaness, United States, soprano
Wolfgang Holzmair, Austria, baritone
Kasper Holten, UK, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Pål Christian Moe, Norway, Artistic adviser to The Norwegian National Opera.
Sven Müller, Denmark, Director of The Royal Danish Opera

Anne Gjevang, Norway, Contralto and Casting Director, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet (Chair)
Ileana Cotrubas, Romania, Soprano
Siegfried Jerusalem, Germany, Tenor
Sir John Tomlinson, UK, Bass
Peter de Caluwe, Belgium, General Manager of La Monnaie, The Royal Opera House in Brussels
John Fisher, UK, Chairman of the Jury at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Hein Mulders, The Netherlands, Artistic Administrator at De Nederlandse Opera
Lenore Rosenberg, USA, Associate Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera

Menno Feenstra, Netherlands, Opera Manager, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (Chair)
Dame Joan Sutherland, Australia, Soprano
Anne Gjevang, Norway, Contralto
Ragnar Ulfung, Norway, Tenor
Kurt Moll, Germany, Bass
Erkki Korhonen, Finland, Opera Manager, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
Bjørn Simensen, Norway, Opera Manager, Norwegian National Opera, Oslo