30.04.12

Cape Town Qualifying Round / I.

The qualifying round of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, is scheduled for May 17. Information about time & place, please contact Christine Crouse, Artistic Director of the Cape Town Opera

Online applications inclusive conditions and obligatory arias on this competition website: http://www.belvedere-competition.com.

23.04.12

Daria Terekhova, winner of the 2nd operetta prize 2010

Daria Terekhova, Russian soprano and winner of the 2nd operetta prize in 2010, informes us about her current career steps after her participation at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.

At the present Daria Therekhova is a member of the soloist ensemble at Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. Here she performes "Die Königin der Nacht" in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart´s opera "Die Zauberflöte", Tsarevna Swan-Bird in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov´s "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" and Olympia in JaquesOffenbach´s "Les contes d'Hoffmann". Upcoming engagements include Lucia in Gaetano Donizetti´s "Lucia di Lammermoor", Adina in "L'elisir d'amore" in summer 2012 and Tytania in Benjamin Britten´s  "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a Christopher Olden production in June 2012 also at Stanislavsky Music Theater in Moscow.

Congratulation!

London Qualifying Round

Two outstanding UK singers won the qualifying round of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in London this year: Soprano Rebecca Goulden and Countertenor Magid El-Bushra, accompanied by our experienced pianist and opera coach Helen Crayford.

Member of the Jury: Holger Bleck, International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, and New Zealand composer Lyell Cresswell.

13.04.12

Internationaler Chorleiterverband e.V.

Der 31. Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 auf der Website des Internationalen Chorleiterverbandes e.V. Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung!

10.04.12

Moscow Qualifying Round

84 young singers took part in the qualifying round at the Helikon Opera Moscow. Many thanks for the hospitality and great support to our partners (picture f.l.t.r): Dimitrij Bertman, Artistic Director of Helikon Opera / Holger Bleck, General Manager of Vienna Chamber Opera & International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition / Alexandre I. Gussev, International Opera Management, together with Natasha and Zoia.

09.04.12

Paris Qualifying Round

The Italian mezzo soprano Anna Pennisi is one of six candidates, who are qualified for the final rounds of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 at the Atélier lyrique of Opéra Bastille Paris. The photo shows Anna Pennisi together with Daniel Hoyem Cavazza, Musical Director of Vienna Chamber Opera. Thank you very much for the support and hospitalty of Atélier lyrique and its director Christian Schirm.