41st International Belvedere Singing Competition by Various, ned. 28 maj. 2023, Od (2023/2023), Dirigent Motonori Kobayashi, Opernhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

In 2023 the finals of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition will take place at Theater Dortmund. It is one of the most important and traditional competitions for opera singing in the world. Every year, more than 1,000 young talents take part in around 70 qualifying rounds on all continents. Around 150 of them make it to the final and will fight for one of the prizes and engagements at renowned opera houses in Dortmund in 2023. Founded in 1982 by the then director of the Vienna Chamber Opera, Hans Gabor, the competition has already produced many international opera stars. In order to open the door to an international career for the young talents, Gabor brought only opera directors into the expert jury. And that hasn't changed to this day. And so in 2023 not only singers from all over the world, but also representatives of important opera houses as well as artistic directors and casting directors will come to Dortmund to rediscover one or the other talent. This is what makes this competition so extraordinary and so popular with young talent. Until 2012, the finals always took place in Vienna. From 2013 the competition went on tour and is always a guest in a different city with the final week. These included Amsterdam, Cape Town, Moscow, Erfurt and Jurmala in Latvia. "We are very pleased that Artistic Director Heribert Germeshausen invited us to Dortmund in 2023. He has accompanied the competition as a juror for many years,” explain the organizers Isabella Gabor and Holger Bleck. The International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has produced stars such as Angela Gheorghiu, Elina Garanca, Marina Mescheriakova, Ildikó Raimondi, Antonio Poli, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Pretty Yende, Antonio Poli and Lise Davidsen. Intendant Heribert Germeshausen has engaged several prizewinners of the Belvedere Singing Competition at the Theater Dortmund: Tenor Sungho Kim won first prize in 2018, baritone Mandla Mndebele third prize and the audience prize in 2017.