JURY
***** Final Round Jury *****
Peter Mario Katona - Director of Casting
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Michael Heaston - Artistic Administrator
Metropolitan Opera
Sophie Joyce - Director of Casting
Opéra National de Paris
David Lomeli - Casting Director & Consultant
Bayerische Staatsoper, Dallas Opera
J’Nai Bridges - Special Guest Judge
Internationally Acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano
Joshua Winograde - Artistic Director & Casting Consultant
LA Opera, American Symphony Orchestra, Bard SummerScape, Bard Music Festival
Gerald Martin Moore - Director of Opera & Vocal Consultant
Yale School of Music, Glyndebourne Festival, Decca Records
Christian Carlstedt - Casting Director & Consultant
Staatsoper Hannover, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Concertgebouw Zaterdag Matinee, Komische Oper Berlin, Konzert Theater Bern
David Gowland - Artistic Director
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Javier Menéndez - General Director
Teatro de la Maestranza
Henning Ruhe - Artistic Director & Administrator
Göteborg Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper
Dmitry Vdovin - Artistic Director
Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio
Samuel Gelber - Director of Artistic Planning
Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center
Carrie-Anne Matheson - Artistic Director
San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship & Merola Opera Program
Constantine Orbelian - Artistic Director & Chief Conductor
Armenian National Theatre, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records
Beatrice Benzi - Maestro Collaboratore
Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Andrès Rodriguez-Spoerer - Artistic Director
Fundación Ibáñez-Atkinson
Ken Benson - President & Career Consultant
Ken Benson Artists, Juilliard School
David Blackburn - President & Chief Consultant
NYIOP, Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio, Ibáñez-Atkinson Foundation
Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management & Media, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute
***** Semi-Final Round Jury *****
Christian Carlstedt - Casting Director & Consultant
Staatsoper Hannover, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Concertgebouw Zaterdag Matinee, Komische Oper Berlin, Konzert Theater Bern
David Gowland - Artistic Director
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Javier Menéndez - General Director
Teatro de la Maestranza
Henning Ruhe - Artistic Director & Administrator
Göteborg Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper
Dmitry Vdovin - Artistic Director
Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio
Samuel Gelber - Director of Artistic Planning
Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center
Carrie-Anne Matheson - Artistic Director
San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship & Merola Opera Program
Constantine Orbelian - Artistic Director & Chief Conductor
Armenian National Theatre, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records
Beatrice Benzi - Maestro Collaboratore
Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Andrès Rodriguez-Spoerer - Artistic Director
Fundación Ibáñez-Atkinson
Ken Benson - President & Career Consultant
Ken Benson Artists, Juilliard School
David Blackburn - President & Chief Consultant
NYIOP, Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio, Ibáñez-Atkinson Foundation
Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management & Media, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute
***** Qualifying Round Jury *****
Gerald Martin Moore - Director of Opera & Vocal Consultant
Yale School of Music, Glyndebourne Festival, Decca Records
Constantine Orbelian - Artistic Director & Chief Conductor
Armenian National Theatre, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records
Beatrice Benzi - Maestro Collaboratore
Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Ken Benson - President & Career Consultant
Ken Benson Artists, Juilliard School
David Blackburn - President & Chief Consultant
NYIOP, Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio, Ibáñez-Atkinson Foundation
Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management & Media, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute