our 2024 jury
*****LIVE SEMI-FINALS & FINALS JURY*****
(Alphabetical Ordering)
Guy Barzilay - President & Founder
Guy Barzilay Artists Management
Julien Benhamou** - Director of the Artistic Administration & Casting Consultant
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Metropolitan Opera
Jayme Burzette* - Managing Director
Muse Artists International Management
Adam Cioffari - Stage Director & Artistic Administrator
Washington Opera Society
Florin Estefan - General Director
Romanian National Opera - Cluj Napoca
Christian Firmbach - Intendant & Artistic Director
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Alexander Fernandez - Chief Casting Director
Opera Nacional de Chile - Teatro Municipal de Santiago
Jonathan Friend* - Artistic Advisor & Casting Consultant
Metropolitan Opera, Irish National Opera, Royal Swedish Opera
Chandler Johnson - Manager, Casting & Apprentice Program
Santa Fe Opera
Dominik Licht - Casting & Artistic Planning
Royal Danish Opera, Salzburg Easter Festival
Robert Lombardo* - President & Founder
Lombardo Associates Artist Management
Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Managing Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute
Constantine Orbelian* - Executive Director & Music Director, Chief Conductor
New York City Opera, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records
Mitchell Piper - Executive Director & President
Piper Artist Management, Trentino Music Festival, Opera Managers Association International
Kristin Sampson - Acclaimed Soprano, Artistic Administrator, Executive Director
New York City Opera, Washington Opera Society
Brian Speck* - Artistic Administrator, Casting
Metropolitan Opera
Megan Weston - General Director
Athena Music Foundation
* indicates Finals only
** indicates Finals only via Livestream
*****VIRTUAL SEMI-FINALS & FINALS JURY*****
(Alphabetical Ordering)
Guy Barzilay - President & Founder
Guy Barzilay Artists Management
Florin Estefan - General Director
Romanian National Opera - Cluj Napoca
Christian Firmbach - Intendant & Artistic Director
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Alexander Fernandez - Chief Casting Director
Opera Nacional de Chile - Teatro Municipal de Santiago
Alan Fischer - Chair, Vocal Music Department (former)
The Governor’s School for the Arts
Samuel Gelber* - Director of Artistic Planning & Operations
Washington National Opera - The Kennedy Center
Chandler Johnson - Manager, Casting & Apprentice Program
Santa Fe Opera
Dominik Licht - Casting & Artistic Planning
Royal Danish Opera, Salzburg Easter Festival
Robert Lombardo - President & Founder
Lombardo Associates Artist Management
Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Managing Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute
Constantine Orbelian - Executive Director & Music Director, Chief Conductor
New York City Opera, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records
Mitchell Piper - Executive Director & President
Piper Artist Management, Trentino Music Festival, Opera Managers Association International
Jennifer Rowley* - Acclaimed Soprano & General Director
Aria Bootcamp Young Artist Program
Kristin Sampson - Acclaimed Soprano & Artistic Administrator
New York City Opera
Megan Weston - Acclaimed Soprano & General Director
Athena Music Foundation
Corinne Winters* - Acclaimed Soprano
Represented by InArt Management & IMG Artists
* indicates Finals only
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Macduff (Macbeth)
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Banco (Macbeth)
Violetta (Traviata)
Alfredo (Traviata)
Germont (Traviata)
Rigoletto (Rigoletto)
Duca (Rigoletto)
Riccardo (Ballo)
Ulrica (Ballo)
Amelia (Ballo)
Ford (Falstaff)
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Tonio (Pagliacci)
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Maddalena (Andrea Chenier)
Romeo (Romeo et Juliette)
Charlotte (Werther)
Carmen (Carmen)
Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Hagen (Götterdämmerung)
1. Norn (Götterdämmerung)
2. Norn (Götterdämmerung)
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Lohengrin (Lohengrin)
Telramund (Lohengrin)
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