Judges

Christoph Seuferle

European Opera Director
Art Director, Deutsche Oper

Served as:
Director of Planning and Stage, Paris National Opera
Deputy Director, Montpellier National Opera

Soprano singer and vocal educator

Professor at the Vocal and Opera Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Chairman of the jury for many important domestic and foreign vocal competitions

Guo Shuzhen

Christian Carlstedt

Hannover Opera House, Germany

Berlin Opera House, Germany

Artistic Director (Cast), Klagenfurt Opera House, Austria

Judge for many important international vocal competitions

Designated Artistic Director and CEO of the Theatre for Lower Saxony in Hildesheim.

Served as:

Deputy Artistic Director and Director of Artistic Administration, Stadttheater Gießen

Artistic Director of Opera/Casting Director, Scheduler and Artistic Director of Production, Staatstheater Darmstadt

Scheduler and Deputy Director of Artistic Operations, Bayreuth Festival

Oliver Graf

David Lomeli

Tenor Singer

Artistic Director (casting), Munich State Opera

Artistic Director, Dallas Opera House

Winner of the Domingo International Opera Contest as well as many other professional competitions

Director of Opera and Director of Artistic Administration, Stadttheater Gießen

Served as:

Director of Artistic Administrationat Brucknerhaus Linz after working as operasinger (soloist) at the Ensemble of Hamburg State Opera. Guest appearances at Semperoper Dresden, Oper Frankfurt, Vienna Volksoper, Salzburger Festspiele i.e.

Moritz Gogg

Kalle Kanttila

Agency for opera singers

Founder and director of IOA Management an agency for opera singers and conductors

Before: An opera singer as a soloist at many important opera houses such as the Komische Oper Berlin, National Theater Mannheim, State Opera Wiesbaden, State Opera Darmstadt, State Opera Meiningen, State Opera Nürnberg, State Opera Karlsruhe, Alexander Theater Helsinki, Opera Wuppertal, Schwetzingen Music Festival