WINNERS OF THE 2025 PARIS OPERA COMPETITION!
1st Jury Prize
2nd Jury Prize
3rd Jury Prize and Audience Prize
Jury of Paris Opera Competition 2025
Julien Benhamou / President of the jury, Artistic Director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and casting advisor to the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Jochen Breiholtz / Casting Director, Director of Artistic Administration at the Opéra de Lyon
Khori Dastoor / General Director of Houston Grand Opera
Sophie Joyce / Casting Director of the Paris Opera
Peter Katona / Casting Director of the Royal Opera House
Isla Mundell-Perkins / Casting consultant for Opera Australia, Casting Director for the Dresden Festspielhaus, Director of Artistic Administration for NorthOpera
Mathieu Pordoy / Pianist, vocal coach, casting advisor to the Opéra Comique, the Opéra national du Rhin and the Opéra de Dijon
Christian Thompson / Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Paris
Evamaria Wieser / Casting Director of the Salzburg Festival and casting consultant for Lyric Opera of Chicago
Finalists of Paris Opera Competition 2025
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, USA
Camille Chopin, soprano, France
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, tenor, UK
Elene Gvritishvili, soprano, Russia
Noam Heinz, baritone, Israel
Kathryn Henry, soprano, USA
Théo Imart, countertenor, France
José Andrés Muñoz, countertenor, Chile
Steffan Lloyd Owen, baritone, Wales
Semi-finalists of Paris Opera Competition 2025
Amin Ahangaran, bass, Iran
Sydney Baedke, soprano, Canada
Alexandre Baldo, bass-baritone, France
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, USA
Josipa Bilić, soprano, Croatia
Madeline Boreham, soprano, UK
Camille Chopin, soprano, France
Matthew Curtis, tenor, UK
Oleksandra Diachenko, mezzo-soprano, Ukraine
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, tenor, UK
Matthew Goodheart, tenor, USA
Cumhur Gorgun, baritone, Turkey
Lydia Grindatto, soprano, USA
Vincent Guérin, tenor, France
Elene Gvritishvili, soprano, Russia
Felix Gygli, baritone, Switzerland
Samuel Harris, tenor, UK
Maria Hegele, mezzo-soprano, Germany
Noam Heinz, baritone, Israel
Kathryn Henry, soprano, USA
Théo Imart, countertenor, France
Ju-Hyeok Lee, tenor, South Korea
Matteo Mancini, baritone, Italy
Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin, mezzo-soprano, France
William Meinert, bass, USA
Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano, USA
Sakhiwe Mkosana, baritone, South Africa
José Andrés Muñoz, countertenor, Chile
Kseniia Nesterenko, soprano, Russia
Madison Nonoa, soprano, New Zealand
Luke Norvell, tenor, USA
Steffan Lloyd Owen, baritone, UK
Park Changdai, bass-baritone, South Korea
Armand Rabot, baritone, UK
Thaïs Raï-Westphal, soprano, France
Erin Gwyn Rossington, soprano, UK
Valentin Ruckebier, bass, Germany
Gosh Sargsyan, bass, Armenia
Christian Simmons, bass-baritone, USA
Cecilia Lund Tomter, mezzo-soprano, Norway
Bergsvein Toverud, tenor, Norway
Gloria Tronel, soprano, France
Yulia Vakula, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Samuel Wallace, tenor, Brazil