Paris Opera Competition

2023 Edition

WINNERS OF THE 8th EDITION

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1st Prize of the Jury and Audience Prize 

Lauranne Oliva, soprano, France

2nd Prize of the Jury

Hedvig Haugerud, soprano, Norway

3rd Prize of the Jury 

Julie Roset, soprano, France

Finalists of Paris Opera Competition 2023

Jasmin Delfs, soprano, Germany

Valerie Eickhoff, mezzo-soprano, Germany

Hedvig Haugerud, soprano, Norway

Ossian Huskinson, bass-baritone, UK  

Lauranne Oliva, soprano, France

Milan Perišić, baritone, Serbia

Seray Pınar, mezzo-soprano, Turkey

Gonzalo Quinchahual, tenor, Chile

Julie Roset, soprano, France

Christopher Sokolowski, tenor, USA

Semi-finalists of Paris Opera Competition 2023

Camila Aguilera, mezzo-soprano, Chili / Chile

Claire Antoine, soprano, France

Amanda Batista, soprano, Etats-Unis / USA

Andres Benavides Cascante, baryton, Costa-Rica

Rachel Blaustein, soprano, Etats-Unis / USA

Charlotte Bonnet, soprano, France

Esme Bronwen-Smith, mezzo-soprano, Royaume-Uni / UK

Anthony Ciaramitaro, ténor, Etats-Unis / USA

Lynnesha Crump, soprano, Etats-Unis / USA

Jasmin Delfs, soprano, Allemagne / Germany

Inna Demenkova, soprano, Russie / Russia

Katherine DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, Etats-Unis / USA

Valerie Eickhoff, mezzo-soprano, Allemagne / Germany

Louise Foor, soprano, Belgique / Belgium

Emy Gazeilles, soprano, France

Maya Gour, mezzo-soprano, Israël

Hedvig Haugerud, soprano, Norvège / Norway

Lwazi Hlati, ténor, Afrique du Sud / South Africa

Ossian Huskinson, baryton-basse, Royaume-Uni / UK

Nikita Ivasechko, baryton, Ukraine

Laurence Kilsby, ténor, Royaume-Uni / UK

Elizaveta Kulagina, soprano, Russia / Russie

Oleh Lebedyev, baryton, Ukraine

Junoh Lee, baryton-basse, Corée du Sud / South Corea

Oksana Lepska, soprano, Lettonie / Latvia

Victoria Lingock , mezzo-soprano, Cameroun

Sofie Lund Tonnesen, soprano, Suède / Sweden

Lauren Margison, soprano, Canada

Wiliiam Meinert, basse, Etats-Unis / USA

Serhii Moskalchuk, baryton-basse, Ukraine

Lauranne Oliva, soprano, France

Milan Perišić, baryton, Serbie / Serbia

Seray Pınar, mezzo-soprano, Turquie / Turkey

Kevin Punnackal, ténor, Etats-Unis / USA

Gonzalo Quinchahual, ténor, Chili / Chile

Julie Roset, soprano, France

Libby Sokolowski, soprano, Etats-Unis / USA

Christopher Sokolowski, ténor, Etats-Unis / USA

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano, Royame-Uni / UK 

Teona Todua, soprano, Ukraine

Pete Thanapat Tripuvanantakul, baryton-basse, Thaïlande

Benson Wilson, baryton, Nouvelle-Zélande / New Zealand

Alexandra Yangel, mezzo-soprano, Russie

2023 JURY

Julien Benhamou – Artistic administrator of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and casting consultant for the Metropolitan Opera of New York

Michel Franck – General director of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / President of the jury of Paris Opera Competition

Víctor Garcia de Gomar – Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

Samuel Gelber – Director of the artistic planning and operations of the Washington National Opera

Christophe Ghristi – Artistic director of the Opéra national du Capitole of Toulouse

Sophie Joyce – Casting director of the Opéra national de Paris

Alain Lanceron – President of Warner Classics & Erato

Isla Mundell-Perkins – Casting director of the Staatsoper Hamburg

Eva Maria Wieser – Casting director of the Salzburg Festival and casting consultant for the Opera of Chicago

5 November 2027 · Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

The 10th edition
takes the stage

Singers aged 18 to 32: read the rules and take your chance.