Became known to the jury of the 2018 contest

Christoph Seuferle (Germany)
director of opera, Deutsche Oper in Berlin

Olga Kapanina (Russia)
casting-director, The Bolshoi Theater

Alex Grigorev (Germany)
opera agent, TACT Int. Art Managemen

Christian Carlstedt (Netherlands)
casting consultant, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Theater Basel, Staatstheater Hannover, Opernfestspiele Oberammergau, Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Isabel Murphy (Norway)
casting consultant, Norvegian National Opera in Oslo

Martina Franck (Germany)
artistic director, Oper Köln

Paul Magi (Estonia)
art director and chief conductor of the Vanemuine Theater