KHiO to Host the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition

40 opera talents from 19 countries have now been selected to participate in the preliminary phase of the competition.

“We are really looking forward to serving as the hosts and receiving these exceptional, up-and-coming opera talents from the entire world who will compete for a spot in the final of this major and internationally prestigious singing competition,” says Anna Einarsson, the dean of the Academy of Opera at KHiO. Einarsson is also a member of the council, and in 2023 she will serve as the leader of the jury that will choose three young vocalists in Norway to participate in a recently created career development programme.”

“It really means a lot to us that the Queen Sonja Singing Competition is being held at KHiO for the first time ever,” she adds. “It gives us a great degree of international visibility, not only for us here at the Academy of Opera, but for all of KHiO. For our students, this means an invaluable learning opportunity, as they can watch the singers up close in the competition, sing in master classes with some of the world’s most high-profile artists and also follow all the lectures, panel debates and concerts.”

“The opera students will also be invited to the grand final at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet. Our close collaboration with the Queen Sonja Singing Competition is highly valuable to us and to opera education in Norway. So, as I say, we are very, very happy.”

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The Opera Academy’s career development programme

The Queen Sonja Singing Competition has initiated a new career development programme for singing students in Norway. The programme includes modules that prepare singers on how to successfully meet key requirements and expectations within the field of professional opera. This year’s competition offers special attention to young Norwegian vocalists who are preparing for a career in singing.

The programme’s first gathering will take place at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts during the competition on 15–26 August 2023. There will be additional gatherings in Oslo in October 2023 and March 2024, in addition to digital sessions throughout the year. The programme is set up for three singing students who will be offered guidance and instruction throughout the 2023/24 academic year.

The opera students at KHiO already follow the competition closely. The Academy of Opera has also decided to move forward the kick-off of the new academic year in August so that all the students will be able to observe the entire process and thereby get the most out of the singing competition taking place on campus. Singing students up to the age of 25, who can make up their address in Norway, are eligible to apply.

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The programme has been developed as a collaboration between the Queen Sonja Singing Competition, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Queen Sonja Singing Competition

The 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition is open to young singers born in 1991 or later. The competition was founded in 1998 and is held every other year in Oslo. Open to singers from all corners of the world, the competition strives continually to put the spotlight on young singers and be a door-opener into the world of professional music. The competition also serves to connect the Norwegian and international music scenes.

This year’s competition will be held in Oslo on 15–26 August 2023.
The preliminary rounds will take place on 17 and 18 August, while the semi-final will be held on 20 August at KHiO’s main stage in Grünerløkka.
The televised grand final will be held on the main stage of the Norwegian Opera & Ballet in Bjørvika.

See also
Here are the opera talents who are ready for the Queen Sonja Song Competition 2023.
19 countries will be represented in the Queen Sonja Song Competition this year. Two Norwegian participants will continue to participate.

Tickets for the events at KHiO will be put on sale during April.
Tickets for the final can be purchased at www.operaen.no  (the autumn programme will be announced later).