PREVIOUS JURY MEMBERS

2011
Anne Gjevang, Norway, Contralto and Casting Director, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet (Chair)
Ileana Cotrubas, Romania, Soprano
Siegfried Jerusalem, Germany, Tenor
Sir John Tomlinson, UK, Bass
Peter de Caluwe, Belgium, General Manager of La Monnaie, The Royal Opera House in Brussels
John Fisher, UK, Chairman of the Jury at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Hein Mulders, The Netherlands, Artistic Administrator at De Nederlandse Opera
Lenore Rosenberg, USA, Associate Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera

2009
Anne Gjevang, Norway, Contralto (chair)
Sir Thomas Allen, Great Britain, Baritone
Catherine Malfitano, USA, Soprano
Hans Peter Blochwitz, Germany, Tenor
Serge Dorny, Belgium
Kurt Rydl, Austria, Bass
Paul Curran, Great Britain, Opera Director

2007
Menno Feenstra, Netherlands, Opera Manager, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (chair)
Dame Joan Sutherland, Australia, Soprano
Anne Gjevang, Norway, Contralto
Ragnar Ulfung, Norway, Tenor
Kurt Moll, Germany, Bass
Erkki Korhonen, Finland, Opera Manager, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
Bjørn Simensen, Norway, Opera Manager, Norwegian National Opera, Oslo

2005
Menno Feenstra, Opera Director, The Royal Opera, Stockholm
Teresa Berganza, mezzo- soprano, Spain
Anne Gjevang, alto, Norway
Kasper Bech Holten, Artistic Director, The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
Tom Krause, baryton, Finland
Bjørn Simensen, General Director, The Norwegian Opera
Robert Tear, tenor, UK

2003
Menno Feenstra, The Netherlands (chairman)
Luigi Alva, Peru
Ingrid Bjoner, Norway
Paul-Emile Deiber, France
Reri Grist, USA
Kasper Bech Holten, Denmark
Tom Krause, Finland
Christa Ludwig, Austria
Bjørn Simensen, Norway

2001
Menno Feenstra, The Netherlands (chairman)
Ingrid Bjoner, Norway
Dame Joan Sutherland, Australia
James King, USA
Hans Sotin, Germany
Regina Resnik, USA
Luca Targetti, Italy
Bjørn Simensen, Norway

1999
Menno Feenstra, The Netherlands (chairman)
Theo Adam, Germany
Ingrid Bjoner, Norway
Paul-Emile Deiber, France
Heinz Fricke, Germany
Christa Ludwig, Austria
Birgit Nilsson, Sweden
Bjørn Simensen, Norway
Knut Skram, Norway

1997
Menno Feenstra, The Netherlands (chairman)
Betty Allen, USA
Ingrid Bjoner, Norway
Carlo Cossutta, Italy
Paul-Emile Deiber, France
Layla Gencer, Turkey
Tom Krause, Finland
Christa Ludwig, Austria
Bjørn Simensen, Norway

1995
Menno Feenstra, The Netherlands (chairman)
Yurij Grigoriev, Russia
Julia Hamari, Hungary
James King, USA
Hans-Peter Lehmann, Germany
Paolo Montarsolo, Italy
Birgit Nilsson, Sweden
Bjørn Simensen, Norway