Members of the Jury
of the 36th International Singing Competition of Marmande
The Jury of the International Singing Competition of Marmande is composed with exclusively of personalities who are in a position to propose engagements to the candidates. These are potential employers who are here to listen to singers at the beginning of their careers.
In 2024, we have invited 26 personalities to take part of the Competition Jury (14 women and 12 men).
To date, we are pleased to already confirm the presence of the following jury members:
Claire Bodin
Director of Présence Compositrices
France
Eline De Kat
Artistic Delegate of Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Monaco
Jérôme Gay
President of Génération Opéra
France
Christophe Ghristi
Artistic Director of Opéra du Capitole de Toulouse
France
Emmanuel Hondré
Director of Opéra National de Bordeaux
France
Sophie Joyce Paterson
Casting Director of Opéra National de Paris
France
Hye Myung Kang
Artistic Director of Jeju Grand Opera Corp.
& Lyric Artist
South Korea
Loïc LACHENAL
General & artistic Director of Opéra de Rouen
France
Philippe Mestres
President and Music Director of Nuits Lyriques
& President of International Singing Competition of Marmande
France
Vincent Monteil
Delegate of Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
Represetant of Opéra de Nice
France
Jens Neundroff
Intendant of Staatstheater Meiningen
Germany
Alain Nonat
Directeur Général et Artistique du Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20
Québec - Canada
(Représenté)
Jean-Yves Ossonce
Conductor
France
Frédéric Roels
Director of Opéra Grand Avignon
France
Heng SHI
Director of International Opéra Comique Festival - Shanghai
Artistic Director of Shanghai Xintian Symphony Orchestra
Chine
Alain Surrans
Director of Opéra Anges-Nantes
France
Natascha Ursuliak
Deputy Casting Director of Zurich Opera
Switzerland
Jury for preselection round
Claire Bodin
Director of Présence Compositrices
France
Jean-Yves Ossonce
Conductor
France
Jérôme Gay
President of Génération Opéra
France
Philippe Mestres
President and Music Director of Nuits Lyriques
& President of International Singing Competition of Marmande
France
Crédit photo : K.Beck – K.Pouillot – Camille d’A – N.Sourouzian – Nora Houguenade – Barbara Buchmann – Jochen Quast – C.Billet – R.Crafer – C.A.O. – M.Schell – Marion Kerno