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

Mathias Guillaumond-Kopytto
Head of coordination - Casting direction of Opéra deParis
France

Emmanuel Hondré
General director of Opéra National de Bordeaux
France
Represented par Ludmila Talikova
Casting Consultant

Sophie Joyce Paterson
Casting director of Opéra de Paris
France
Represented by Mathias Guillaumond-Kopytto
Head of coordination Casting Direction

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
Conductor
President & Artistic director of Nuits Lyriques - International Singing Competition of Marmande
France

Vincent Monteil
Conductor
General delegate of Orchestre Philharmonique of Nice
France

Jens Neundorff Von Enzberg
Intendant of Staatstheater Meiningen
Germany

Alain Nonat
General & Artistic director of Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20
Québec - Canada
Represented by Jens Neundorff Von Enzberg
Intendant of Staatstheater Meiningen

Jean-Yves Ossonce
Conductor
France

Frédéric Roels
Director of Opéra Grand Avignon
France

Heng SHI
Director of International Festival of Comic Opera - Shanghai
Artistic Counseller of Shanghai Xintian Symphony Orchestra
China

Alain Surrans
Director of Angers-Nantes Opéra
France

Ludmila Talikova
Casting Consultant of Opéra National de Bordeaux
France

Natascha Ursuliak
Vice-director in charge of Casting 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