Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition
Jury Panel · 2025
Virtual & Live Tracks — Semi-Finals & Finals
(All members below judge both Semi-Finals and Finals)
Core Jury Panel
Virtual & Live Tracks — Semi-Finals & Finals
Guy Barzilay
President & Founder
Guy Barzilay Artists Management
Alan Fischer
Former Chair, Vocal Music Department
The Governor’s School for the Arts
Christian Firmbach
Intendant & Artistic Director
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Xingwa Hao
Vice President & Vocal Consultant
Premiere Opera Foundation; The New Top 10 Tenors of China
Chandler Johnson
Director, Apprentice Program for Singers
Santa Fe Opera
Virtual Only
Dominik Licht
Casting & Artistic Planning
Royal Danish Opera; Salzburg Easter Festival
Eric Margiore
President & General Director
Premiere Opera Foundation; Premiere Artists Management; Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute
Sofia Rukin
Artist Manager
TACT Artists Management
Kristin Sampson
Executive Director & Artistic Administrator
Washington Opera Society; New York City Opera
Megan Weston
General Director
Athena Music Foundation
Additional Finals Jury Members

      These distinguished guests join the full core panel above for the Live Track Finals.
    
Lawrence Brownlee
World-Renowned Tenor & Guest Faculty
Metropolitan Opera; Paris Opera; Teatro alla Scala; The Juilliard School
Jayme Burzette
Managing Director
Muse Artists International Management
Adam Cioffari
Artistic Administrator & Stage Director
San Diego Opera
John Fisher
Former Music Director, Artistic Director & Executive Producer
Metropolitan Opera; Teatro alla Scala; La Fenice; Deutsche Grammophon
Priti Gandhi
Associate Director & Former Artistic Director
Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition; Portland Opera; Minnesota Opera; San Diego Opera
Robert Lombardo
President & Founder
Lombardo Associates Artist Management
Mitchell Piper
Executive Director & President
Piper Artist Management; Trentino Music Festival; Opera Managers Association International
Miloš Repický
Chair of Vocal Studies and Opera; Conductor and Pianist
Curtis Institute of Music; Metropolitan Opera
Brian Speck
Artistic Administrator, Casting
Metropolitan Opera