2017
The 112 participants have come from 38 countries. Of it are 82 women and 30 men have sang during the competition (Alt, Bartion, Bass, Countertenor, Mezzospran, Sopran, Tenor).
1. Prize: Byeong-Min Gil, Bass (South Korea)
2. Prize: Enkhbold Ankbayar, Bariton (Mongolei)
3. Prize: Alexandre Beuchat, Bariton (Switzerland)
3. Prize: Alexandre Beuchat, Bariton (Switzerland)
Prize for the Best Young Talent: Cinzia Zanovello, Sopran (Switzerland)
sponsored by Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H Vienna
ottoedelmannsociety Audience Prize: Byeong-Min Gil
sponsored by HYPO Landesbank Vorarlberg
Hermann Leopoldi Music Prize: Enkhbold Ankbayar
Hermann Leopoldi Music Prize: Enkhbold Ankbayar
Special Prize: Zdislava Bockova
sponsored by Seefestspiele Mörbisch
Jürgen E. Schmidt Special Prize: Shira Patchornik
Jürgen E. Schmidt Special Prize: Shira Patchornik
Special Prize Engagement at the Oper Burg Gars 2018: Enkhbold Ankbayar
WCN-Prize: Byeong-Min Gil
Jury
Jury
Samantha Farber, managing director sonoartists
Dominique Meyer, director of the Wiener Staatsoper
Dr. Birgit Meyer,artistiv director of the Opera Köln
Mag.phil. Esther Schollum (Jury Chair), proprietor of the opera and concert agency Esther Schollum Artists' Managment
Erich Seitter, proprietor of the singer's agency "Bühnenvermittlung Erich Seitter", artistic consultant at various opera houses
Dr. Birgit Meyer,artistiv director of the Opera Köln
Mag.phil. Esther Schollum (Jury Chair), proprietor of the opera and concert agency Esther Schollum Artists' Managment
Erich Seitter, proprietor of the singer's agency "Bühnenvermittlung Erich Seitter", artistic consultant at various opera houses
Accompianist
Istvan Matyas, Manfred Schiebel
Istvan Matyas, Manfred Schiebel