Held by the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition is the biggest singing competition in Poland. Established in 1992 by Maria Fołtyn, Polish soprano, opera director, and promoter of Stanisław Moniuszko’s oeuvre, the Competition sees its twelfth edition in 2025. Every three years young artists from around the world gather in Warsaw to present their talents to outstanding representatives of the operatic world. For many young artists the Competition becomes a launch pad to an international career.
Announcement of selected candidates: 17/03/25
2-3 June 2025
Stage 1, auditions with piano
4-5 June 2025
Stage 2, auditions with piano
07 June 2025
Stage 3, final auditions with orchestra
Announcement of the results, award ceremony
| Sections | Vocals |
| Deadline | 15 Oct 2024 - 05 Feb 2025 |
| Finals | 07 Jun 2025 |
| Where | Warsaw, Poland |
| Age groups | Singers born between 2 June 1992 and 2 June 2007 |
1st Prize: €20,000
2nd Prize: €16,000
3rd Prize: €13,000
Remaining Finalists: €4,000 each
The Maria Fołtyn Prize for the best performance of a Stanisław Moniuszko piece: €8,000
The Ewa Podles Prize for the outstanding musical personality: €8,000
The Prize for the most beautiful rendition of a Polish song: €4,000
2 Marchwinski Prizes for outstanding young pianists (born not earlier than 2 June 1990): €3,000 each
From the Kosciuszko Foundation (USA) funded by Ann Cox Zagoreos:
The Carlo Maria Giulini Prize awarded in male and female category separately for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity: $5,000
The Jan and Edward Reszke Prize for the best performance of a Polish work by a foreign entrant: $3,000
The Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura Prize for the most promising Polish voice: $2,000
And many more to be announced at the later date.
John Allison - Editor-in-chief of Opera Magazine, Chairman of the Jury
Brian Dickie - Artistic Advisor, Garsington Opera, English National Opera
Tobias Oliver Hasan - Director of Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Paul Hopper - Director of Artistic Planning and Head of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Talent Program, Opera Los Angeles
Rosemary Joshua - soprano, Director of the Opera Studio, DNO
Peter Mario Katona - Casting Director, Royal Opera House
Izabela Kłosiska - soprano, Casting Director, Grand Theater - National Opera
Mariusz Kwiecień - baritone
Thomas Lausmann - Director of Music Administration, Metropolitan Opera
Dominik Licht - Director of Casting and Planning, Osterfestspiele Salzburg; Casting Consultant, Danish Royal Opera
Olga Pasiecznik - soprano
Karen Stone - Director of Opera Europa
Tobias Truniger - Director of the Opera Studio, Bayerische Staatsoper
Edith Wiens - soprano, vocal pedagogue, Director of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie
Evamaria Wieser - Head of the organisation of artistic work at the Salzburg Festspiele and European casting consultant, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Aleksandra Kurzak (1998), Olga Busuioc (2013), Salome Jicia, Andrzej Filończyk, Jakub Józef Orliński (2016), Maria Motolygina, Long Long, Gihoon Kim (2019) Nombulelo Yende, Juliana Grigoryan (2022)
