Jury

ARTISTICAL DIRECTOR OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL ADAM DIDUR OPERA SINGERS' COMPETITION.

He is a baritone of the world-wide renown. Soloist of the Silesian Opera, a graduate of the Academy of Music in Kraków.  He is a laureate of prestigious vocal competitions inter alia in Gütersloch (Neue Stimmen), Vienna (Belvedere), Munich (Grand Prix of the ARD Contest). He performs on the most famous world opera stages incl. in New York (the Metropolitan Opera), Milan (La Scala), Vienna (Wiener Staatsoper), Paris (Opéra Bastille), Brussels (La Monnaie), Amsterdam, Barcelona (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Los Angeles, Houston, Tokyo, Saint Petersburg, Berlin (Komische Oper, Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper), Munich, Hamburg, Leipzig, Cologne, Frankfurt, Zurich, Geneva, Lyon, Verona, and during Glyndebourne and Orange festivals.

Dean of the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the Academy of Music in Katowice, an opera singer, professor of art. Her artistic activity focuses on creating opera parts, vocal lyricism, and cantata-oratorio repertoire. She graduated from the Vocal-Acting Faculty of the Academy of Music in Katowice in the solo singing class of professor Jan Ballarin. She continued her vocal studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under the guidance of professor Helena Łazarska.

Casting & Deputy Director of Artistic Operations,

Semperoper Dresden

Hannah Blum studied music at the University of Hildesheim, majoring in music, as well as in Business Administration. From Northern Germany she was drawn to Northern Italy, where she studied Discipline delle Arte, della Musica e dello Spettacolo at the Università di Bologna along with continued Flute Studies in the class of Annamaria Morini at the city’s conservatory. During her studies, she was already engaged at the International Festival for Young Opera Singers at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and gained further professional experiences at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, the Oper Leipzig, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Semperoper Dresden. She began her official tenure at the Semperoper Dresden in 2009/10 season taking on the role of Assistant to the Director of Artistic Operations. In the following years, she worked there as the Director of Artistic Productions. From the 2019/20 season on, her main focus as Assistant to the Director of Artistic Operations has been casting. In her new position as Deputy Director of Artistic Operations, Hannah Blum has taken over Casting in the team of General Director Nora Schmid at the Semperoper Dresden.

Alan Green is an internationally established agent in the classical music industry. Graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and a native of New York, Alan Green began his career in artist representation with Columbia Artists Management. In 2005, he launched Zemsky/Green Artists Management Inc. with his cofounder and business partner Bruce Zemsky. He has served as the chief executive officer and leading agent of the company since 2005. With over forty years of experience and expertise offering tailored services to each individual to support their unique artistic journey, he has collaborated with the world’s finest opera singers from rising stars to leading international artists.

Casting Director TWON. Soprano. She studied at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw where she graduated with honours and was awarded the  Kazimierz Czekotowski prize. When she was a 3^rd year student she debuted in the National Theatre in Warsaw and after graduation she was employed there.  She sang the title part in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Roxana in King Roger by Szymanowski; Violetta in La traviata, Amelia in Masked Ball, Leonora in The Force of Destiny, Maira in Simone Boccanegra and Elvira in Ermani – all by G. Verdi; Marguerite in Faust by  Gounod; Micaëla in Carmen by Bizet; Sophie in The Knight of the Rose by R. Strauss; Mimi in La Boheme and Liu in Turandot by G. Puccini; Sophie in Werther by J. Massenet; Hanna in The Haunted Manor and Neala in Paria by S. Moniuszko; Maria in Mazepa by P. Tschaikovsky; Pamina in The Magic Flute, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Countess in The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozar; Nedda in Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo; Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann by J. Offenbach; Elvira in The Italian Girl in Algiers by G. Rossini; Xenia in Boris Godunov by M. Musorgsky; Eve in Paradise Lost by K. Penderecki; Oriona in Amadigi and Romilda in Xerxes by G. F. Haendel; Freia in The Rheingold by R. Wagner; Aldona in The Lithuanians by A. Ponchielli.

Conductor. He is a regular guest at theaters like the Vienna State Opera and Paris Opera. Further engagements have taken him to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Opéra du Capitole Toulouse, Semperoper Dresden, Royal Opera House London, Opera Australia Sydney, Zurich Opera House, Theater an der Wien, Frankfurt Opera, Canadian Opera Company Toronto, Korean National Opera Seoul, Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg and the Hong Kong Arts Festival, among others. 

Ukrainian director, screenwriter, culturologist and a folk artist who rendered great service to the arts in Ukraine.  He was the Minister of Culture and Tourism in 2007-2010.  Since 2017 he has been the Artistic and General Director of the National Opera in Lviv.

Vasyl Vowkun has directed and produced over 350 cultural and artistic events: artistic shows, classical operas, religious and professional celebrations, folk actions, national and international contests and festivals, teenage mass actions, alternative concerts, days of Ukrainian culture and arts i.a. in Germany, France, China, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.