Preliminary Auditions:
The Jury will be selected by the Artistic Direction of each theatre where the auditions are held.

Final Round:
President:  Joan Matabosch (Spain), Artistic Director, «Gran Teatre del Liceu», Barcelona;
Fiorenza Cossotto (Italy), mezzo-soprano;
Ana Esteban (Spain),  «Teatro de la Maestranza», Seville;
Tobias Hasan (Austria), Casting Director, «Hamburgische Staatsoper»;
Jesús Iglesias Noriega (Spain), Artistic Coordinator, «Teatro Real», Madrid;
Peter Mario Katona (Germany), Casting Director, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London;
Elisabeth Pezzino (France), Program Director, «Opéra National de Paris»;
Lenore Rosenberg (USA), Metropolitan Opera House, New York; Spoleto Festival USA;
Ilias Tzempetonidis (Greece), Casting Manager «Teatro alla Scala», Milan;
José van Dam (Belgium), bass-baritone;
Eva Wagner-Pasquier (Germany), Codirector, Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuth.

A member of the Jury who is, or has been, a teacher of one of the contestants will not be permitted to vote for that contestant.
The Jury will designate the winners of all the prizes: Official, Extraordinary and Special.
When a decision by the Jury is reached unanimously, it wilI be declar¬ed as such, publicly.
The Jury reserves the right to withhold the awards if entrants faiI to reach the required standards.
The decisions of the Jury will be final.