Our 2025 Competition

The Friends of the Vocal Arts Committee, hosts of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, are thrilled to announce that the 11th Competition takes place on 23–28 January 2025 in Dublin.

Applications close on Friday 13 September 2024, 12am (midnight) Irish Standard Time.

DEADLINE EXTENDED – APPLY BY FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

Applications are now closed

Applications for the 2025 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition are now closed. Applications closed on Friday 13 September 2024, 12am (midnight) Irish Standard Time.

Our 2025 Jury

MEET THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION JURY

We are proud to introduce our distinguished Jury members – find out more about them.

Meet our jury

Sir Thomas Allen

BARITONE & CHAIR OF THE JURY

Jonathan Friend

ARTISTIC ADVISOR, THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, NEW YORK AND IRISH NATIONAL OPERA; CASTING CONSULTANT ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA

Tobias Hasan

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, STAATSOPER BERLIN

David Lomeli

CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER, SANTA FE OPERA, CONSULTANT TO BAVARIAN STATE OPERA, MUNICH

Maestro Carlo Rizzi

CONDUCTOR

Christina Scheppelmann

GENERAL DIRECTOR, SEATTLE OPERA; INCOMING GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LA MONNAIE OPERA HOUSE, BRUSSELS

Suzanne Murphy

SOPRANO

Competition week

23–28 JANUARY 2025

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Competition dates

LIVE AUDITIONS

Our live auditions are being held in the following cities throughout Autumn 2021.

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Dr. Ralph Strehle

Dr. Ralph Strehle, our resident performance coach, will be on hand throughout the Competition to have one to one sessions with all competitors before they perform/ after they perform. These sessions are free and will be entirely private and in confidence. Dr. Strehle, who is also Director of Mascarade Opera Studio, is a very experienced performance and resilience coach who works with many Young Artist programmes in Europe and we are thrilled that he will be with us for the Competition. In this video you can listen to him talk about his work…

Watch the 2022 Competition Final

Liz Nolan presents the final of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition live from the National Concert Hall. Six of the most talented competitors will sing three arias with the National Symphony Orchestra before the Interational jury decide on this year’s winner of this prestigious vocal competition.