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.
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 dates
LIVE AUDITIONS
Our live auditions are being held in the following cities throughout Autumn 2021.
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.
Our prizes
WE OFFER SUBSTANTIAL PRIZES
All of our finalists receive a prize for competing in the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition.
1ST PRIZE
€10,000
2ND PRIZE
€5,000
3RD PRIZE
€4,000