The Salzburg Festival has selected the Young Singers for the 2024 season.

The 16 participants were selected among more than 700 applicants and hail from ten nations: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Russia, Turkey, the USA and Uzbekistan.

Led this year by Malcolm Martineau, Violeta Urmana, and Stéphane Degout, they said, “This format of advanced vocal education includes musical coaching, staged rehearsals, language coaching and lied interpretation. The public master classes  and the practical relevance of the scholarship make the YSP a unique young artist programme.”

Every year, the Young Singers feature in the performances of the children’s opera. This year the festival will present a new production of Carl Orff’s “Die Kluge.” The YSP’s final concert on August 30 will feature the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under the baton of Leo Hussain.

The participants will also appear this summer in the following operas and roles.

“The Gambler:”

Elizaveta Kulagina (Soprano) – A Florid Lady
Seray Pinar (Mezzo-Soprano) – A Pale Lady
Cassandra Doyle (Mezzo-Soprano) – A Respectable Old Lady
Samuel Stopford (Tenor) – First Croupier
Michael Dimovski (Tenor) – Second Croupier
Armand Rabot (Baritone) – The Director of the Casino
Navasard Hakobyan (Baritone) – An Unlucky Gambler
Jasurbek Khaydarov (Bass) – A Fat Englishman
Joseph Parrish (Bass-Baritone) – Potapich

“The Idiot:”

Daria Strulia (Soprano) – Warwara

“Hamlet:” 
Amin Ahangaran (Bass) – Horatio

“Die Kluge:”

Marie Maidovski (Soprano) – Die Kluge (The Wise Woman)
Tamara Obermayr (Mezzo-Soprano) – The Woman with the Donkey
Egor Sergeev (Baritone) – The Peasant
Konstantin Igl (Tenor) – First Vagrant
Manuel Winckhler (Bass) – Second Vagrant

Founded 16 years ago, the Young Singers Project has included and fostered 210 vocalists from 46 countries. Since 2013, for eleven years, the Kühne Foundation has supported the Young Singers Project and the young talents who qualify for this scholarship receive the opportunity to present themselves in public master classes and perform alongside renowned Festival artists in opera productions, among other benefits.