Elmar Hauser wins CLIP Portofino opera competition

Born in Switzerland in 1997, Elmar Hauser switched from tenor to countertenor during his preliminary studies at the Winterthur Conservatory with David Thorner and Jane Thorner-Mengedoht. In 2021, he completed his Bachelor's degree in singing at the Zurich University of the Arts in Werner Güra's class with distinction. This was followed by a master's degree in music theater/opera singing at the Theaterakademie August Everding in the singing class of Christiane Iven.

Launched in 2015, the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (CLIP) is a project organized by the Associazione Musicale Giovanni Bottesini. The jury president is Dominique Meyer, the other jury members are representatives of major opera houses. The first prize is endowed with 10,000 euros.