On August 23, 2025, Queen Sonja of Norway attended the finals of the Queen Sonja Singing Competition at the Oslo Concert Hall. The Queen presented the prizes at the final concert. Soprano Kathleen O'Mara from the USA won first prize at the 2025 competition. Three finalist prizes were awarded to Vladyslav Buialskyi, baritone from Ukraine, Hannah Edmunds, soprano from Norway, and Justyna Khil, soprano from Poland.The finalists were accompanied by the Oslo Philharmonic under the direction of conductor Nicholas Carter. Jasmin White, winner of the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition, served as host for the evening. This year, 500 singers from 57 different countries applied to take part in the competition. The participants are primarily young, newly trained singers at the beginning of their careers in opera and classical music.
The queen looks lovely. I am surprised she wore pants rather than a skirt or dress for this occasion since the singers dress up for the competition. I find the shoulders of the jacket don’t quite fit her arm a bit to wide, not sure what it is.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s normal that soloists accompanied by a symphony orchestra are the absolutely best dressed in the house. The queen looks fresh and elegant and appropriate wearing several dress steps down from the sopranos.
DeleteWhen Queen Mathlide attends these events she is in evening gown. same with pow or Queen Maxima
DeleteAnon2231, the competitors dress up is known. Looking fresh is different that looking elegant, to mirror the occasion
DeleteQS is the creator of this competition. She knows the dresscode and what to wear. She looks perfect. Stop complaining about everything.
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DeleteIn Belgium it has been the custom since ages that the Queen attending the Queen Elisabeth competition for violin or piano (in the evening) is dressed in a long evening gown. Although it has not always been like that, Queen Fabiola often wore a short evening outfit as well as Queen Paola, but on finals and on the distribution of the prizes the queens always wore evening gowns. Queen Elisabeth who founded the competition was always dressed in her halflong white, cream, light beige flowy dresses style 1920. I have seen also distribution of prizes by Queen Mathilde which took place during the day and in another place than Bozar in Brussels, where the queen wore a beautiful short day dress. Maybe in Norway the customs are different and on 3 pictures we cannot see everything of this prize distribution.
Queen Sonja seems to love her white. Pants and top are offset nicely with a colored pin stripped blazer. (versus the all white ensemble last week) I think it would hang smoother if she had unbuttoned the jacket. Kudos to the musicians - they look lovely in their evening attire.
ReplyDeleteShe looks fantastic also for a lady of 80+ years she is remarkable fit and always on the go. Norway can be proud of her.
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Agreed, she is always looking full of energy and interest. She’s someone to admire for so many reasons!
DeleteLove her striped blazer. She is an amazing woman.
ReplyDelete01.45 I agree!
DeleteQuelle fraîcheur et quelle dorme pour la reine. J’aime beaucoup sa veste.
ReplyDeleteThe Queen looks modern and smart, very stylish. Love the jacket. She looks great.
ReplyDeleteI like the summer style. Clean cut trouser and the coral/peach pinstripe jacket suits HM coloring.
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Queen Sonja ist looking very beautiful - exquisit outfit,
ReplyDeleteQueen Sonja looks tiny in the group of singers, but she is the great Queen of Elegance. I admire her for her outfits. At her age and being rather short she is wearing wide pants. Being a bit younger than she is, I always wish to buy wide pants too. But being short I never find the pants that fit and don't make me look shorter than I am. I like the striped jacket too. Her lovely hairdo is an example for other royal ladies, some of them even younger than she is.
ReplyDeleteToute pimpante dans ce blazer rayé de rose porté sur un haut et pantalon blanc ; son collier est-il composé de petites perles avec un petit médaillon ?!
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