Original sentence: Forty-three cities are scheduled to participate in the 2022 preliminary round.Founded as a competition to discover and promote young opera singers, judges are representatives of the music industry and include major opera and festival managers, music promoters and the media.Hans Gabor retired from conducting in 1982 while continuing as the company's artistic director and manager.He also oversaw development of the International Singing Competition.In 1992 the competition introduced worldwide qualifying rounds.Since 1982, the Kammeroper has administered and presented the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.Since 2013, the final round has been held at different international opera houses.The 2022 finals will take place in Jurmala, Latvia
Edited sentence: In the early 1980s, Hans Gabor retired from conducting, exclusively acting as the artistic director and manager of his theatre in addition to running the "International Belvedere Singing Competition", which he founded in 1982.Today, the competition is the largest "singers' exchange" in the world, a veritable "Wall Street of Voices"