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Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival, now in its 11th year, is happy to announce t's 2024 season of activity. Our studies will center around three operas: La Bohème, La Sonnambula, and L'elisir d'amore. These three operas will be staged and performed with orchestra. Performing is one aspect of the preparation we aim to impart. Our studies will focus on staging, the necessary vocal technique to succeed, and the musical preparation required.  Singers do not compete for their roles. Our audience does not pay for tickets. Our focus is the individual. We definitely give you more than you can chew, but we do this to help you understand what you will need to succeed in Opera. You will be transformed in six weeks! http://www.mediterraneanoperafestival.com/

Study the roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni or Verdi's Il trovatore with Metropolitan Opera Artist Sondra Kelly and Tenor Stanley Wilson. Join for one or both of our Intensive Roles Study Workshops. Throughout the week-long program, you will have to opportunity to sing the full role, being coached on all set pieces and recitative addressing diction and characterization. Each participant will have the chance to sing several pieces in the final performance. All principal and secondary roles available. Please visit our website at www.voxopera.org for additional information and testimonials from past program participants.

Deadline 3 days away!! The Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition. https://solocomp.org Final deadline: February 15, 2024. Fee $60.  Semi Finals April 6, 2024 in New York City. Finals April 13, 2024 at 1:30 in Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.   In 1977 the Oratorio Society of New York inaugurated an annual Solo Competition designed to encourage the art of oratorio singing and to give talented young singers an opportunity to advance their careers.  The Competition has become international in scope and well-known in the music world and is the only major competition to focus exclusively on oratorio singing. $22,000 in cash prizes.   Age Limit 40 years - must be born after January 1, 1984. Open to singers who are early in their oratorio career.

Jerusalem Lyric Opera Studio is the premiere opera training program established to promote the art of opera and nurture young talented singers.  The Jerusalem Lyric Opera Studio extended the deadline until February 29. Join us and perform a role in the Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival. The program includes: Individual classes with renowned artists; Private coaching; Masterclasses; Gala Concert with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Concerts; International opera competition attended by leading opera directors, casting directors, agents, and organizers. The scholarship is available. Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel. Bellini I Capuletti ed I Montecchi.

The Bologna International Opera Academy (BIOA) will only accept applications for the next three weeks; applications close on the 28th of February. We have limited spots available in our esteemed academy for talented young singers, so we encourage all interested to apply.  Our unique program allows singers to experience individualized lessons, coachings, masterclasses, and numerous performance opportunities in the presence of internationally acclaimed opera professionals. At BIOA, we pride ourselves on the number of coveted offerings we are able to supply our singers, exposing them to the opera world in ways that are seldom available to young artist. Application and additional information can be found on our website, bolognaoperaacademy.com.

The Manhattan Opera Studio Summer Festival is casting all roles for Hansel and Gretel to be staged and performed with the MOS orchestra. Additionally selected singers will participate in an opera gala at Lincoln Center and will have masterclasses with some of the most renowned managers and coaches in New York City. We are looking for the best new opera talent to help them take the next step in their careers. The MOS is proud to have alumni currently singing in the top world venues, including the Met Opera, La Scala and ROH Covent Garden. Auditions will take place on February 10 and March 9, 2024. Visit www.manhattanoperastudio.org/summer-festival-auditions to find out more! 

The Loyola Voice Symposium brings together world-renowned artists & teachers across the spectrum of professional singing to present master classes and lectures for young singers and teachers of voice. Full registration includes two days of professional development. The next day, guest clinicians and two Emerging Artists will perform in the Symposium Gala (info here). Individuals wishing to participate in masterclasses must be singers between the ages of 18 and 35, and submit a video audition by midnight on Friday, February 16th, 2024. Learn more and register as an Emerging Artist by visiting cmm.loyno.edu/presents. Clinicians include: Bryan Hymel, Jessica Madoff, Jonathan Price.

Directed by Laura Brooks Rice, OperaFest offers private coaching, masterclasses, various performance opportunities, and workshops exploring professional learning. Our program focuses on our three artistic pillars: creation, collaboration, and mentorship. We provide training on operatic style, diction and language, dramatic presentation, performance technique, and professional skills training portfolio artists. All participants will have the opportunity to perform in public concerts, including aria and opera excerpt evenings with piano and instrumental students. FACULTY INCLUDES: Laura Brooks Rice, program director; Elena Kholodova (Atlanta Opera); Dugg McDonough (LSU); Jennifer Szeto (Opéra de Montréal); Jordan Schreiner (Mansfield University).

Intensify your operatic training this summer: perform with orchestra and fully immerse yourself in Italian language and culture at Berlin Opera Academy's sister academy. Nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps between Milan and Nice, sits a beautiful 14th century monastery, home to Saluzzo Opera Academy.  Alcina - Handel. Giulio Cesare - Handel. Perform a role in the SOA 2024 Summer Festival. Study with faculty actively working in the international opera scene. Learn how to get hired through personal mentorship & career workshops. Specialized Masterclasses & Coachings. Italian Language Class & Immersion. Local Student Accommodation. Over €60k in scholarships available.

The Centre de Perfeccionament del Palau de les Arts offers a project of professional insertion and training for young opera singers. This artistic project is offered to candidates who possess high vocal and artistic qualities to allow for the perfection of their skills and their integration into the daily activity of an opera house. This integration is possible thanks to the performance of their first roles in the titles of Les Arts’ opera season with the purpose of giving them the necessary experience to face the professional reality of working with opera companies in the future. Dates: March 05 and 06 and 08 Season 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 The advanced training course will be free of charge. In addition, a scholarship of € 1,200 net per month.