Posts

HSOF marks our 17th season with a 4-week program for singers wishing to focus on performance skills in a supportive and artist-centred environment.Join us in Halifax, Canada in the summer of 2024 and learn or polish stagecraft, language skills, acting and interpretation in the context of performing a role in The Consul or Giulio Cesare in Egitto. We'll support your work with Alexander Technique, coachings and extra concerts to help you get to the next stage in your journey and connect or reconnect you to the passion of performance. All auditions will be digital. Preliminary Deadline Nov 24, 2023, although role offers will be made on an ongoing basis into the new year. halifaxsummeroperafestival.com. Some partial scholarships are available. 

Utah Valley Operafest (formerly UVAA Summer Opera Festival) is dedicated to discovering operatic talent and transforming voices through deep role-study, ample time with orchestra, and extensive vocal training. Each artist selected will receive a full-tuition fellowship. Participants will take the stage in multiple touring performances of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, conducted by Nicolas Giusti and directed by Marc Verzatt. As artistic director, Deborah Voigt will be directing scenes at our annual gala and overseeing casting and vocal training. Training will include masterclasses with Jay Hunter Morris, coaching with Jean Anderson, and lessons with David Jones, Marina Costa-Jackson, and Isaac Hurtado. Live and online auditions available. 

Tomorrow // Early Application Deadline  November 17th, 2023 Berlin Opera Academy is the premier European opera training program, providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. Join us as a Festival Singer and perform a role with orchestra in BOA 2024 OPERNFEST. Receive: Private Coachings; Masterclasses; Agent Auditions with Individualized Feedback; German Language Classes. Over €150k in scholarships available. Die Zauberflöte Mozart; Le nozze di Figaro Mozart; Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica Puccini; Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck.

Deadline // November 17th: Two days left to apply. Berlin Opera Academy is the premier European opera training program, providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. Join us as a Festival Singer and perform a role with orchestra in BOA 2024 OPERNFEST. Receive: Private Coachings; Masterclasses; Agent Auditions with Individualized Feedback; German Language Classes. Over €150k in scholarships available. Die Zauberflöte Mozart; Le nozze di Figaro Mozart; Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica Puccini; Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck.

Announcing the 2024 Orpheus Vocal Competition. The Orpheus Vocal Competition exists to provide financial support and encouragement to singers up to age 30 from around the United States who are pursuing careers as Vocal artists.  Whether you’re an aspiring vocal artist or a passionate student, Orpheus offers you an unparalleled platform to showcase your talent and pursue your dreams. There are 2 categories in Orpheus: • Young Artist: for ages 25-30. • Student: for ages 19-24. December 1st, 2023 is the Application Deadline.  Find out more: https://orpheusvocal.com/

The 9th annual German vocal competition seeks to offer support to rising professional singers. This year the finalists will sing one song in their native language along with two contrasting German selections.   1st Prize - $5,000; 2nd Prize - $4,000; 3rd Prize - $3,000; Finalist Awards - $2,000; Audience Favorite - $500. Applications are available on the competition website:  Saengerbundawards.org Application deadline: November 15, 2023.

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Do you feel like you spend more time preparing to perform than actually performing? At Opera Colorado, we believe the key to growing in your artistry is experience and our Artist in Residence Program is designed to provide you with as many performance opportunities as possible. Each member of the program has the incredible opportunity to perform and cover roles with one of the premier opera companies in the U.S. and share opera with diverse communities. Artists receive individual coaching with world-class teacher, coaches, conductors, and directors to further their growth. Housing in beautiful Denver, CO is provided, and competitive pay gives each Artist in Residence the opportunity to enjoy Colorado to the fullest. 

Schmidt Vocal Arts is excited to once again offer an online competition for undergraduate singers: The Schmidt Vocal Competition Undergraduate Awards. This online competition will be held in Dec. 2023-Feb. 2024, culminating in an online Q&A and live-streamed awards ceremony on Feb. 10, 2024.

Deadline to apply for Opera North's 2024 Resident Artist Program approaching! The application deadlines vary by audition location: October 31 (Dallas and Chicago auditions), November 7 (Virtual auditions); November 10 (New York City auditions).  Our season this year offers three imaginative productions with orchestra, including Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), Verdi's Rigoletto and Sondheim's Into the Woods at our outdoor home, the stunning Blow-Me-Down Farm on the banks of the Connecticut River. These productions feature our Resident Artists in all roles whenever possible.  We look forward to hearing you in an audition for the coming season!

Nashville Opera is accepting applications for the 2025 Mary Ragland Emerging Artists.  Four singers and one pianist will be selected for this paid 12-week opportunity.  Emerging Artists will perform roles in the winter mainstage production of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, be featured soloists at the company's black-tie gala, headline the 2025 Nashville Opera On Tour education program, and cover roles in the season's closing production, Lucia di Lammermoor. Emerging artists will also receive weekly coaching sessions and get the chance to work with an esteemed clinician for a featured masterclass, all included in the program.