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DEADLINE JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY! The JTVA Elizabeth Greenfield Award is a $5,000 grant which honors a trailblazing Black singer by recognizing an outstanding present-day Black singer who is in the early stages of pursuing a professional career. It provides meaningful financial assistance to encourage and further advance the career development of a promising Black vocal artist. Applications will be accepted only until September 5, 2023.

The Merola Opera Program under the artistic leadership of the San Francisco Opera Center announces 2024 opportunities for singers, pianists, and directors. In addition to multiple performance opportunities, participants receive daily individual coaching in their discipline, training in diction, acting, movement, financial planning, leadership coaching, mental health, physical wellness, and branding from leading professionals in the opera field, as well as public master classes with internationally renowned artists. Application Deadline: August 20, 2023.

Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces Third Annual National Competition! SVA’s second annual High School Nationals will take place from May 31-June 2, 2024 in partnership with Sarasota Opera. Competitors will sing on the stage of the William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre and compete for generous cash awards: First Place ($10,000), Second Place ($7,500), Third Place ($5,000), and Finalist ($650). To become eligible for the High School Nationals, singers must first compete in a regional competition. Apply now to guarantee your spot!  www.schmidtvocalarts.org

The International Opera Academy (IOA) in Ghent, Belgium is looking for Sopranos and Male Voices to join us for the next 2-year cycle: Oct 2023-July 2025! For 23 years now, the IOA in Ghent, Belgium offers a specialized fulltime program to singers and pianists from all over the world, to prepare them for future professional careers as opera singers or repetiteurs. Selected candidates can participate in our courses, masterclasses, concerts and productions, including one fully staged production with orchestra.  Want to join the new IOA generation? Apply before Friday 18.08 (9AM) via ioacademy.be/auditions

Are you singer from Europe and want to join the 2023 Ningbo International Vocal Competition end of this year? Then apply for the European Preliminary on the 13th of September in Vienna and join up to 30 singers which will fly to Ningbo, China, from December 2nd to December 11th and win up to 20.000 USD in prize money and the chance to win engagements with famous artistic directors!  https://www.acma.at/ningbo

Apply by August 18!  The Sullivan Foundation seeks early career opera singers who show significant promise.  Sullivan Award winners receive $10,000 prizes and are eligible for grants to learn new roles, a unique aspect of the Foundation’s commitment to early career artists. More than 1,000 singers have earned Sullivan funding since 1957. Winners call the support “life-changing.”  2023 auditions will be held in New York on October 29 and 30. Learn more and apply on the Foundation's website: https://www.sullivanfoundation.org/ Application requirements include two video recordings with piano, an endorsement letter from a music professional, and a documented professional solo engagement with orchestra. There are no application or audition fees; limited travel assistance is available.

Deadline approaching: Sarasota Opera Apprentice Program. Join a prestigious and highly professional apprentice artists program! The company provides many performing opportunities throughout its fall and winter seasons. The training aspect of the program focuses on encouraging singers to give impassioned performances through vocal expression with an understanding of the meaning of the text, the poetry, and the music. In private coachings and classes, acting is approached through an efficiency of movement that brings out the meaning of the work rather than obscuring it. Applications for the Winter 2024 Apprentice Program are being accepted now through August 19th. 

The VOCAL IMMERSION PROGRAM at CASTLETON (ViP) is a 2-week performing arts mentoring program for a select group of emerging professional artists. World-renowned singers Michelle DeYoung, Paul Groves, actress Dietlinde Turban Maazel, are joined by collaborative pianists, world percussion artist Tom Teasley, and guest faculty Susan Graham, Bryn Terfel, and Stephen Wadsworth. ViP is merit-based and tuition-free. Shared houses and meals at Castleton farms provide full immersion and focus. No age restrictions. Program Dates: Dec 04-16, 2023. Public Performances by participants | German Lieder Recital Dec 09 & Opera Scenes Dec 16. APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED Pre-screening materials DUE by SEP 01, 2023. Details: https://www.castletonfestival.org/

Opera Theatre of St. Louis' Gerdine Young Artist Program, led by Patricia Racette, seeks to offer emerging young artists invaluable performance experience as they begin their professional careers. In addition to singing in the mainstage production choruses, GYAs are featured in supporting roles, cover all mainstage roles, and are featured soloists in the annual Center Stage program accompanied by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, an event that draws opera administrators, artist managers, and national and international press to St. Louis each season. GYAs are hired on an AGMA contract and receive a weekly salary, round-trip transportation, a modest sustenance allotment and accommodations for the duration of their engagement. 

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE - Aug 6 – Sept 1, 2023. **One spot available for Königin der Nacht and Papageno ONLY**. Are you ready to take the next step in building your career? Curious about what it takes to sing and live in Germany? Join us in historic Weimar - sing a role in a fully-staged opera, audition for agents, and immerse yourself in German language and culture. Our comprehensive program focuses on the German theatre system and offers intensive training in singing, diction, stagecraft and rehearsal process, masterclasses, individual lessons and daily German language classes, as well as audition and career management workshops. Our alums work in theatres all over Germany! Apply here: www.lyricoperastudioweimar.com. Partial scholarships available.