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BIOA: Find your voice and be heard. July 8-22, 2018 Bologna Italy Bologna International Opera Academy is an intensive program that offers a network of performing professionals to our participants as well as the opportunity to be heard by professional opera companies and agents - all while singing in one of the most culturally rich places on Earth - named "A City of Music" by UNESCO in 2006. Apply by January 5, 2018.

The Hawaii Performing Arts Festival is accepting applications for its upcoming season in paradise. The 2018 season features Handel’s Alcina, Adamo’s Little Women, and Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Mark Adamo is the Composer in Residence and will be coaching singers. Professional fellowships, scholarships, and work-study positions are available for qualifying applicants. Students will perform a role in one of the MainStage productions, receive lessons, coachings, and classes in acting, movement, and audition preparation. For more information, please visit www.hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org or email Jamie Balter, Artistic Administrator, at jbalter@hawaiipaf.org.

Miami Wagner Institute live audition application deadline is 2 days away on November 29th! TUITION-FREE PROGRAM! The Miami Wagner Institute is an elite young artist program and the first of its kind specifically for Wagnerian dramatic and lyric-in- transition singers. The Institute provides training as well as professional-level performance opportunities that prepare singers for the unique demands of the Wagnerian and dramatic repertoire. During this intensive program, participants prepare and perform with faculty in a staged and costumed Wagnerian production with orchestra, while undertaking a curriculum of voice instruction, coachings, and masterclasses. Faculty of the Miami Wagner Institute include Christine Goerke, Alan Held, Robert Morrison and Michael Rossi.

AUDITIONS: 10 - 12 February 2018 in Amsterdam. APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 15, 2017. ‘A HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAM FOR PROMISING YOUNG OPERA SINGERS’ DNOA is a two-year master program, for highly talented young opera singers in possession of
a bachelor of music in voice. The course focuses on the integration of singing and acting. Therefore, great technical mastery of the vocal instrument is essential.
In fully staged opera productions, masterclasses, workshops and regular lessons DNOA students learn to be inventive singing actors who are well prepared for the many challenges of the professional field. DNOA is a joint master program of:
 Conservatorium van Amsterdam & Royal Conservatoire The Hague. More information? Visit WWW.OPERA-ACADEMY.NL

Join Teatro Comunale di Modena, Italy for a thrilling vocal course with Mirella Freni ending in an opera production experience with stage and music rehearsal. The course is full time, March through June 2018, and free of charge! Meals are provided. Only 12 position available. Apply by December 31, 2017.

Le Nozze di Figaro February 6 – March 7, 2018. Now in our 11th year, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar is a comprehensive opera training program for emerging professional singers considering a career in Europe, with a focus on the German theater system. Participants will sing a full role in Le Nozze di Figaro with chamber orchestra. We offer intensive training in singing, movement, rehearsal process and role study, master classes, individual lessons, stagecraft instruction, and daily German language training. Also included are sessions on audition techniques, career management and opportunities to audition for German state and private agents. Final Deadline Nov. 30, 2017!!

Extended Deadline: Sunday, November 26th: Center for Opera Studies in Italy: submit your recorded audition today! Build your network, skills and artistry with COSI 2018’s comprehensive training program, concerts, and productions in the COSI Opera Festival: Le nozze di Figaro, Gianni Schicchi, Il mondo della Luna, Il Giudizio di Pigmalione (world premiere). Featuring: The 52nd IVC ‘s-Hertogenbosch: International Voice Competition (preliminary round), for singers of opera, oratorio and for singer-pianist art song duos. PLUS: Courtyard and Cathedral Aria Concert Series, The Creative Opera Lab for Composers, Librettists, and Singers. For Detailed Information: Visit co-si.com. Questions? Contact us at cosi.program.manager@gmail.com

Audition for the Young Professional Artists Program in New York, Pittsburgh, and Boston! Repertoire: La bohème | Puccini; Arabella | R. Strauss; Rhinegold | Wagner and smaller events such as a Kurt & Cole cabaret, Wagner scenes, and a workshop of our new opera project, Fight for the Right. Introducing The Mastersinger Project for Young Dramatic Voices. Internationally-acclaimed dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen be leading a this special program for the next four years, working closely with those singers performing and covering roles in the Ring operas and Strauss works. Singers will get extensive one-on-one time with Ms. Eaglen and will participate in a Wagner scenes program, in addition to performing and covering roles in Rhinegold.

FINAL TWO DAYS TO APPLY! TODAY & TOMORROW! Don't miss your chance to be heard by the biggest names in the industry, in what is one of the most esteemed judging and advisory panels ever assembled! The Premiere Opera International Vocal Competition, in it's inaugural year, is a world class opportunity that will distribute nearly $15K in prizes, offer full scholarship to the prestigious Centro Studi Italiani in Italy, plus consideration for numerous performance opportunities. All the info can be found here: http://www.premiereopera.com/vocalcompetition.aspx. Final deadline is November 15th!.

Only one week left to submit your application for the 30th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition! Don't miss your chance to compete for the grand prize of $10,000, performing with acclaimed Music Director Emmanuel Villaume in front of a panel of judges that has included: Andreas Melinat - Director of Artistic Planning, Lyric Opera of Chicago Pal Moe - Casting Director, Baayerische Staatsoper and Casting Consultant, Glyndebourne Festival and Opéra de Lille Joshua Winograde - Senior Director Artistic Planning, Los Angeles Opera Diane Zola - Director of Artistic Administration, Houston Grand Opera The competition will once again be chaired by Brian Zeger - Artistic Dir. of the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts.