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Audition Application for the 2025 Festival Season with the Ohio Light Opera are Monday, October 21st. For 45 seasons, The Ohio Light Opera has dedicated itself to the exploration and production of the best of traditional operetta and musical theater. Our recently announced 2025 season includes: Carousel (Rogers and Hammerstein, 1945), Brigadoon (Lerner and Loewe, 1947), Tip-Toes (Gershwin, 1925), Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan, 1881), Bittersweet (Noël Coward, 1929), and The Cousin from Batavia (Eduard Künneke, 1921). Auditions are available either in-person or virtually and OLO offers both professional and young artist contracts.  All offers are paid and include housing for the duration of the contract.

Apply by October 28th! Nashville Opera is now accepting applications for the 2026 Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program. Four singers and one pianist will be selected for this paid 12 to 15-week (depending on position) opportunity. Emerging Artists will perform comprimario and lead roles in the mainstage season productions of Jason Powell’s Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The Schoolgirls of Doom (Oct. 26-Nov. 17 2025), and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (Mar. 28-Apr. 19 2026), along with acting as featured soloists at the company's black-tie gala, and will headline the 2026 Nashville Opera On Tour education program (Jan. 25-Mar. 27, 2026). 

Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy - UK. Unlock your Potential! The Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academies, for 10 years, have attracted singers from all over the world to learn, while performing a full role in a fully staged production, with professional orchestral accompaniment. The academies focus on what matters for your artistic development: acting, movement, technique, pronunciation and style. The academies are led by multidisciplinary artist Marcio da Silva and his team. Don Giovanni - Mozart | Acis & Galatea - Handel | Dido & Aeneas - Purcell | Teseo - Handel. www.ensembleorquesta.com/eo-opera-academy

USUO proudly supports Resident Artist singers and pianists with an integral step between graduate studies and a career. Participants spend nine months from September to May developing professional skills through mainstage performances with USUO, expert coachings, workshops, and masterclass sessions.  The USUO Resident Artists are the primary, in-person ambassadors for opera and artistry in many of our local communities, but most particularly among Utah’s K-12 schools.  Each individual should expect to share their talent with USUO’s staff, board, and donors as well as Utah’s most diverse audiences as they travel around our beautiful state.

The Verbier Festival Academy’s Atelier Lyrique stands out among professional training programmes by offering a unique blend of opera role and song repertoire studies in a supportive and inspiring environment during an intensive three-week summer programme in the Swiss alps. Singers benefit from the opportunity to perform and form valuable connections as part of the Verbier Festival. The Atelier's featured opera in 2025 will be Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.

Music Academy of the West Lehrer Vocal Institute: June 14 - August 10, 2025. Full-scholarship Summer Festival in Santa Barbara, CA. Life-changing opportunity to be immersed in inspiring training and numerous performances with the best-of-the-best in one of the most beautiful cities in the world! FREE tuition, single-room accommodations, & meals. Fully-staged opera: Don Giovanni. Marilyn Horne Song Competition with $5,000 cash prize. Creative Project. Public Masterclasses. Private Lessons. Chamber & Contemporary Music. Opera Scenes. Industry Day. Plus career seminars, wellness program, and community engagement. All just steps from the beach! Enrollment: Up to 27 fellows (8-week residency) + up to 9 studio artists (3-week residency). Application Deadline: October 15 

New York Dramatic Voices is excited to announce our 2025 Winter Intensive. Each artist will work with stage director, Laura Alley (SFO, NYCO), music director, Matthew Lobaugh (WNO, LA Opera), music coach, Bob Mollicone (SFO) and masterclass technician, Sarah Fraser (Fletcher Artist Management); culminating in a staged public performance in the heart of Manhattan. This Winter's repertoire will be Act III of Die Walküre, with orchestra at our new home at the Sheen Center. Each artist receives professional video of their performance. Program runs January 3-19. Application deadline is October 1, 2024. Visit http://www.newyorkdramaticvoices.com/auditions for more information.

Apply now to the National Opera Association's Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition, the finals of which will be held in Savannah, GA, on January 8, 2025.  All selected finalists will receive $400 travel stipends to attend the competition! Over $15,000 in cash prizes will be awarded in two divisions: Scholarship (ages 18-24) and Artist (ages 25-40). This year, the Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowship for Vocal Performance (up to $50,000 per year for graduate study) will also be awarded, providing full tuition plus living expenses for the recipient. Application deadline is October 1. Visit https://www.noa.org/vocal for complete details and to apply!

The application deadline for Chautauqua Opera has been extended to September 15! The company’s 2025 season will feature one production and two workshops of contemporary works in development.  Chautauqua Opera provides our Young Artists with performance tools essential to establishing a professional career in opera. It is recognized as one of the best training programs for young singers in America today, and over 1,000 artists have benefited from this professional training experience. We are excited to announce auditions for Puccini’s La bohème, Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Lincoln in the Bardo. 

The International Meistersinger Akademie (IMA) offers emerging artists an exceptional environment of excellence in the study of opera and concert repertoire. Our prestigious staff and guest professors bring their expertise to the vocal and interpretive development of the young professional.  Central to IMA are the auditions held with approximately 40 agents, promoters, opera directors, casting directors, and festival managers from Europe and the USA.  Individual feedback is given to each young artist, thus providing the networking and professional contacts important to the profession. IMA 2025 faculty includes Edith Wiens, KS Brigitte Fassbaender, Pål Moe, Thomas Lausmann, Craig Terry, Peggy Marmuth and Tobias Truniger, among others.