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"It was simply the best operatic program I have ever attended. The teachers and coaches really cared about my development and pushed me to be better. Everyone in the program improved. This is the best value and the best results for 10 days that I have ever experienced." - 2018 Opera Naples Academy Participant Apply now to immerse yourself in this intensive 10 day program (November 12-21, 2019) that provides vocal lessons, masterclasses, and coachings with renowned faculty including Sherrill Milnes, Ramon Tebar, Manny Perez, Veronica Villarroel, Maria Zouves, and Alexandra Naumenko among others. All participants perform in a final concert that incorporates individual and ensemble repertoire in a unique semi-staged presentation. Scholarships are available! Don't miss out on this transformative opportunity!

Deadline extended until Mon. Sept. 16th! Principal, supporting and cover roles are available for singers, along with fellowships for conductors, pianists, and directors. Artists are featured in 3 fully staged productions: MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini/Giacosa - Director: Izumi Ashizawa; Conductor: Dean Williamson), THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Gilbert & Sullivan - Director: Eve Summer; Conductor: Brian DeMaris), and SKY ON SWINGS (Beecher/Moscovitch - Director: Lawrence Edelson; Conductor: Emily Senturia). Soloists for Rossini’s PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE will also be cast from the program. All artists receive professional development opportunities throughout the summer, and are featured on a variety of concerts and master classes with guest artists.

The International Meistersinger Akademie (IMA) offers emerging artists an exceptional environment of excellence in the study of Opera, Oratorio and Lied/Mélodie. This is a FULL SCHOLARSHIP summer program in Neumarkt i.d.OPf Germany with an incredible faculty line up, including director Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens, Brigitte Fassbaender, Anna Tomowa-Sintow and Malcolm Martineau among others. On top of the fully fledged training program with orchestra concerts, recitals, demo recordings, coachings and more abound, IMA is made UNIQUE by the networking-opportunities it provides. Read more on https://meistersingerakademie.com/ and check out our Social Media and YouTube channel! Don’t miss this incredible training and career-changing opportunity!

Deadline Extended! Apply by September 10! Chautauqua Opera Company is now accepting applications for its 2020 Young Artist Program. 2020 mainstage repertoire will include Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers, Thumbprint, by Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz, directed by Omer Ben Seadia, and The Mother of Us All by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, directed by Keturah Stickann. Chautauqua Opera Young Artists sing and/or cover leading and supporting roles in mainstage productions alongside leading professionals in the field, and are featured in over 30 events each season, including concerts with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, recitals, community engagement events, and more! Learn more at opera.chq.org.

Launch your career in paradise with PALM BEACH OPERA. The application deadline for our 2021 Benenson Young Artist and Bailey Apprentice Artist Programs is MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. These 6-month professional residencies offer transformative performing opportunities and intensive training with an outstanding faculty. All artists benefit from regular work with guest coaches Craig Rutenberg and Danielle Orlando; voice teachers Stephen King and Michael Paul; and resident coaches Ben Malensek, Greg Ritchey, Tim Cheung, and Ksenia Leletkina. Benenson Young Artists sing supporting roles and cover lead roles alongside international casts, while Bailey Apprentice Artists cover supporting roles and perform throughout our beautiful community in concerts.

Film and stage actor Dietlinde Turban Maazel, soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, and Mo. Michael Recchiuti offer an intensive curriculum that focuses on the performance of operatic music: languages, study techniques, interpretation, body movement, and wellness. Each session includes an HD live video recording by Jeremy Gerard, and guest masterclasses. NO AGE LIMIT. APPLICATION DEADLINE Sept 4th. FIRST FALL SESSION: ‪October 7‬ ‪TO October 13, 2019‬: “German Repertoire Immersion: The Operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss”. Lieder Repertoire also accepted. SECOND FALL SESSION: ‪October 16 TO October 22, 2019‬: " Performing Italian Opera: Tradition and Practice”. Application and information: www.castletonfestival.org/lmci

Make the most of your autumn season in New York City with Canto Vocal Programs! Our two-week intensive program consists of individual musical & dramatic coachings, master classes, a business of music lecture and an aria showcase for the public. We are happy to have Sarah Fraser (Fletcher Artist Management), Shawn Jeffery (ADA Artists Management) and Guy Barzilay (Guy Barzilay Artists) join us for feedback auditions. They will evaluate your performance, overall presentation, materials and repertoire. Canto offers programs in New York, Toulouse, Zagreb, Bucharest and Louisville. Our faculty includes present and former Metropolitan Opera coaches and international stage directors. Principal faculty: Lucy Arner, Liora Maurer, & Sharon Mohar.

NO FEE. DEADLINE EXTENDED to September 3. Sarasota Opera announces September 2019 auditions for its Apprentice Artists Program January 4 - March 22, 2020. Opportunity listing and application are now available on YAP Tracker. September auditions take place in New York and Sarasota. Mainstage operas are Puccini’s La bohème, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, and Catalani’s La Wally (all in original languages). Victor DeRenzi is artistic director/principal conductor; Jesse Martins is chorus master/program and music director of the Apprentice Artists. These are paid positions. Housing and transportation provided.

MISSISSIPPI OPERA PRESENTS: THE JOHN ALEXANDER NATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION AND CONCERT. The sixth annual John Alexander National Vocal Competition for opera and musical theatre singers will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. This competition is presented by the Mississippi Opera in order to identify and recognize outstanding vocal opera and musical theatre talent from all over the United States. The competition is a national level competition for opera and music theatre singers between the ages of 18 to 40. The six final winners of the competition will be presented in concert with chamber orchestra on Monday, October 21, 2019. For more information on Mississippi Opera go to www.msopera.org.

We are excited to announce this unique opportunity for Opera Singers in NYC. Opera singer Mrs. Claudia Toti Lombardozzi is back to the city for a two-weekend workshop. The workshop will be held at "Yeoryia Studio" 2067 Broadway NY from 2pm to 6pm. Learn to work and perform from what is uniquely yours - your own artistry. Learn how to inspire yourself and eliminate self-sabotage, stage-fright, to reduce nerves and to build self-consciousness. Unlock your artistic energy and potential. For info and tuition please email info@workshopsnyc.net