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The Centre de Perfeccionament del Palau de les Arts offers a project of professional insertion and training for young opera singers. This artistic project is offered to candidates who possess high vocal and artistic qualities to allow for the perfection of their skills and their integration into the daily activity of an opera house. This integration is possible thanks to the performance of their first roles in the titles of Les Arts’ opera season, with the purpose of giving them the necessary experience of working with opera companies in the future. Deadline: 02 February 2025. Dates: March 04 and 05 and 07. Season 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. The advanced training course will be free of charge. In addition, a scholarship of €1,200 net per month.
Apply today to Perform Opera in Italy Program Summer 2025! July 5 – August 2. Immersive four-week opera skills training with career Metropolitan Opera & Juilliard vocal professionals. Perform Opera in Italy concerts are featured in the Musica e Musica Festival. Performances, set in historic and beautiful settings, include an Arias and Scenes concert, and Barber of Seville Act I and Matrimonio Segreto Act I. Singers in the program receive professional coaching, voice lessons, staging and movement instruction, invaluable feedback in masterclasses, and daily immersive Italian classes with phonetic coaching by native Italian speakers. Experience the history and culture of the Marche region with the Perform Opera in Italy Program!
Live and Online Auditions for Carmen, Ragtime, and American Spirituals Intensive at the Bay View Music Festival, located in beautiful northwest Michigan. Fantastic, unique opportunities to gain experience in fully staged productions with chamber orchestra. One of the best values in a summer program. Combine programs and roles for the experience of a lifetime. Live and Online Auditions in Jan. and early Feb. 2025 with low $5 application fee. Details at www.bayviewmusicfestival.org.
Deadline this Friday, January 24! The 2025 Festival Season includes productions of Die Fledermaus (Strauss II), This House (World Premiere by Ricky Ian Gordon), Don Pasquale (Donizetti), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten), and Center Stage Concert. All mainstage festival season opera productions are performed in English. Program Dates: April 28, 2025 - June 29, 2025. Program Information: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis offers emerging young stage directors invaluable production experience as they begin their directing careers or as they transition into opera. Opera Theatre is committed to supporting and nurturing the careers of young artists.
PARTNERS for the Arts National Opera Competition is open to singers 23 to 35. First Prize: $15,000; 2nd Prize: $10,000; 3rd Prize: $5,000; Judges Special Award: $2,000; Audience Choice Award: $1,000; Finalist’s travel expenses: $750. Application/video submission deadline: Feb 15, 2025, through Acceptd. Early submission highly encouraged. Preliminary and semifinal rounds are virtual. Final round LIVE in Washington D.C., April 27, 2025. https://app.getacceptd.com/partnersforthearts https://partners4thearts.org
Don't forget to enter the Harold Haugh Light Opera Vocal competition! The deadline is February 15. The competition is intended to help singers understand the value of Light Opera in developing their audition material. Appearance, personality and acting ability are critical on making an impression, and all of these are important in Light Opera, which features many "showstoppers." Beyond the nine cash awards, every entrant will receive valuable critiques from the judging panel.
Join Poland’s prestigious singing competition, June 2–7, 2025, at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. Open to singers born between June 2, 1992, and June 2, 2007, with applications due by February 5, 2025. Compete for a top prize of €20,000 and career-boosting special awards! Perform beloved operatic classics and Polish masterpieces by Moniuszko, Chopin, Szymanowski, and Penderecki before an esteemed jury, including John Allison, Brian Dickie, Peter Mario Katona, Izabella Klosinska, Mariusz Kwiecien, Olga Pasichnyk, Edith Wiens, Rosemary Joshua, Evamaria Wieser, Karen Stone, and Thomas Lausmann. Apply here: Application Form, or learn more at moniuszkocompetition.pl
Join FIO MONDO for our 2025 festival in Urbania, Italy, where we will present fully staged productions of La Bohème; Le nozze di Figaro; Il matrimonio segreto; Twenty-Four, or the Cure for Love; and Le gare generose. Singers cast in Le gare generose, which will be produced in collaboration with the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, will also be considered for the Foundation's young artist program. Additional performances include recitals, concerts, and an opera scenes program. Participants will study Italian intensively, work with Italian coaches, and have lessons with our renowned faculty. Masterclass clinicians for 2025 are Clay Hilley and Eva Mei. Collaborative artists, assistant directors, and assistant conductors are also invited to apply.
The purpose of The Cooper-Bing Competition is to discover, recognize, and encourage young operatic talent. The Cooper-Bing Competition is an internationally recognized vocal competition that has celebrated and supported emerging young artists in opera. Dubbed “The Olympics of Opera,” this competition encourages talent, creates artistic opportunity, and helps welcome the next generation into the professional opera community. Five finalists compete for the grand prize of $10,000! The 2025 competition will be hosted by WOSU Classical 101’s Christopher Purdy as the Master of Ceremonies.
The Miami Music Festival Application Deadline is Wednesday, January 15th! Spend your summer in Miami's notorious South Beach to attend Miami Music Festival! While enjoying the white sands and blue waters, you will perform a role with orchestra and sharpen your craft with individual instruction with prominent voice faculty, coaches, conductors, and directors. 2025 Productions: The Marriage of Figaro | W.A Mozart; Rusalka | Antonín Dvorák; The Ghosts of Versailles | John Corigliano.