Lyric Arts France 2025: opportunities are available for some roles!

Lyric Arts France is a professional training and performance-centered Young Artists Program for emerging professional singers. The program takes place in the lovely mediaeval town of Villefranche-de-Rouergue in southwestern France, with full-scale opera productions (a flamenco-inspired Carmen and an English/French version of The Fantasticks) with chamber orchestra, vocal music concerts including French Art Song, and public masterclasses.

Due to last-minute cancellations, opportunities are available for some roles in Carmen (an Escamillo, a Frasquita, a Mercédès, and a Remendado) and also in The Fantasticks to create a second cast!

Application Deadline is Tuesday 15 April 2025!

More details at lyricartsfrance.org

Young Artists work in collaboration with world-class singers, directors, conductors, coaches, and choreographers, both in production rehearsals and in training sessions. These include individual and group vocal and repertoire coaching, masterclasses, auditioning classes, seminar sessions for directors and stage managers, and career seminars addressing opportunities in Europe and the United States. There is also a focus on singing in French, French arias, and Art Song, with daily French language classes available for non-French participants.

Solo Roles
We work hard to cast all Young Artists in as many appropriate solo roles as possible, as well as in all cover roles. Most roles are double-cast. Most operas are given four performances, so that each cast sings two nights. Most Artists also sing and dance in the ensemble for Carmen, and all participate in the concerts and optional late-night cabaret programs as well.

All roles in all productions are currently open to Young Artists.

Tuition and Accommodation Fees
Tuition for the Young Artist Program including individual coachings and voice lessons as well as group sessions is $3,500 (USD). Housing through the festival can be added if desired for $1,000 (USD) Prices are quoted in US dollars but can be paid in a variety of currencies. This tuition rate is significantly less than many other European Young Artist Programs of this length and caliber, a number of which do not offer inexpensive housing options.

Scholarships
A generous number of full and partial scholarships will be available – around 75% of participants in 2024 received a scholarship of some kind. See below for more details.