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Nicola Martinucci International Voice Competition was created to grow and encourage new generations of Opera Singers. Competition will take place in Lucca, Italy June 27, 28, 29, 2019. Judges: Nicola Martinucci, Honorary President; Michel Beaulac, Opera de Montreal; David Bennett, San Diego Opera; Giancarlo Del Monaco, Director; Francesca Condeluci, Columbia Artists - CAMI; Claudio Ferri, Royal Artists Management; Mauro Gabrieli, Teatro Comunale di Bologna; James Meena, Opera Carolina; Aldo Tarabella, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca; Melissa Wegner, Metropolitan Opera New York. May 22, 2019 is the Application Deadline. Check for Prizes, info and to apply at: http://www.martinuccicompetition.com

Mediterranean Opera Studio & Festival offers 6 weeks of intensive training for vocalists, assistant conductors and orchestra musicians. June 23 - August 5. Teachers, coaching staff and conductors comprised of artists from ROH Covent Garden, with guest coach David Gowland - director of the Jette Parker Young Artists Program at ROH Covent Garden. Repertoire 2019: Don Giovanni, Carmen, La Rondine, and concerts. Fully staged with orchestra. Single room, Italian class, recitative training, tourism in Sicily, Sicilian cuisine, and many opportunities to enrich your artistic and personal life, creating lasting friendships. Scholarships available.

Singers and collaborative pianists 18-35 years old - Toronto Summer Music Academy is THE place for you this coming summer! The 2019 Academy will welcome the powerful tenor, Anthony Dean Griffey alongside notable pianist, Warren Jones, as mentors of the Art of Song Program under the leadership of pianist Steven Philcox, co-founder of the Canadian Art Song Project. Studying with world class mentors, performing in prominent concert venues such as Walter Hall, connecting with other emerging young professionals, with all tuition covered by a full scholarship - this could be YOUR 2019 summer experience! Check out our website and APPLY TODAY! Deadline December 11!

MAI is the premiere young artist training and performance program in Europe. The Opera Performance Studio is distinguished from other young artist programs by the variety and quality of opportunities it provides its participants. Young Artists are given the opportunity to perform leading roles in main stage productions and work with world-class directors, conductors, and Master Teachers. The focus of the studio is on professional development and ‘training through performance’. Training & Performances Include: Staged Opera With Full Orchestra (Ariadne auf Naxos, La Clemenza di Tito, Turn of the Screw, Little Women) Opera Gala with Orchestra, Vocal Coaching & Lessons, Acting & Diction Classes, Master Classes, Artist Management Auditions.

In 2019, Prague Summer Nights Festival will return to the historic Estates Theater with fully-staged productions of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. Performances will be given with orchestra on the famous Josef Svoboda sets, and will feature professional costumes from the Czech National Opera. Singers will participate in an opera scenes program, featuring scenes from Czech operas by Dvořák, Smetana and Janáček, and will sing in a cabaret at a famous Prague jazz club. In addition to preparing the opera, singers will have coachings, lessons and masterclasses with PSN faculty and visiting guest clinicians. Apply online and audition to perform on the stage where Mozart himself conducted the premiere of Don Giovanni in 1787.

Opera Memphis is auditioning mezzo-sopranos, tenors, baritones, bass-baritones, & basses for 2019-2020 season. The Opera Memphis Company Artist Program provides career building experience to emerging singers through robust performance opportunities and personalized goals. The ideal candidates for the program have completed their graduate studies and are ready for meaningful performance opportunities in a wide variety of styles. In addition, they are comfortable speaking with and in front of audiences of diverse background to talk about opera and its civic value. Company Artists are in residence in Memphis from late-August through late-April. For information about the program and audition requirements, visit www.operamemphis.org/audition. Deadline extended to December 14!

December Auditions for the 2019 Manhattan Opera Studio are approaching. Apply NOW! The MOS Summer Festival is the first Summer Program of its kind in Manhattan. All the selected singers will have the opportunity to perform a fully staged opera with orchestra. Selected singers will participate in an aria and opera scenes concert at Carnegie Hall, masterclasses with some of the most prestigious agents of New York City, feedback auditions with conductors of the Metropolitan Opera House, and coachings in music and diction.On our 7th anniversary, we are happy to introduce the Wagner Division. This Division will be focused on the development of young Wagnerian voices.

In its 66th year, the Washington International Competition for Voice supports outstanding young singers between 18 and 32 by providing financial awards and performance opportunities to the winners. Located in Washington DC, the finals will take place on stage at the renowned Kennedy Center in the Terrace Theater on Sunday, May 26, 2019. For the first time ever this event will be accompanied by a Chamber Orchestra. Application materials are available at: www.getacceptd.com/WIC. Semifinalists are invited to attend live auditions in Washington DC where they will perform before our esteemed judging panel, Vinson Cole, Carol Vaness and Peter Kazaras. Website: www.fmmcfoundation.org. Competition Closing Date: February 15, 2019

Canta in Italia "Sing in Italy": Experience Tuscany. Now entering its 15th summer of study abroad, Canta in Italia offers singers the unforgettable experience of living and studying in the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca. Located 45 minutes west of Florence, the city where opera was born, Lucca offers a small town experience and easy access to Italy's major cultural center. Lucca, known in Italy as "the musical city", is the birthplace Puccini, Boccherini and Catalani. From June 3 to June 29, students are immersed in Italian language, culture, and are stimulated by an intensive course of vocal study, daily voice lessons, coaching, master classes, 2 hours of daily Italian instruction by native speakers, and 2 concerts.

SONGFEST '19!! May 25-Jun 24: Apply EARLY: Live auditions NOW: Recorded DEADLINE 2-13. Highlights: JAKE HEGGIE: 2019 distinguished composer Susan Graham: guest recital Graham Johnson: "A Journey Through Schubert Lieder" SongFest 2019 is packed with NEW opportunities and faculty. Located in LA, SongFest is hosted by the prestigious Colburn School and is the only US festival dedicated to the study and performance of song. At SongFest, the student as a unique and individual artist is the focus. Private coachings & lessons, master classes & concerts. Students will have the chance to work with our internationally renowned faculty and the best of today’s 5 living composers. Scholarships are available! Visit www.songfest.us for more information.