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The Trentino Music Festival is Europe’s Premiere YAP. Combined with a leading international artist management firm & Young Artist Competition, the Opera Performance Studio provides outstanding career opportunities. Performances include leading roles in staged opera productions accompanied by the TMF Orchestra, song recitals, opera galas, and master classes. The festival also provides auditions for leading artist management firms from the US and Europe. Weekends are free to explore nearby Venice or to attend AIDA at the Arena di Verona. No other YAP provides the level of artistic excellence and the cultural experiences that you will find at the Trentino Music Festival. Join us this summer and Learn What You Love in Italy!!!

Camerata Bardi International Academy's initiatives create a space where young artists can get a fully integrated experience of what it means to be on a professional stage in a fast moving environment that can be intimidating to a young singer. This boutique program was designed for young singers who are looking for opportunities to step into their professional lives. The program is separated in two stages: STAGE ONE-Lyric Laboratory-STAGE TWO-Performances. 2023-24 SEASON: CARMEN & DON GIOVANNI. Details soon to be announced.

New York Dramatic Voices is excited to announce our 2023 Winter Intensive. Each artist will work with Sharon Sweet (Metropolitan Opera), Laura Alley (SFO, NYCO), Matthew Lobaugh (WNO, LA Opera), and Christin Byrdsong (HBO, Amazon); culminating in a staged public performance of the entire opera in the heart of Manhattan. This Winter's repertoire will be Strauss' Elektra. Each artist receives professional photos and video of their performance. Program runs January 3-15.  Application deadline is November 1, 2022.  Produced by the Anthony Laciura Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Visit www.newyorkdramaticvoices.com for more information.

DON GIOVANNI – Jul 5 - 31, 2023. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE - Aug 8 – Sept 3, 2023. Preliminary Deadline Nov 30, 2022. *Role offers made on an ongoing basis. Prepare for the next step in your career. Join us in Weimar - sing a role in Don Giovanni or Die Zauberflöte, audition for agents, and immerse yourself in German language and culture. Our program offers intensive training in singing, diction, stagecraft and rehearsal process, masterclasses, individual lessons and daily German language classes, as well as audition & career management workshops.  You’ll learn and grow in a friendly, supportive environment and build the skills you need to get hired and work in Germany. Learn more and apply online:  www.lyricoperastudioweimar.com. Scholarships available.

Applications close today for Mascarade Emerging Artists, an opera training and performance programme at the Mascarade Opera Foundation in Florence, run in collaboration with Teatro La Fenice in Venice, for exceptionally talented young singers and répétiteurs. Training provision is carefully structured around performance opportunities, including main stage roles and covers at the programme's partner houses across Europe. Consequently, artists can enjoy the unique prospect of translating what they have learnt into professional practice on stage. Places on the programme are entirely funded with artists receiving tuition, maintenance and accommodation grants equivalent to entry-level salaried positions in the industry.

APPLY NOW! Deadline: Nov 1. Full-scholarship: FREE tuition, accommodations, & meals. Enrollment: 26 fellows (8-week residency) + 10 studio artists (3-week residency). 2023 Lehrer Vocal Institute: ultimate training center and incubator for developing artists of impact. Masterclasses & lessons with the world-class teaching artists and many performance opportunities: fully-staged opera production of La bohème, Latin Song Project, Marilyn Horne Song Competition awarding a $5,000 cash prize and recital, vocal chamber recitals, Industry Day, and more. All just steps from the beach in beautiful Santa Barbara! Visit Music Academy Admissions here musicacademy.org/admissions for details. Auditions: Pre-Screening Round and Invitation-Only Live+Virtual Final Round. Apply here: https://musicacademy.getacceptd.com

GREAT NEWS FOR ILA 2023! Charlotte (North Carolina), June 19 - July 9 / Vicenza (Italy), July 10 - 23 International Lyric Academy is celebrating 29 years of success by partnering with Opera Carolina. In 2023, ILA will offer a 5-week program that will start in Charlotte, NC on June 19 and continue in Vicenza, Italy. Participants from across the world receive professional coachings, voice lessons, masterclasses, concerts, recitals and rehearsals culminating in 2 performances of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO by W. A. Mozart (full Opera production) and in 2 performances of J. Offenbach’s LES CONTES D’ HOFFMANN (semi-staged production). Make a direct jump from being a full-time student to launching a full-time professional career.  Please visit www.internationallyricacademy.com

A singing competition unlike any other, in which acting counts as much as vocal talent. The Lotte Lenya Competition welcomes talented singer/actors to show they can "do it all" by presenting four contrasting theatrical songs and arias. To celebrate the Competition's 25th year, top prize is now $25,000. More than $100,000 in total prizes will be distributed during the 2023 Competition, with individual prizes awarded after each of the preliminary, semifinal, and final rounds. Application/video audition deadline: Jan. 25th, 2023. No fee. Open to singer/actors of all nationalities, ages 19–32 (born after April 29, 1990 and before Jan. 26, 2004). Find full guidelines, resources for contestants and online application form at www.kwf.org/LLC.

Now in its 9th year, participants and winners of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition have gone on to enjoy successful careers in opera and musical theatre. It's a chance to sing for some of the leading casting and stage directors, win cash prizes, and build relationships that will last a lifetime. Eight finalists are chosen from virtual auditions, and invited to perform at the "Future Stars of the Stage" Winners’ Concert on Feb. 13, 2023, in Jackson, MS. Final prizes and placement will be announced at the concert. Monetary prizes for First Place are $1,200, Second Place $900. Housing and travel to and from Jackson covered by Opera Mississippi. Winners are also considered for roles in upcoming Opera Mississippi productions.

In July 2023, Opera North offers three imaginative productions with orchestra, including Bizet’s Carmen and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, and concerts with orchestra, at our outdoor home, the stunning Blow Me Down Farm on the banks of the Connecticut River. These productions feature our Resident Artists in all roles whenever possible. The application deadline is November 1. After materials are reviewed, singers will be invited to schedule an audition. This fall, Opera North will offer live virtual auditions November 15 – 19 as well as in-person auditions in Dallas (November 5), Chicago (November 6), New York City (November 11-13), and Boston (November 20). For more information about Opera North, please visit us online.