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Spring Into Art Song Festival 2019: The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPSNY) is pleased to announce auditions for its 2019 art song festival hosted by The Manhattan School of Music featuring master classes and recitals with prominent guest artists and specialists of song. Teaching and performing guest artists include: Mark Markham, Thomas Grubb, Thomas Muraco, Frank Daykin, Andrea DelGuidice, Kathryn LaBouff, Neil Semer, Christine Lyons and Sandra Hamaoui.

APPLY BY MARCH 25 to take advantage of our Early Bird Application Deadline and SAVE! Journey with us this summer to the beautiful seaside town of Trani, Italy, for some of the best concentrated technical voice training and opera coaching in the world! The knowledge you'll gain from studying the true Italian technique with these Masters, will provide you with the confidence necessary to trust your technique in a strong foundational and philosophical way. Week 1: Dale Fundling, MOZARTEUM SALZBURG; Week 2: Michael Paul, METROPOLITAN OPERA; Week 3: Bruno Nicoli, TEATRO ALLA SCALA; Week 4: Dmitry Vdovin, BOLSHOI THEATRE. Join us for all 4 weeks (July 22 – August 17, 2019) or choose the week(s) you wish to come! Discounted pricing offered. Apply Now at www.premierevocalarts.com!

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Mezzo, Tenor, & Baritone voices encouraged to apply. Opernfest Prague is a uniquely individualized program offering training, performance and professional development opportunities to international soloists. PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CONTRACTS: OFP is the only program of its kind where singers have the potential to be offered house contracts directly from their Fest participation. Multiple contracts and long-term engagements have been awarded to OFP alumni with our collaborating houses. Additional Program Features Include: Solo Performance with Full Orchestra; Exclusive House Auditions; Individualized Training with a Team from the National Theater Prague. MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. Visit: OpernfestPrague.com for more information.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15! Women Conductors from around the world are invited to apply to the fifth residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute of Women Conductors (HIWC) at The Dallas Opera. This year residency will take place in Dallas from October 27 to November 9, 2019. This year the selected conductors will be also featured at the Women in Classical Music Symposium presented by The Dallas Symphony Orchestra during the residency. This program will include hands one conducting opportunities with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, masterclasses with Emmanuel Villaume, Nicole Paeiment and Carlo Montanaro. For more information please visit our website at https://dallasopera.org/community/artist-development/hart-institute/

Opera Steamboat is looking for Mezzo-Sopranos/ Sopranos/ Assistant Directors and Assistant Conductors for our summer program. Located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Opera Steamboat promotes opera and the vocal arts through educational and musical opportunities in collaboration with world-class artists. We invite you to discover all that Opera Steamboat has to offer! Available roles: Second Nymph in Rusalka Turnspit/Kitchen boy in Rusalka Lupe Marin and Mrs. Rockefeller in Frida First Calavera in Frida Second Calavera in Frida Third Calavera in Frida Assistant Directors and Conductors also encouraged to apply. The deadline has been extended to April 1. Apply today.

Calling all Baritones! Prague Summer Nights is recruiting one great Don Giovanni, one Leporello, one Don Ottavio and one Count for this our double-cast, fully-staged with orchestra productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro at the historic Estates Theatre. The only theater left standing where Mozart conducted, Mozart, himself, led the premiere of Don Giovanni in this gorgeous house. See which roles are open, and apply for the festival and scholarships at PragueSummerNights.com. Receive expert training, compete in the PSN Voice Competition, and perform scenes from Czech operas by Dvořák, Smetana and Janáček, sing in new music programs and a cabaret at a historic jazz club. Join us in Europe for a month you will never forget!

FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 15th: Apply online at berlinoperaacademy.com. BOA is the premier European opera training program providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. Perform a role in the BOA 2019 Festival: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE • DON GIOVANNI • LE NOZZE DI FIGARO • THE CRUCIBLE Audition for agents for individualized feedback. Faculty active in the international opera scene from the MET to major German houses. Learn how to get hired: Mentorship & Career Workshops. Le Nozze di Figaro & Die Zauberflöte with full orchestra. Daily Masterclasses & Weekly Coachings. German Language Class & Immersion. Scholarships Available.

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.

The Handel Aria Competition was created to promote the performance of Handel’s extensive vocal repertoire. The final round will take place on Friday June 7, 2019 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music. Contestants must be 18-35 years old as of the day of the finals. Past finalists are eligible to audition, with the exception of first prize winners. Judges: Roger Pines, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Steven Spears, Lawrence University; Cheryl Bensman-Rowe, Madison Early Music Festival. April 10, 2019 is the application deadline. For more info, please visit: https://handelariacompetition.com/

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