Florida Grand Opera

Florida Grand Opera Studio Artist Program Application (2026-27)

Deadline(s):
Received By Fri Oct 03, 2025

We will be holding our annual live auditions in Miami and New York City.

LIVE AUDITIONS

 Step 1: Apply to FGO as you normally would. Applications are due Friday, October 3.

Step 2: Notifications of live auditions for FGO will be sent by Friday, October 17.

Step 3: Attend your live audition.

Free Application Window: Singers may submit their materials for consideration at no cost until Tuesday, September 9 at 10:00 am ET. After this deadline, applicants will pay a one-time $20.00 application fee.

At this time, FGO cannot commit to a decision deadline, but every effort will be made to relay information to successful candidates in the early winter/spring of 2026.

Please contact Jared Peroune at jperoune@fgo.org with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

General Information

First Name*

Last Name*

Please select your voice type.*

- Select - Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Contralto Countertenor Baritone Tenor Bass-Baritone Bass

Headshot*

Representative, high-quality headshot (color JPG preferred).
File-naming convention of "LastName,FirstName_Headshot.jpg" preferred.
Please note that it is most helpful if your headshot accurately reflects your current audition-room 'look.'

You must be signed in to add your headshot.

Résumé (PDF format)*

Export Word/Pages documents to PDF format before uploading. Do not submit a résumé longer than 1 page.
File-naming convention of "LastName,FirstName_Resume.pdf" preferred.

You must be signed in to add your resume.

Please enter your age:*

Date of Birth*

mm/dd/yyyy

Audition Date, Time, and Location*

Please select your preferred audition date/time/location. You will be able to indicate that you are available for additional dates in the subsequent question.

NEW YORK: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

NEW YORK: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

NEW YORK: Thursday, December 11, 2025

MIAMI: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

MIAMI: Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Additional availability

Please select all dates/locations for which you would be available to audition.

Note: Please do not select "Miami" as your audition city if you will be unable to make arrangements to audition there. FGO is generally unable to accommodate audition city change requests once audition slots have been offered.

NEW YORK: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

NEW YORK: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

NEW YORK: Thursday, December 11, 2025

MIAMI: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

MIAMI: Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Audition Repertoire

Audition Selections*

Preliminary audition repertoire should consist of 4 arias of contrasting styles and languages. Up to 1 'Golden Age' musical theater selection is acceptable. Number of selections required: 4.

Selection 1

Aria/Song

Role

Opera

Composer

Selection 2

Aria/Song

Role

Opera

Composer

Selection 3

Aria/Song

Role

Opera

Composer

Selection 4

Aria/Song

Role

Opera

Composer

Video - (Video uploads are required for live applicants)

Please upload 2 contrasting arias with accompaniment made within the last 12 months.
You may still want to reference the following links:

Opera America's Remote Audition Guidelines (https://www.operaamerica.org/media/br5jsqfz/remoteauditionsoa.pdf)

Equipment Recommendations for Virtual Auditions (https://www.operaamerica.org/media/xf5b4gj3/recordingauditionsathome.pdf).

Video Selections*

Number of selections required: 2.

You must be signed in to add videos.

Professional References

Professional References*

Please enter details for at least two professional references. Please include their name, title, email and phone. Minimum number of selections permitted: 2. Maximum number of selections permitted: 4

Selection 1

Reference First Name

Reference Last Name

Reference Title

Reference Email

Reference Phone

Selection 2

Reference First Name

Reference Last Name

Reference Title

Reference Email

Reference Phone

Selection 3

Reference First Name

Reference Last Name

Reference Title

Reference Email

Reference Phone

Selection 4

Reference First Name

Reference Last Name

Reference Title

Reference Email

Reference Phone

Education

Please enter your Education here.
*

School

Major

Degree

Year

School

Major

Degree

Year

School

Major

Degree

Year

Training Programs

If applicable, please list any completed year-long or summer training programs.

Citizenship*

(if United States, type "USA")

Right to Work

Please label your US citizenship status.*

Applicants must be US citizens, or have the right to work in the United States through May 2026. FGO will not be responsible for any necessary visa applications.

US Citizen

Permanent Resident - Green Card Holder

F-1 Visa Holder with OPT eligible through May 2027

Non-US citizen or resident with legal work eligibility- Not eligible for FGO Studio

Contact Information

Address Line 1*

Address Line 2

City*

State/Province*

Please abbreviate (i.e. "NY," not "New York")

Zip/Post Code*

Country* - Select Country - United States Canada United Kingdom Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Myanmar Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Mobile Phone*

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No spaces, dashes etc. phone number fields

E-mail Address*

Artist Website

Languages

Indicate languages you have studied grammatically and the length of your study in years.

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Spanish* - Select - Array ( [itemId] => 11393 [bID] => 38577 [title] => <1 [subtitle] => [position] => 0 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) <1 Array ( [itemId] => 11394 [bID] => 38577 [title] => 1 [subtitle] => [position] => 1 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 1 Array ( [itemId] => 11395 [bID] => 38577 [title] => 2 [subtitle] => [position] => 2 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 2 Array ( [itemId] => 11396 [bID] => 38577 [title] => 3 [subtitle] => [position] => 3 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 3 Array ( [itemId] => 11397 [bID] => 38577 [title] => 4 [subtitle] => [position] => 4 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 4 Array ( [itemId] => 11398 [bID] => 38577 [title] => 5+ [subtitle] => [position] => 5 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 5+ Array ( [itemId] => 11399 [bID] => 38577 [title] => Fluent [subtitle] => [position] => 6 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Fluent Array ( [itemId] => 11400 [bID] => 38577 [title] => Native [subtitle] => [position] => 7 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Native

Italian* - Select - Array ( [itemId] => 11409 [bID] => 38578 [title] => <1 [subtitle] => [position] => 0 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) <1 Array ( [itemId] => 11410 [bID] => 38578 [title] => 1 [subtitle] => [position] => 1 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 1 Array ( [itemId] => 11411 [bID] => 38578 [title] => 2 [subtitle] => [position] => 2 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 2 Array ( [itemId] => 11412 [bID] => 38578 [title] => 3 [subtitle] => [position] => 3 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 3 Array ( [itemId] => 11413 [bID] => 38578 [title] => 4 [subtitle] => [position] => 4 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 4 Array ( [itemId] => 11414 [bID] => 38578 [title] => 5+ [subtitle] => [position] => 5 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 5+ Array ( [itemId] => 11415 [bID] => 38578 [title] => Fluent [subtitle] => [position] => 6 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Fluent Array ( [itemId] => 11416 [bID] => 38578 [title] => Native [subtitle] => [position] => 7 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Native

German* - Select - Array ( [itemId] => 11417 [bID] => 38579 [title] => <1 [subtitle] => [position] => 0 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) <1 Array ( [itemId] => 11418 [bID] => 38579 [title] => 1 [subtitle] => [position] => 1 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 1 Array ( [itemId] => 11419 [bID] => 38579 [title] => 2 [subtitle] => [position] => 2 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 2 Array ( [itemId] => 11420 [bID] => 38579 [title] => 3 [subtitle] => [position] => 3 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 3 Array ( [itemId] => 11421 [bID] => 38579 [title] => 4 [subtitle] => [position] => 4 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 4 Array ( [itemId] => 11422 [bID] => 38579 [title] => 5+ [subtitle] => [position] => 5 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 5+ Array ( [itemId] => 11423 [bID] => 38579 [title] => Fluent [subtitle] => [position] => 6 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Fluent Array ( [itemId] => 11424 [bID] => 38579 [title] => Native [subtitle] => [position] => 7 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Native

French* - Select - Array ( [itemId] => 11425 [bID] => 38580 [title] => <1 [subtitle] => [position] => 0 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) <1 Array ( [itemId] => 11426 [bID] => 38580 [title] => 1 [subtitle] => [position] => 1 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 1 Array ( [itemId] => 11427 [bID] => 38580 [title] => 2 [subtitle] => [position] => 2 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 2 Array ( [itemId] => 11428 [bID] => 38580 [title] => 3 [subtitle] => [position] => 3 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 3 Array ( [itemId] => 11429 [bID] => 38580 [title] => 4 [subtitle] => [position] => 4 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 4 Array ( [itemId] => 11430 [bID] => 38580 [title] => 5+ [subtitle] => [position] => 5 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) 5+ Array ( [itemId] => 11431 [bID] => 38580 [title] => Fluent [subtitle] => [position] => 6 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Fluent Array ( [itemId] => 11432 [bID] => 38580 [title] => Native [subtitle] => [position] => 7 [hidden] => 0 [disabled] => 0 [disable_date] => [disable_date_passed] => 0 ) Native

Have you applied to this program before?*

Yes

No

If yes, when?

Enter years above, separated by commas.

Voluntary Demographic Information

This information is for data purposes only and will not be used in the awarding of auditions or studio contracts. You may select multiple options.

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latine, or Spanish origin

Middle Eastern or North African

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Other/Prefer to self-describe

Prefer not to answer

If you selected "Other/Prefer to self-describe", you may use this space to describe yourself, if you wish.

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