Los Angeles Opera

DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN Young Artist Program: PIANISTS (2026-27)

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Deadline: Wednesday October 1, 2025

Inaugurated during the 2006/07 season, the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is designed to support the future of opera by discovering and developing the talents of exceptionally gifted young artists to become artists of potentially international stature. LA Opera uses its resources to provide extensive training for the young artists and also gives them the opportunity to further develop their skills by serving on music staff for mainstage productions, and performing in young artist concerts and productions.

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program's training component includes individualized courses for each artist in the areas of musical coaching and language studies. Artists with experience or an interest in conducting are also encouraged to apply; pianists will have the opportunity to participate in a conducting intensive during their time in the program. The artists work with LA Opera Music Director Designate Domingo Hindoyan, members of the LA Opera music staff, and with guest coaches.

In addition to joining the music staff of LA Opera, alumni of the program have worked at prominent institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Yale University, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, English National Opera, Manhattan School of Music, and the Australian Opera.

Please note: this application is for pianists only. You can find the singers form by clicking here.

Please contact at auditions@laopera.org with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

Personal Information

Legal First Name*

Legal Last Name*

Professional Name (if different)

Birth Date*

MM/DD/YYYY Format

Preferred Pronouns*

(optional)

Do you have authorization to work in the United States?*

If the answer is no, this will not preclude you from auditioning or being accepted.

Yes

Contact Information

Current Address*

Address line 2

City*

State/Province*

Zip/Post Code*

Country*

Primary phone*

No spaces, dashes etc. phone number fields

E-mail address*

Program Dates and Availability*

Please list any conflicts you may have during the program dates of September 8, 2026 - June 20, 2027. Any listed conflicts will not prohibit you from being considered for the DCS-YAP at LA Opera. If you do not have any conflicts please write "N/A." Thank you!

Education Background*

Please list below. A maximum of three (3) entries are permitted.

School

Major

Degree

Year

School

Major

Degree

Year

School

Major

Degree

Year

Professional References*

Please list the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three industry professionals with whom you have worked extensively and who know you well. One reference should be your current teacher or coach. Number of selections required: 3.

Selection 1

Name

Phone Number

Email address

Professional Relationship

Selection 2

Name

Phone Number

Email address

Professional Relationship

Selection 3

Name

Phone Number

Email address

Professional Relationship

Video Recordings

Video Selections*

Three video files are required with your application. Videos must have been recorded within the last 12 months. All videos submitted should be uploaded as "unlisted" or shareable without needing to request access from Applicant.

Candidates should upload three (3) videos that satisfy the following requirements:

1) An aria in collaboration with a singer from the standard operatic canon.

2) To be sung and played by the applicant: A recitative (secco or accompanied) and aria in Italian by Mozart.

3) To be sung and played by the applicant: an aria in French by Gounod or Bizet OR an aria in German by Wagner or Strauss.

Number of video and/or audio (combined total) required: 3.

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Live Audition Repertoire

Applicants invited for a live audition are asked to prepare the following repertoire:

A short solo piano piece of your choice no more than 5 minutes in length

**ALL EXCERPTS ARE TO BE SUNG AND PLAYED**

Excerpt 1 – MOZART: A secco recitative in Italian with at least two characters and at least two pages in length

Excerpt 2 – MOZART, please select 1, to be sung in Italian:

Le nozze di Figaro: Act II Finale from the entrance of Antonio (Scene X, Allegro molto) until the end of the Act

Cosi fan tutte: Act I Finale from the entrance of Despina/Don Alfonso (Scene XVI, Allegro) until the end of the Act

Excerpt 3 – PUCCINI, please select 1, to be sung in Italian:

La bohème: Act I until the entrance of Benoit

Tosca: Act I until rehearsal 40

Excerpt 4 – BIZET: Carmen: Quintet, “Nous avons en tête une affaire”

Excerpt 5 – STRAUSS, please select 1, to be sung in German:

Der Rosenkavalier: “Wie du warst,” Rehearsal 12 to 4 measures after Rehearsal 25

Ariadne auf Naxos: “Sein wir wieder gut,” Rehearsal 108 until the end of the Prologue

Excerpt 6 – CONTEMPORARY: An operatic excerpt in English, no longer than 5 minutes in length, taken from a work written after 1970

Live Audition Location Preference*

New York City, NY

December 2, 3, 4, 2025

Cincinnati, OH

December 5, 2025

Los Angeles, CA

December 9, 10, 2025

No Preference

Live Audition Availability:*

Please list any conflicts you may have if invited to a live audition

Headshot

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Resume

Please include a resume*

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Briefly describe (in 150 words or less) what interests you about the DCS-YAP at LA Opera?*