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Intensify your operatic training this summer: perform with orchestra and fully immerse yourself in Italian language and culture at Berlin Opera Academy's sister academy. Nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps between Milan and Nice, sits a beautiful 14th century monastery, home to Saluzzo Opera Academy. Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart; Suor Angelica - Puccini. Perform a role in the SOA 2023 Summer Festival; Study with faculty actively working in the international opera scene; Learn how to get hired through personal mentorship & career workshops; Specialized Masterclasses & Coachings; Italian Language Class & Immersion; Local Student Accommodation. Over €60k in scholarships available.
Prague Summer Nights applications for 2023: Still seeking applicants for the following roles: Studio: Count Almaviva, Bartolo, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto, Commandatore, Academy: Papageno, Sarastro, Monostatos, Second Spirit. This summer's dates in the Czech Republic are June 17th to July 17th. Members of our 2023 Opera Studio will perform Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro in the historic, world renowned Estates Theatre. Our season also features an expanded Opera Academy program offering young singers the opportunity to sing a role in a fully staged production of Die Zauberflöte in Tábor. All singers will train with top faculty from Juilliard, NYU, NEC, Oberlin, and more. Apply online at praguesummernights.com/apply
Don't forget to submit your application to the Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2023! Application deadline: 1 April. We welcome young singers born in 1991 or later to apply for the Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2023. Learn from the best, reach new audiences, and compete to perform in the final concert at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet. Through exposure to casting directors, masterclasses with award-winning professionals, career development sessions with industry representatives, concert engagements and considerable cash prizes, participation in the Queen Sonja Singing Competition offers young singers a valuable kick-start to their careers. Join us in Oslo for the 2023 competition, 15-26 August!
Role Study: Le Nozze di Figaro, Staged Performance with Orchestra. David Aronson, Conductor/Musical Preparation. Vienna State Opera. Sylvia Greenberg, Vocal Preparation. Vienna State Opera, La Scala Milano. Marian Pop, Vocal/Dramatic Preparation, Vienna State Opera, Vienna Volksoper. Sharon Azrieli, Musical style, Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company. Rosemarie Danziger, Dramatic Interpretation. Basel Opera, Theater Mannheim. VTAVC is a non-profit organization in which young opera singers are guided by internationally acclaimed artists. VTAVC produces operas with leading Israeli orchestras. Our protegees sing in opera houses around the world. Audition by video. Deadline: April 25, 2023. Email: vocal.connection14@gmail.com Cell: +972-52-4247-416
Join Handel Opera Academy this year to perform one of the roles in Handel's "Alcina" The final application deadline of April 1st is now approaching fast. If you'd like to get a chance of being cast in the production you can still apply. Go to our website https://operaacademy.eu/singers-3/ and APPLY NOW! The Academy will take place in Poland between 1st and 31st July and will include a wide range of masterclasses and coaching sessions by our experienced and passionate team of professional teachers. This includes classes with Sonia Prina, Roberto Jachini Virgili and Enrique Gomez-Cabrero Fernandez, among others. Please visit our website for further details: www.operaacademy.eu.
The Trentino Music Festival is Europe’s Premiere YAP. Train with talented young musicians from around the world and experience the rich cultural exchange that comes from collaborating with artists from different cultures and countries in a beautiful international setting. Perform in The Turn of the Screw, Die Zauberflöte, Ariodante or Cendrillon with the TMF Orchestra. Audition for leading artist managers. Spend the weekends exploring Venice or seeing 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. Register by April 1 and receive a $1,000 Scholarship. Details at TrentinoMusicFestival. Learn What You Love in Italy!!!
Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival has a very popular season with singers and audience with La Traviata and Lucia di Lammermoor. The deadline is extended to April 23rd for the few remaining spots in principal roles. Our coaching and conducting staff is composed of seasoned professionals from Covent Garden, Met, Vienna, and Frankfurt Opera houses, and from Curtis Institute and Rice University. Other programs promise a lot in 2 or 3 weeks. We transform you in 6 weeks for the same price. MOSF is superior in every way. It is the hardest and most rewarding learning experience you can have. http://www.mediterraneanoperafestival.com/
Varna International is holding auditions for the 2023 Summer Opera Festivals and Music Academies in Italy, Bulgaria, and South Carolina, USA. Singers will be featured in fully staged operas: Marriage of Figaro, Street Scene, Suor Angelica. The Impresario. Soloists positions in Verdi and Mozart Requiem, under the baton of Maestro Buchalter from The Metropolitan Opera. Training from faculty from The Metropolitan Opera, Belgrade Opera, and Royal Opera House. Perform at prestigious concert venues with professional orchestra. Broadway revues with faculty from Broadway, opera orchestral galas, masterclasses, coaching. Limited number of scholarships available! Apply at www.VarnaInternational.com
TAOS OPERA INSTITUTE AUDITIONS: May 26-June 25, 2023 https://www.taosoi.org BREATHE-SING-GROW-THRIVE with other Young Artists in the majestic mountains of New Mexico this summer! Celebrating our 15th Season, TOI's esteemed faculty focus on YOU, the individual singer, through a holistic and all-encompassing approach. In just one month, you receive 16 Lessons and Coachings! That's an entire semester of lessons in just four weeks! Our Faculty includes: SUSANNE MENTZER, Mezzo-Soprano; MEGAN MARINO, Mezzo-Soprano; PATRICK RAFTERY, Tenor; MICHAEL REDDING, Baritone; MICHAEL CHING, Composer-In-Residence; ROBERT MILLS, Coach; CHERYL LINDQUIST, Coach; TOM GETTY, Coach; WEI-HAN WU, Coach. AUDITIONS VIA VIDEO (2+ Arias): http://www.yaptracker.com/applications/taos-opera-institute-2023 DEADLINE: April 7, 2023
Jump start your career and showcase your artistry to Artistic Directors, Agents, and Opera Administrators this summer at the International Lyric Academy in collaboration with Opera Carolina. Join us to celebrate 29 years of this unique summer training program for Singers, Musicians, Conductors, and Technicians, performing both in Charlotte, NC, June 19-July 9, and Vicenza, Italy July 10-23. Participants from across the world receive professional coaching, voice lessons, masterclasses, concerts, recitals with orchestra and rehearsals culminating in performances of Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and Offenbach’s LES CONTES D’ HOFFMANN and a Mozart Marathon Gala Concert with orchestra. Please visit www.internationallyricacademy.com
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