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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

An intensive vocal studio course providing the opportunity for a small group of vocal artists singing at conservatoire level or beyond to work with leading professionals from the opera industry – taking place at the beautiful Institut Français d’Écosse in the centre of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, Scotland - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Faculty includes David Gowland (Artistic Director – Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden), Elizabeth Rowe (Vocal Coach & Répétiteur incl. National Opera Studio, Royal Opera House Covent Garden & Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Derek Clark (Head of Music – Scottish Opera) and international soprano Judith Howarth. 

LAST DAY TO APPLY // Berlin Opera Academy Today, March 15th, 2023 Berlin Opera Academy is the premier European opera training program, providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. Join us as a Festival Singer and perform a role with orchestra in BOA 2023 OPERNFEST: Die Zauberflöte Mozart; Orpheus in the Underworld Offenbach; Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss; Così fan tutte Mozart. BOA Singers receive intensive stage instruction & musical preparation, coachings, masterclasses, agent auditions with feedback & German language classes. Over €150k in scholarships available.

Tomorrow // Final Application Deadline  March 15th, 2023 Berlin Opera Academy is the premier European opera training program, providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. Join us as a Festival Singer and perform a role with orchestra in BOA 2023 OPERNFEST: Die Zauberflöte Mozart; Orpheus in the Underworld Offenbach; Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss; Così fan tutte Mozart. BOA Singers receive intensive stage instruction & musical preparation, coachings, masterclasses, agent auditions with feedback & German language classes. Over €150k in scholarships available.

Are you a talented singer with a passion for opera? Then we invite you to apply for the Matador Opera Workshop at Texas Tech University! This intensive workshop is designed to help you refine your vocal skills, develop your stage presence, and gain valuable performance experience. The deadline for applications is April 15, so be sure to submit your application soon! We look forward to hearing from you and helping you realize your operatic dreams.

The Schmidt Vocal Institute (SVI) nurtures and mentors the development of talented high school singers who wish to pursue studies in music performance or education. The curriculum focuses on training singers to have a healthy technique, improved musicianship, and outstanding performance skills.   2023 Participants of SVI will receive: Master Classes or private coachings with distinguished guest faculty Elizabeth Futral (Peabody), Anthony Dean Griffey (Eastman), and Joseph Li (MN Opera); Yoga & Performance Anxiety Workshop with Katherine Jolly (Oberlin); Private voice lessons and coachings with SVI Resident Faculty; Courses in Acting, Lyric Diction, Vocal Health, AT & more; Two public performances; Ticket to Cincinnati Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor.