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Orvieto Musica Voice Programs: June 14 – July 4, 2026 | Orvieto, Italy. Ready to perform in Italy? Orvieto Musica is more than a summer program, it’s a festival. Each week offers solo and scene performance opportunities in beautiful venues. Intensive coaching for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. Daily masterclasses, lessons, and rehearsals with world-class faculty. Scholarships available for early applicants. Italian language instruction. Apartment housing, meals, and Rome airport transfer to Orvieto included. Sing. Perform. Grow. Experience Italy. Your summer on stage starts here. Learn More and Start Your FREE Application: https://www.orvietomusica.org/programs/voice/

December 1st is the application deadline for priority casting in Wagner's Die Walküre and placement in the Berlin Lieder Akademie & Festival with the Dramatic Voices Program Berlin 2026. Train with world-class faculty in the heart of one of Europe's opera capitals. July 24-August 18, 2026 - Berlin, Germany No age limit. Scholarships available.  A program that looks at the voice as a whole - and prepares it for the competitive world of classical music - through highly intensive training with world-class faculty and unmatched performance opportunities. Complete program information, including dates, tuition, scholarships, and faculty can be found at https://www.dramaticvoicesprogramberlin.com

The Saengerbund Awards are given each year to young singers who have demonstrated the potential for a professional performing career.  All entries are evaluated by professional casting directors, coaches, and conductors from opera companies around the US and in Germany.  The quality of the video submissions is of high importance in the process, and the singer's German diction is a major component of the evaluation.  Creative selections are appreciated, and they do help the applicants stand out from the preliminary pool of entries.  German operetta is a particularly good source for young singers.  The Lied should come from the standard repertoire.  Either selection can be a German translation.  Questions:  germansinging2026@gmail.com

Chicago and Bloomington audition deadlines are coming up soon—November 10 & 11! Apply today through YAP Tracker or visit our website for full details. Key Features: - Performing a Role with Orchestra - Lessons & Coaching - Master Classes & Workshops - Media: Professionally filmed performances and dress rehearsal photo call pictures.  2026 Season: Carmen, Bizet. Marriage of Figaro, Mozart.   Cendrillon, Massenet. L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi. Turn of the Screw, Britten. Rinaldo, Handel. Dates: Session 1: June 16 - July 12, 2026. Session 2: July 14 - August 9, 2026. Tuition: $3,550 per session. Scholarships, financial aid  & work-studies available. Over $240,000 in scholarship given in 2025.

Schmidt Vocal Arts is excited to once again offer an online competition for undergraduate singers: The Schmidt Vocal Competition Undergraduate Awards. This online competition will be held in Dec. 2025-Feb. 2026, culminating in a live-streamed awards ceremony on Feb. 14, 2026. Applications open Nov. 3! UPPER DIVISION: Four (4) Winners - $5,000 each. Up to Six (6) Finalists - $700 each. Up to Three (3) Encouragement Awards - $350 each. Judges: Joseph Li (MN Opera), Nina Yoshida Nelsen (Boston Lyric Opera), & Limmie Pulliam. LOWER DIVISION: Four (4) Winners - $5,000 each. Up to Six (6) Finalists - $700 each. Up to Three (3) Encouragement Awards - $350 each. Judges: Sarah Fraser (Fletcher Artist Management), Damien Geter (Portland Opera), & Greer Grimsley

Auditions are underway for our 2026 season. Shows confirmed for the season are La Cenerentola, The Ballad of Baby Doe, and Fiddler on the Roof. Remaining auditions will be held in Dallas, New York City, Atlanta and virtually November.  We have been preparing resident artists for the professional world of opera since 1982.  Soprano Jordan Lee Gilbert (seen here) as Susanna in Act 3 of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (Resident Artist 2025). Jordan is about to embark on the National Broadway Tour of Phantom of the Opera as Christine.

La Musica Lirica 2026 - Celebrating 27 years of operatic excellence. Application deadline: February 27th Apply today, and take your first step towards making your career dreams come true in the enchanting Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. We are presenting 3 fully staged and costumed operas, La Rondine, Cosi fan tutte and L'impresario in angustie; the first 2 being presented with professional orchestra. In addition, we offer advanced opportunities for pianists and conductors. This is an intensive 5 week program that includes daily Italian language courses, weekly lessons and coachings, masterclasses and concert performances, all under the tutelage of world-renowned artists and educators. June 20th - July 25th, 2026. https://lamusicalirica.com/

Step into a world where passion meets precision under the Mediterranean sun. For over a decade, the Mediterranean Opera Studio & Festival (MOSF) has been a premier training ground where raw talent becomes artistry and careers take flight. Join an elite international community for five transformative weeks of vocal coaching, dramatic training, and performance with acclaimed teachers and conductors from major opera houses. Perform in fully staged productions of Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Pasquale, and Rigoletto, and refine your craft in exclusive “orchestra time.” Apply via YAP Tracker or visit mediterraneanoperafestival.com.

Apply to OFP 2026! The Voice Fellow Program at OFP offers singers the rare opportunity to record with professional orchestra while training 1-to-1 with conductors and directors from Europe’s leading theaters. Recognized by OperaWire & CS Music as “revolutionary” and “groundbreaking,” OFP advances young artist development through exclusive coaching, performance, and professional engagements. EXCLUSIVE HOUSE AUDITIONS Through OFP’s proprietary audition and collaboration process, select Fellows may be offered professional engagements with collaborating theaters and orchestras. FEATURES: • Solo recording with orchestra • Exclusive house auditions • 1-to-1 Training • HD video & photo Early Bird Deadline: Nov 15, 2025 Follow OFP on Instagram to learn more. 

Canto returns to Northern Virginia with a summer program devoted to every aspect of operatic performance, musical style, interpretation, language, diction, and stagecraft. Emerging artists train with distinguished faculty from the Juilliard School, the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, and Les Maîtres Sonneurs. Renowned soprano Elizabeth Futral and a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory joins us as special guest artist. Singers engage in intensive role study and professional video recording, while the second edition of the Canto Festival offers multiple performance opportunities at the Dreamscapes Performing Arts Center in Sterling, VA.