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NEW COLLABORATION! SONGFEST and LOS ANGELES OPERA. The Marc & Eva Stern SongFest - Los Angeles Opera Fellowship Program: Full fellowships for a few emerging professional singers. LA Opera & SongFest announce a new partnership to launch The Marc & Eva Stern SongFest - Los Angeles Opera Fellowship Program. Now in its 23rd year, SongFest is a training program, festival and gathering for singers & pianists in song and recital repertoire. Fellows will study SONG at SongFest (May 12-Jun 3) and opera at LAO June 4-10. Faculty includes LAO musical staff & guest artists connected with LA Opera. Dates: May 12-June 10, Colburn School and LAO. Info: songfest@earthlink.net. www.songfest.us DEADLINE: Mar 2 (recorded or live Feb 23)

The Jensen Foundation supports America’s most promising young opera professionals with its annual Vocal Competition. Singers compete for their share of $41,500 in awards, including a $15,000 First Place award. The competition takes place at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City May 21-26. The singing environment is well-organized and supportive with professional accompanists and preliminary judges. Twelve finalists are chosen to perform before the Finals Judges who are distinguished in the world of opera. After the competition, finalists may request feedback from the judges. Apply today, and join us in New York this May!

Varna International Opera Academy: Puccini’s La Rondine – Fully-staged; Kurt Weill’s Street Scene – Fully-staged; Ravel’s L'enfant et les Sortileges – Semi-staged. Bulgaria: May 20 to June 17, 2018 This is the opportunity you have been looking for! To perform in productions of La Rondine, Street Scene and L’enfant et les Sortileges with professional orchestra in the enchanting country of Bulgaria! Auditions are now underway for this Opera Academy combining prestigious performance opportunities with world-class training under the tutelage of internationally renowned faculty. Limited scholarships available for male singers and apprentices! Full details and applications forms at: http://www.varnaoperaacademy.com

Now in our 4th season, the Greve Opera Academy is a collaboration between CT Lyric Opera, the CT Virtuosi and the town of Greve in Chianti (Florence). The Academy provides young singers the opportunity to learn from world-class faculty and perform leading roles in fully staged operas with professional orchestra. We focus on providing artistic excellence combined with practical professional experience. The 2018 Academy will feature productions of Aida and Le Nozze di Figaro as well as other concerts throughout Tuscany including Florence, San Gimignano, Greve and elsewhere. In the first 3 seasons, attendees have come from the US, Italy, Canada, China, among others, and many have gone on to perform with CLO in the US in main-stage productions.

West Coast SUMMER OPERA INTENSIVE: Apply Today! LAST CALL! Apply by February 18 for live/video auditions. Casting will start immediately! EMERGING PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM: July 2-21, 2018 • California State University, Los Angeles. An intensive opera workshop for exceptional emerging professional singers (all voice types). Features leading roles in Bernstein’s Candide, a fully staged production with professional orchestra at the state-of-the-art theatre “A Noise Within” and much more...STUDIO ARTISTS PROGRAM: June 24 – July 28, 2018 • California State University, Los Angeles. An intensive opera workshop for collegiate level singers (advanced high school singers may also be considered). Features leading roles in Opera Potpourri and supporting/ensemble roles in Bernstein’s Candide. Provides an opportunity to create a complete professional audition package and much more...

ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THE FINAL DEADLINE! Don't miss out! The 5th annual JTVA Vocal Competition welcomes exceptional singing in genres from opera, oratorio and art songs, to jazz, musical theater and cabaret standards. There are no specific age, education or residency requirements. Two levels of competition based on vocal experience are offered and ALL finalists receive a cash award. Awards total over $24,000, as well as soloist performance opportunities with the Oakland Symphony, the Masterworks Chorale in San Mateo CA, and a 2019 music festival in Provence, France. Applications will be accepted only until February 18, 2018.

Study Italian opera and language in Lucca, Puccini's beautiful hometown in Tuscany. Opera Lucca offers immersion in operatic and conversational Italian. Singers and pianists will prepare arias and scenes for performances, coached by world-class faculty who are either native Italians or experts in the language. Mornings are dedicated to language classes at the Lucca Italian School. Lucca is close to Florence, Pisa, Rome, beaches, and the weekends are free to travel around Italy. The festival runs from June 11th to July 6th. Please visit our website at operalucca.org.

The Schmidt Vocal Institute (SVI) nurtures and mentors the development of talented, young singers from 15-18 years old. The curriculum focuses on training singers to have a healthy technique, improved musicianship, and outstanding performance skills. Singers study with the Miami University voice faculty as well as the 2018 guest faculty, including Nathan and Julie Gunn, Sylvia McNair, and Brian Zeger. In a special partnership with Cincinnati Opera, singers see a performance of La Traviata and attend a master class with a Cincinnati Opera Principal Artist. With courses in lyric diction, acting, Alexander Technique, historical performances, and vocal health, the course culminates with two public performances on campus in Oxford, OH.

Canta in Italia "Sing in Italy" Experience Tuscany Now entering its 14th summer of study abroad, Canta in Italia offer singers the unforgettable experience of living and studying in the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca. Located 45 minutes west of Florence, the city where opera was born, Lucca offers a small town experience with easy access to Italy's major cultural center. Puccini, Boccherini and Catalani were all born in Lucca, known throughout Italy as "the musical city". From June 4 through June 30, students are immersed in Italian language and culture, and stimulated by an intensive course of vocal study and performance. The program includes 2 hours of daily language instruction by native speakers, voice lesson and/or coaching sessions, weekly master classes with Alan Held and Claudia Catania. Apply now.

Opera Canada says that "the Halifax Summer Opera Festival has proven the rumours of opera's demise are false. The Festival's passionate young performers and exuberant audiences of all ages clearly share a love for the art form and a commitment to its future." We're the largest opera festival east of Toronto! For our second round of casting we invite applications from men and mezzos (all soprano roles are cast). We have limited but excellent roles for all male voices (including countertenors) and mezzos/contraltos in our mainstage operas: L'Incoronazione di Poppea, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Don Giovanni. Join us on the East Coast of Canada in beautiful Nova Scotia this summer for the 14th annual Halifax Summer Opera Festival!