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Connecticut Lyric Opera is accepting applications for the 3rd season of their summer program in Italy, the Greve Opera Academy. Auditions will be held on March 3 in NYC; links to recordings may be submitted, but live auditions are strongly encouraged. This 4 week program running from June 12 - July 8 is designed for emerging professional artists and university level singers providing the opportunity to perform in two fully staged productions with orchestra - TOSCA and COSI FAN TUTTE. Additional instruction in Italian, professional development, acting and stagecraft are included along with an international vocal competition, while living in Greve-in-Chianti in the heart of Tuscany provides its own rewarding experiences.

PARTNERS for the Arts 5th Annual Opera Awards Competition: Application DEADLINE is approaching - February 17. As of 2017, all singers, whether or not under artist management, are invited to enter the Competition. The Competition will take place in the Washington D.C. area on April 7 and 8. Emerging Artist Awards – ages 25 to 35 - prizes ranging from $1,000 to $7,000. Promising Young Artist Awards – ages 21 to 24 - prizes ranging from $1,000 to $1,500. Apply now! http://partners4thearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Application2017.pdf

Bel Canto Summer Voice Program in Munich: Rare Opportunity to sing for German Agents and attend the MUNICH OPERA FESTIVAL. Auditions: March, 2017 in NY–Toronto–Montreal. Deadline Feb. 15th, 2017, Or upload videos at belcantosinging.com. Program July 6–July 30, 2017 The Bel Canto Summer Program offers young singers and collaborative pianists the opportunity to experience the musical and cultural riches of opera through study and performance in Munich, Germany. Located in the center of Munich, this program is for singers in all stages of vocal development who are aspiring to enter the professional theatre world.

Join us for our seventh summer season at UNVI 2017! Come work with world class faculty in one of America's most beautiful resort areas. Daily lessons, fitness, Alexander technique and Body Mapping, guest master classes, multiple weekly performances and a gala scenes program are all integral to our well respected training program. It's going to be another UNVIlievable summer at UNVI 2017 - apply now!

ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THE FINAL DEADLINE! Don’t miss out!! The 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 $20,000, as well as soloist performance opportunities with both the Oakland Symphony and the Masterworks Chorale in San Mateo. Applications will be accepted only until February 10, 2017.

For three weeks this summer, aspiring young opera singers from around the world will come together to participate in a unique program that offers talented singers the opportunity to hone their technical skills with world-class faculty, gain valuable performance experience in a variety of settings, and learn how to build and maintain a career in opera. One of the unique features of the program is that participants have access to Berklee's state-of-the-art recording studios. Each participant will be able to record a limited number of arias/songs for their use in applications for graduate schools or young artist programs. Berklee’s engineers will master the recordings, and the selections will be coached and accompanied by our music staff. Deadline to Apply - February 15th!

Do you want voice training at the highest level in one of the world’s foremost temples of opera? The La Scala Academy of Lyric Opera is the choice for you! The program (tuition free!) hones your interpretation of opera and chamber repertoire through coaching in vocal scores, vocal technique and stage presence, body language techniques and physical expression under the guidance of artists of the caliber of Luciana D’Intino, Renato Bruson, Luciana Serra, Eva Mei and Gregory Kunde, to name a few. Concerts with orchestra or piano, opera productions at La Scala and tours in Italy and abroad are planned. Lessons in Italian for foreigners will also be provided and participants are given a monthly stipend! Application deadline: March 2, 2017.

This year in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, InterHarmony International Music Festival announces its first Outstanding Guest Vocalist, world-class mezzo soprano Christa Mayer, who will be giving an open Vocal Master Class. A native of Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Mayer has been an ensemble member of the Saxon State Opera in Dresden since 2001, where her interpretation of Erda in Das Rheingold and Siegfried brought her international recognition. Upcoming engagements include Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde, Mary in The Flying Dutchmen at the Bayreuth Festival. Guest performances in recent years have brought her to opera houses in Berlin, Munich, Venice, Florence, Bilbao, Barcelona, Sevilla und Tokyo. How to Apply: https://www.srimf.com/germany/apply

AUDITIONS: 3-6 March ’17 in Amsterdam. ‘A HIGH LEVEL PROGRAM FOR PROMISING YOUNG OPERA SINGERS’ DNOA is a two-year master program, for highly talented young opera singers in possession of a bachelor of music in voice. The course focuses on the integration of singing and acting. Therefore great technical mastery of the vocal instrument is essential. In fully staged opera productions, masterclasses, workshops and regular lessons DNOA students learn to be inventive singing actors who are well prepared for the many challenges of the professional field. DNOA is a joint master program of: Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) & Royal Conservatoire (KC) The Hague, and collaborates with DNO. More information? Visit WWW.OPERA-ACADEMY.NL

Since 2011, Russian Opera Workshop “has become one of the treasures of the Philadelphia summer season” (Broad Street Review), and is "... perhaps the preeminent expositor of the Russian vocal repertoire in America ..." (BroadwayWorld) Summer Program 2017 includes Tchaikovsky’s THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Pique Dame) and Alexander Dargomyzhsky’s RUSALKA (a bel canto opera). Free to apply. Submit videos of two (2) contrasting arias, any language. Russian aria is NOT required. Act now. No application fee. Deadline: March 15, 2017. Visit - http://www.russianoperaworkshop.com/