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Apply to OFP 2027! 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 • 4K video & photo Follow OFP on Instagram to learn more. 

Each year, the Wilkinson Young Singers Fund honors five finalists with prizes from $5,000 (First Prize) to $250 . Additionally, two first-prize winners collaborate on a joint recital. The 2027 competition will have two stages: A video (taped) qualifying stage A live final stage competition in Boston The application process is open to all singers who are: Between the ages of 20 and 30 Residing in New England Actively pursuing a career in music Available for the 2029 WYSF Recital (date TBD) Previous applicants who have not received the First Prize Award from WYSF are welcome to reapply. Designated first-prize winners must be available for a future recital. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm EDT on February 5, 2027 https://www.wilkinsonfund.org/apply

This is the final week to apply for Mascarade Opera. Based in Florence, Italy, Mascarade Opera is a performance-based programme for exceptional opera singers and répétiteurs at a pivotal stage in their careers. The programme offers professional performance opportunities through its partner houses, including Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Augsburg and Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Mascarade Opera is also associated with Boris Orlob Management, Sorek Artists Management and Melos Opera, connecting artists with the wider international profession. Each artist follows an individual pathway shaped around their career, combining performance opportunities with coaching, role preparation and career guidance. Places are fully funded.

Studio Lirico NYC will produce a Masterclass Series for six participants with internationally renowned soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs (www.elizabethblancke-biggs.com) and Mo. Michael Recchiuti (www.michaelrecchiuti.com). The course will consist of four intensive two hour coaching classes on every aspect of preparing and recording your audition arias leading toward a professionally recorded high definition recital performance session. Within two days of the recording singers will receive high definition video recordings of their performances usable for all applications and competitions. Apply by November 25! Upcoming: Masterclasses in the “Singers on Singing” Series with Quinn Kelsey, Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs and Morris Robinson! Check back for updates.

The 2027 Harold Haugh Light Opera Vocal Competition is open to all singers who are not professionally represented (under management) and who have not worked full-time as a professional singer. The competition is also intended to promote the variety of music produced by the composers of Light Opera.  THE COMPETITION • Nationally recognized event attracting singers from all over the United States and Canada • The only vocal competition judged on singing as well as acting • Has been held 21 times since 2000, in five Michigan cities • Over $90,000 in scholarships awarded • Judging panels of nationally recognized vocalists

Live auditions in NYC, Boston, and Brevard - register by November 15th! Can't audition in person? All recorded auditions are due January 15th for the Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center, ages 18-29. www.brevardmusic.org/opera The 2027 summer season includes All Rise! (World Premiere)- Conceived by Dean Anthony, Music by Evan L. Snyder; Hansel and Gretel- Engelbert Humperdinck (sung in German); Sweeney Todd- Stephen Sondheim; An Evening of Irving Berlin. Additional program features include world-class faculty, no double-casting, and classes in acting, vocal coaching, stage combat, and performance practices. Scholarship support is available for all participants!

INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ACADEMY 2027: Celebrating 33 years • Vicenza, Italy • June 30–August 1. Join the unique program that helps you make the direct jump from full-time student to professional artist. ILA is now casting Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Les Misérables—fully staged opera and musical theatre productions. Opera scenes: Hänsel und Gretel, Suor Angelica and Carmen. Orchestra: Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, and chamber music. Professional coaching, voice lessons, masterclasses, Italian classes, and auditions for agents & artistic directors. Singers • Orchestra • Pianists • Conductors • Choirs • High School & Youth Academy Apply Now. www.ilasummerprogram.com

12/13 deadline for early decision/scholarship opportunities. Let your LIGHT SHINE centerstage in our new theater! Our 77th season will feature Falstaff, La Cenerentola and Carousel. Emerging Artist roles are double cast, and all perform in two full, fully staged productions with a professional orchestra. Studio Artists are featured in children’s opera outreach performances as well as on the main stage. Daily stage skills or movement classes, resident voice instructors, master classes, Broadway workshop and Cabaret round out the OIO experience. Apply before 12/13 for early decision and special scholarship opportunities. Audition live in December in TX and OK and January elsewhere. Final deadline is 1/31. Complete info at Opera.org.       

Chicago and Bloomington audition deadlines are coming up! Perform a complete role with orchestra while receiving lessons, coachings, master classes & workshops. Professional performance video and dress rehearsal photos included. 2027 Season: Session 1: June 18–July 11. Agrippina, Handel. Albert Herring, Britten. Don Giovanni, Mozart. Session 2: July 12–August 8. Dido and Aeneas, Purcell. The Rape of Lucretia, Britten. The Crucible, Ward. La Rondine, Puccini. Tuition: $3,650. Scholarships, financial aid & work-study available. Live auditions in Chicago, Bloomington & New York, or audition by recording.

Live in the Heart of Tokyo “It is a fantastic program. If you're involved in opera and have any interest in Japanese culture at all, you absolutely have to apply. It's wonderful.” Daniel Chausse, Dancaire Cultural Exposure: Tokyo Opera Studio refuses to be a program where you fly thousands of miles and then see nothing because you never leave the rehearsal room. We build regular organized cultural activities into your schedule while pushing you as an artist. Tokyo Opera Studio (June 6–26, 2027). Casting all roles (double-cast), fully staged with orchestra. Don Giovanni, Hänsel und Gretel, Cendrillon, L’enfant et les sortilèges & Gianni Schicchi. Scholarships available. Tiers from $2,250. Apply by December 1st for priority consideration at TokyoOperaStudio.org.