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We're excited to announce auditions for our 2023 Festival Season Gerdine Young Artist Program! With four new productions, young artists will get the opportunity to cover all mainstage roles, sing supporting roles, and sing in the choruses of mainstage productions. One-on-one coachings, master classes, industry auditions, and community performances round out a fantastic and fulfilling young artist festival season! Live auditions will take place in Los Angeles, Houston, Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York City, Miami, and Saint Louis. Application deadline: Friday, September 9, 2022. Please note: All applicants must have proof of COVID vaccination to participate in live auditions and in the 2023 Festival Season.

Deadline extended to August 31st! Join a prestigious and highly professional apprentice artists program! The company provides many performing opportunities throughout its fall and winter seasons. The training aspect of the program focuses on encouraging singers to give impassioned performances through vocal expression with an understanding of the meaning of the text, the poetry, and the music. In private coachings and classes, acting is approached through an efficiency of movement that brings out the meaning of the work rather than obscuring it. Applications for the Winter 2023 Apprentice Program are being accepted now through August 31st. 

DEADLINE JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY! The JTVA Elizabeth Greenfield Award is a $5,000 grant which honors a trailblazing Black singer by recognizing an outstanding present-day Black singer who is in the early stages of pursuing a professional career. It provides meaningful financial assistance to encourage and further advance the career development of a promising Black vocal artist. Applications will be accepted only until September 6, 2022.

The Merola Opera Program, Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Director and Markus Beam, General Manager, San Francisco Opera Center announce 2023 application opportunities for pianist/coaches, offering performance opportunities, holistic training, and career development, and provides a weekly allowance, round-trip transportation from residence to San Francisco, and shared-accommodation housing. For five years after leaving Merola, alumni may be eligible, with Merola's approval, to receive up to a total of $12,000 in career grants, with a maximum of $6,000 in any single year. Each year singers and pianists are chosen from the Merola Opera Program to join the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program. Submission deadline: 8/26/22

The Merola Opera Program, Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Director and Markus Beam, General Manager, San Francisco Opera Center announce 2023 application opportunities for stage directors, offering performance opportunities, holistic training, and career development, and provides a weekly allowance, round-trip transportation from residence to San Francisco, and shared-accommodation housing. For five years after leaving Merola, alumni may be eligible, with Merola's approval, to receive up to a total of $12,000 in career grants, with a maximum of $6,000 in any single year. Each year singers and pianists are chosen from the Merola Opera Program to join the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program.  Submission deadline: 8/26/22

The Sullivan Foundation seeks talented young professional opera singers who show promise for significant careers but who are not yet well-established solo artists. Sullivan Award winners receive initial prizes of $10,000 and then are eligible for continuing grants to learn new roles, a unique aspect of the Foundation’s commitment to early career artists. More than 1,000 singers have earned Sullivan funding since 1957. Winners call the support “life-changing.” 2022 auditions will be held in New York on November 6 and 7. Audition applications are due August 29. Learn more and apply on the Foundation's website. There are no application or audition fees.

There is one month left to apply for your chance to train with Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall! The renowned mezzo-soprano leads a series of free workshops for young vocalists, culminating in a series of live master classes at Carnegie Hall. Find inspiration and learn to embrace challenges as you work one-on-one with her to hone your vocal and performing skills. Carnegie Hall provides shared hotel accommodations and a travel stipend to all participants who do not maintain a residence in the New York City area.  Apply by September 16 and see website here: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Education/Programs/Workshops/Joyce-DiDonato for further details.

The Merola Opera Program, Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Director and Markus Beam, General Manager, San Francisco Opera Center announce 2023 application opportunities for singers, offering performance opportunities, holistic training, and career development, and provides a weekly allowance, round-trip transportation from residence to San Francisco, and shared-accommodation housing. For five years after leaving Merola, alumni may be eligible, with Merola's approval, to receive up to a total of $12,000 in career grants, with a maximum of $6,000 in any single year. Each year singers and pianists are chosen from the Merola Opera Program to join the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program.  Submission deadline: 8/26/22

The Loyola Dramatic Voice Symposium brings together world-renowned artists and teachers in the field of opera to present masterclasses and lectures for young dramatic singers and for teachers of voice. Full registration includes two days of professional development. Anyone can attend but only 16 auditioned singers will participate in the masterclasses. At the end of the symposium, two participants will be selected to perform on Saturday night with the guest artists. One participant will receive a $500 Encouragement award.  Clinicians include Luretta Bybee, Clifton Forbis, Greer Grimsley, Joseph Evans, Amy Johnson, Carol Rausch, Tyler Smith, and Michael Bunchman. Video audition materials accepted until September 19th, or until slots are full. 

OPERA America will be holding three listening sessions, beginning this Monday, July 25, and subsequently on August 3 and 23 in an effort to work together to build a healthier, respectful, anti-racist, gender-affirming, and equitable opera field with you. Registration and feedback options in the post.