2013-14 Auditions

Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Program has long been hailed as one of the country's leading training programs for emerging opera artists. While providing guidance from the opera industry’s leaders and innovators, the program guides singers through the development of their vocal skills, improvement of their stage presence and expansion of their repertoire.

Each year, exceptional singers from around the world are selected to enter the program from a pool of more than 600 applicants through national auditions held in New York City, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Each applicant must demonstrate significant operatic potential and thorough musical and theatrical training. Applicants who are granted an audition must demonstrate their versatility and proficiency in various musical styles and foreign languages by performing five contrasting arias in at least two foreign languages.

Auditions will be held on the following daTES:
Pittsburgh	November 17, 2012	Callbacks are on the same day
Cincinnati*	November 26, 2012	Callbacks are on November 27 *Applicants must provide their own pianists in Cincinnati.
New York City*	December 3-6, 2012	Callbacks are on December 7 *Applicants must provide their own pianists in New York City.

SINGER APPLICATIONS
The application deadline for the 2013-14 Resident Artist singer program has passed.
Watch this space for the 2014-15 Resident Artist singer application deadline. 

STAGE DIRECTOR APPLICATIONS
The application deadline for the 2013-14 Resident Artist stage director position is December 15, 2012. Read more.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For a list of Resident Artists FAQs, click here.

AUDITION POSTER
To view the 2013-14 audition poster, click here.

Return to the Resident Artist program landing page.