Announcing NYIOP 3.0
Completely New Process
for 2024-2025
Saves Artists' Money | Saves Theaters' Time | Creates the Optimum Opportunity for ALL
ONLY Three NYIOP Auditions in 2024-2025 Season
- One in Germany in November -
- One in NYC in December -
- One Summer Project in June 2025 in Europe -
28 Years of Changing Opera Auditions Worldwide
NYIOP 3.0 - Our Third Regeneration!
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HOW NYIOP 3.0 WORKS - Easy as 1-2-3
1st Video Submission Round:
- Any artist can submit themselves to be heard and ALL submissions will be heard by the entire panel.
- Panel will consist of at least 3 known professionals in the casting world who have years of experience with helping artists in professional careers worldwide.
- Names of panel members will be shared as confirmed
- All artists who submit to the first round will receive brief written feedback from the panel members about their submissions after the video rounds are finished.
- Artists pay a ONE TIME fee to take part.
2nd Video Submission Round:
- The 1st Round Panel will select UP TO 60 artists from the 1st round submissions to pass to the 2nd Round Theater Panel. (videos submitted can not be changed)
- At this round, all of the 60 artists chosen will have their video submissions sent to a panel of at least 8 casting directors and industry professionals.
- Names of panel members will be shared as confirmed.
- This professional panel will select UP TO 30 artists from the 2nd round to be invited to the LIVE auditions.
- No additional fees due.
Final Live Round:
- All 30 selected artists will sing a Live Audition which will be attended by a number of International opera houses and festivals.
- Names of attending theaters will be shared as confirmed.
- This audition will function like any standard live professional audition.
- In Europe, pianist will be provided at no cost to the artist, however no rehearsal time is guaranteed. However, artists are welcome to bring their own pianist.
- In NYC, artists must bring their own pianist at their own cost. We do not provide a pianist in NYC.
- Artists pay NO additional fee for the LIVE audition.
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Additional Opportunities:
- In addition to professional contract offers, there will be certain additional opportunities offered at the end of the Live audition that may include invitations to additional auditions, sponsored monetary prizes, offers for private professional sessions, etc. Details will be published as confirmed.
- NYIOP will select up to THREE artists PER PROJECT to offer free participation in future projects as part of our Randolph Mickelson Memorial Prize.
NYIOP 3.0
Professional International Opera Auditions, Reinvented.
Again.
NYIOP 3.0 Germany Audition
GERMANY AUDITION SPECIFICS
!!!TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER WITH THE EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT!!!
Submission Requirement: 2 video links to YouTube videos showing one aria each. No specific repertoire required. Whatever shows YOU best.
(CVs will NOT be sent to the panel until after Live participants have been chosen)
One-Time Fee: EUR 130
(Early Submission Discount: only EUR 110 if registered by 23:59CET on 30 Sep 2024)
Deadline for Submissions: 14 October 2024
Notification of those artists Passed to 2nd Round on 25 October 2024
Final Round Audition to be held on or around 16 November 2024 - Exact Location announced by 4 October.
First Round Jury Panel:
- Lenore Rosenberg - former Metropolitan Opera New York, Spoleto Festival USA
- Sebastian Schwarz - Teatro Regio Torino, Festival Valle d'Itria Martina Franca, Glyndebourne Festival, Theater an der Wien, Intl Singing Comp. for Baroque Opera «Pietro Antonio Cesti» Innsbruck
- David Blackburn - NYIOP, Fundación Ibáñez Atkinson Chile, Mexico Opera Studio, Intl Opera Studio Zürich, Bolshoi Opera Studio, former Palm Beach Opera, former IMG Artists
OTHER NOTES:
- Any artist can take part in more than one audition project, but must register for each project separately.
- Artists can use the same videos for multiple projects but cannot change the videos submitted once registration to any single project has been finalized.
- Being passed along in one project does not guarantee being passed on in any other project.
- Names of the panel for all rounds of the competitions will be posted online as soon as possible and confirmed.
- ALL Artists’ CV and contact information will be made available to ALL participating theaters after the 2nd Round selections have been notified.
- Fees to be paid are paid ONE TIME ONLY for each project. Once the Initial fee has been paid, no other fee will be asked.
- The NYIOP an der KUG Graz, Austria audition and young artist program initiative on 14-15 December 2024 functions separately from this new NYIOP 3.0 Audition Process and will be announced via separate links.
NYIOP 3.0 New York City Audition
NEW YORK CITY AUDITION SPECIFICS
Submission Requirement: 2 video links to YouTube videos showing one aria each. No specific repertoire required. Whatever shows YOU best.
(CVs will NOT be sent to the panel until after Live participants have been chosen)
One-Time Fee: $175
(Early Submission Discount: only $150 if registered by 23:59EST on 28 October 2024)
Deadline for Submissions: 11 November 2024
Notification of those artists Passed to 2nd Round on 24 November 2024
Final Round Audition to be held 9 December 2024 in New York City - exact location TBD
OTHER NOTES:
- Any artist can take part in more than one audition project, but must register for each project separately.
- Artists can use the same videos for multiple projects but cannot change the videos submitted once registration to any single project has been finalized.
- Being passed along in one project does not guarantee being passed on in any other project.
- Names of the panel for all rounds of the competitions will be posted online as soon as possible and confirmed.
- ALL Artists’ CV and contact information will be made available to ALL participating theaters after the 2nd Round selections have been notified.
- Fees to be paid are paid ONE TIME ONLY for each project. Once the Initial fee has been paid, no other fee will be asked.
- The NYIOP an der KUG Graz, Austria audition and young artist program initiative on 14-15 December 2024 functions separately from this new NYIOP 3.0 Audition Process and will be announced via separate links.
NYIOP 3.0 Summer Audition June 2024
The Summer NYIOP Audition will take place in Europe in June 2025.
Details will be posted early 2025.
Celebrating more than Two Decades of Creating Opportunities
Thank you to all artists, agents, and theaters worldwide that have made us an integral part of opera worldwide. We are honored to be part of opera's history - and excited to build opera's future.
