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 actual 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 an der KUG 2025 in Graz, Austria
Auditions for International Young Artist Programs / Opera Studios
Registration Open NOW!
INFORMATION: This is our 4th time holding the NYIOP an der KUG Auditions for International Young Artist Programs and Opera Studios. If you have recently graduated music university or another young artist studio or are interested in singing for these young artist studios - THIS is your project!
Final LIVE Round Audition to be held 10-11 January 2025 at the MUMUTH at Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) and will be attended by a number of international opera studios and young artist programs as well as other industry professionals.
Submission Requirement: The First Round required that everyone submit 2 video links to YouTube videos showing one aria each. No specific repertoire required. Whatever shows YOU best - it does NOT have to be professionally recorded etc - we simply need to see YOU and hear how you sing - what you do best.
ALL videos will be seen by a panel of studio directors, industry professionals, agencies, casting directors and others. Each singer who submits a video will receive written feedback from the panel whether being passed to the final LIVE auditions in Graz on 10-11 January or not!
(CVs will NOT be sent to the panel until after Live participants have been chosen)
One-Time Fee: EUR 135 (includes pianist fee)
Deadline for Online Submissions: 22 December 2024
Notification of those artists Passed to Live Audition Round by 2 January 2025
OTHER NOTES FOR GRAZ AUDITION:
- 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.
- 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.
- A pianist will be provided for the audition in Graz.
- 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.
NYIOP 3.0 New York City Audition
NEW YORK CITY AUDITION SPECIFICS
!!!NYC Audition POSTPONED to 21-22 February!!!!
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: $200
Deadline for Submissions: 11 November 2024
Notification of those artists Passed to Live Audition Round on 26 November 2024
Final Round Audition to be held 9 December 2024 in New York City - just steps away from Lincoln Center
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.
