The NYIOP Auditions provide a way for professional opera singers to audition for international opera festivals and houses of all levels in one convenient audition in New York City.

Audition tours usually cost thousands of dollars and can last several months. In addition, a "successful" audition tour could net only a few house auditions over the span of several months. With the NYIOPs all of that has changed. Singing for the NYIOP Auditions matches the best-case outcome of an audition tour and all at a fraction of the cost.

In addition, many of the houses who attend the NYIOP Auditions now know the value of these days and wait to cast their open roles until they hear who is coming to the NYIOPs!