Wolf Trap Opera Company 2012 Season Auditions

The Wolf Trap Opera Company is a paid, performance-oriented summer residency for singers of exceptional achievement and potential. All productions are professionally conducted, directed, coached, and designed; and are performed in the original language with full orchestra.

All auditions for the 2012 season have already taken place.

Information on how to apply for an audition for 2013 will be available in August.

Rehearsals begin in mid-May, and performances may last into the end of August. Please note any conflicts with this basic time frame on your application form. Not all artists are present for the entire season.

Fall 2011 Audition Dates & Deadlines

All application deadlines for the 2012 audition tour have passed.

Who Should Apply?

Filene Young Artist Profile

Filene Young Artists sing principal, featured and supporting roles in all WTOC productions. Approximately 15 Filene Young Artists are engaged for each summer season.

Successful candidates are at an interim point between academic training and full-time professional careers. Most FYA’s are currently enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program or are not more than 2-3 years past completion of academic training and/or full-time young artist program work.

If you are just beginning graduate study, or haven’t done any of the paid young artist residency programs, it’s probably too early to qualify. Also, if it has been more than 3 years since you were last involved in an academic or full time young artist program, you have already moved beyond the reach of our program.

Ready to Apply?  FYA application instructions

Studio Artist Profile

Successful Studio Artist candidates will be at least undergraduate sophomores (in the year in which they audition) and not more advanced than first-year graduate students.

College freshmen (or younger) are typically not candidates for the Studio. Singers who are finishing or have finished graduate degrees at the time of their audition are beyond the reach of the studio.

Ready to Apply? SA application instructions 

Coaching Fellowship Profile

Candidates for the coaching fellowship are typically currently involved in graduate degree programs or young artist training programs.

Candidates who are already working professionally are typically beyond the scope of this program.

Each Fellow’s summer is structured according to individual strengths and needs, but typically includes serving as rehearsal pianist to one or more productions, providing artist coaching as needed, running supertitle translations during performances, and assisting with the Studio Artist scenes program.

Ready to Apply? Fellowship application instructions 

Internship Profile

Successful candidates are college students or recent graduates who are interested in learning more about working in an opera company but do not necessarily have significant experience. The WTOC offers internships in stage management, technical theatre, costumes, administration, directing and multi-media. Internship applications will be available in early 2011 through the Wolf Trap Foundation Education department. 

Interns are not chosen during the fall audition tour. Internship applications will be available in early 2012 through the Wolf Trap Foundation Education department. 

Learn more about Wolf Trap internships