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How To Apply

The application deadline for singers, pianists, and stage directors has passed.  Applications for the conductor position are now available.

Submit the following materials in one packet to the address below:

  1. Application form. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required.)

    08-09 app for conductors
  2. Resume.

  3. Three letters of recommendation. Ask three professionals in the field of opera with whom you have worked (a director, conductor, coach, or teacher) to write a letter of recommendation. Letters should be sent in the same package as your application materials.

  4. CONDUCTORS should submit a video recording (preferably DVD) of a performance of either opera or symphonic work with voice that they have conducted.

  5. $30 application fee (money order or cashier's check) made payable to Washington National Opera.

  6. Copy of passport or birth certificate.

 

All materials should be postmarked by January 31, 2008 and sent to:


The Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
Washington National Opera Studio
6925 Willow Street, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20012

Auditions will be held in Washington, D.C. in the spring by invitation only.