Dear Singers!!!

Check out this amazing opportunity to sing for one of the world's greatest singers!!

Metropolitan Opera Superstar Bass, Dimitris Kavrakos, will be giving a masterclass focusing on the Italian Operatic repertoire, in collaboration with the Manhattan Opera Studio, on the 17th of May 2015 at the National Opera Center.

Mr. Kavrakos is one of opera’s most sought after basses. He appears regularly on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, La Scala Milan, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Bologna, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Genova, and Cologne. He has appeared in leading roles in prominent European festivals, including those of Salzburg, Bregenz, Aix-En-Provence, and Glyndebourne.

His roles include Nabucco in the title role, Ramfis in Aida, Attila in the title role, Fillipo in Don Carlo, Silva in Ernani, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro and many more.

Currently Mr. Kavrakos is casting director in the National Opera of Greece and dedicates his time to young singers, helping them discover the Bel Canto technique, which he believes is the essence of proper singing.

For those who are interested please email 2 audio/DVD recordings of atleast one Italian aria, a headshot and resume to coordinator@manhattanoperastudio.org . In the subject of the email please write "Masterclass". There is a non-refundable $15 application fee. This application fee guarantees a seat as an auditor even if not chosen as an active member in the masterclass.

You may locate it at the following link:  http://www.manhattanoperastudio.org/products/masterclass

The cost for each accepted singer is $75.00. Each participating singer will be granted a Certificate of Participation at the end of the masterclass.

The deadline for the application is May 13th. The MOS will choose the active participants for this masterclass based on their recordings.

There are only seventy applications available for this masterclass.

To read more about Mr. Kavrakos please visit:  http://www.kavrakos.com/

The 2015 MOS Summer Festival is still auditioning for main roles. We wish all our applicants good luck! If you haven't applied yet, you still have time. Visit http://www.manhattanoperastudio.org/pages/about-us for more information!

After a spectacular first performance of Le Nozze di Figaro, we are ready for the second round. On October 30th another fantastic cast will be performing Mozart's masterpiece at The National Opera Center. The show is almost sold out. Toi toi toi to all the singers! To purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.manhattanoperastudio.org/products/nozzeticket

The Manhattan Opera Studio is auditioning singers for all main roles and covers of the 2014-2015 Professional and Regular Season.

We are proud to announce our new Summer Festival that will take place on July 21st in New York City!

There is a fantastic group of professionals working to make the best summer opera festival of this city.

Check http://www.manhattanoperastudio.org/pages/auditions-2

For pictures regarding previous performances by Manhattan Opera Studio please visit our facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/ManhattanOperaStudio

We are excited to announce that we are adding an extraordinary production for this upcoming December: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos , to be conducted by Benoit Renard.

Stay tuned for more news!!

Stay tuned for our upcoming productions of Suor Angelica, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni which will take place at Symphony Space on October 4th. Tickets are sold at the box office of Symphony Space. Hope to see you all there!!!

We had a very successful first audition day as we listened to over 40 singers. The casting will be a very difficult task as the singing was at a very high level.

We received very nice emails from many participants. We appreciate all of the correspondence and we thank you for your kind words.

We wish you all good luck and we are anxious to hear the upcoming singers.

We are proud to announce the opening of the 2013-2014 Season of the Manhattan Opera Studio. The season will open with Mozart's Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute and La Boheme. We are auditioning for all the of the roles  and covers of the mentioned operas. Auditions will take place in May. Stay connected for more news regarding venues and dates.