Short courses

Preparing for the Panel: Reimagining Auditions

Monday 22 July to Friday 26 July

SOLD OUT

This course is focused on your audition repertoire, and is designed to help you reimagine auditions, build your confidence, and examine your communication through critical and constructive self-analysis. Read more

Opera Intro Summer School

Monday 26 August to Friday 31 August

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The Opera Intro Summer School is designed for young singers who are keen to learn more about what it takes to perform opera. You may be studying or about to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level, however you will not have studied on a postgraduate opera course. Read more

Opera Intensive: Focus on Stagecraft

Monday 2 September to Friday 6 September

There is an increasing demand that as well as being excellent musicians, opera singers are also outstanding actors. The Opera Intensive short course will provide a basis to explore committed and high-quality singing combined with a meticulous exploration of stagecraft. Read more

Latest

Announcing the 2019/20 Young Artists of the National Opera Studio

09 July 2019

We are delighted to announce the 17 Young Artists who will be joining the Studio this September to take up their 9 months of intensive training on our internationally renowned programme.

Taking to the Stage: Life as a Trans Opera Singer

by CN Lester
12 June 2019

When I began the serious work of focusing on classical singing during my Masters I knew of no other trans opera singers. Not on my course, not in wider students circles, not in the industry as a whole...

Meet the Composer: George Benjamin

by Jessica Zammit
05 June 2019

In the final installation of this year's Meet the Composer series, we had a chat with George Benjamin, a scene from whose opera Written on Skin features in Voices of Now, the NOS's celebration of contemporary opera, opening this Friday at RADA Studio Theatre.

Blond Eckbert by Judith Weir

by Judith Weir CBE
04 June 2019

Our latest production Voices of Now contains an extract from Judith Weir's opera Blond Eckbert. We are delighted that she found time to tell us about the opera in her own words.

Applying to audition as a singer

Application procedures, auditions guidelines and frequently asked questions for applying to the Young Artists' Programme as a singer.

Current Young Artists

Find out about our highly-talented 2018/19 Young Artists, with individual biographies, and downloadable media.

Announcing the 2018/19 National Opera Studio Young Artists

We are delighted to announce our 2018/19 Young Artists, who will join the National Opera Studio's intensive nine-month Training Programme from September.

About the programme

Find out more about our intensive programme for singers and répétiteurs.

Current Vacancies

Join the National Opera Studio team, and play an integral role in securing the future of opera.

Diverse Voices

The National Opera Studio takes the lead, along with UK opera companies and training organisations, to create partnerships and initiatives that encourage more diversity on our opera stages.

Assistant Director Experience

Throughout our year, we engage several assistant directors on paid internships, to whom we can offer an on-the-job learning opportunity.

Who we are

The National Opera Studio exists to train talented young musicians to become the leading artists of their generation. We aim to make a significant contribution to the opera ecology and the wider creative and cultural life of the UK through the provision of top-quality professional training, and by our engagement and position in the sector.

Emily Gottlieb

Chief Executive

Applying to audition as a répétiteur

Application procedures, auditions guidelines and frequently asked questions for applying to our Young Artists' Programme as a répétiteur.