Under the guidance of a staff of working professionals, FGO Young Artists work with renowned artists and teachers from every aspect of the world of opera while gaining valuable mainstage performance experiences.

The Florida Grand Opera Young Artis Studio targets those skills necessary to develop a successful opera career. Singers attend classes concentrating on vocal interpretation, acting, style, language, and movement, receive regular individual coaching sessions , and participate in coachings, masterclasses and seminars given by acclaimed guest artists and teachers.

Young Artists have the opportunity to perform or cover mainstage roles, take part in community and school performances, perform concerts and recitals in many of Miami’s renowned museums and halls. Regular auditions and Q&A sessions are set up with visiting Artists Managers.

The Apprentice Coach works extensively with the Young Artists and visiting musical staff. Duties include coaching the Young Artists, taking part in concerts and recitals, accompanying chorus rehearsals and some mainstage performances, creating the supertitle scripts and calling supertitles for each performance.

Compensation: Members of the Young Artists Studio are provided the following: Weekly stipend of $400.00* Housing and Utilities (except phone) Heath Insurance Round-Trip transportation to Miami Financial Assistance for voice lessons Additional fees are paid for mainstage roles under our current AGMA agreement

All Young Artists are responsible for their own transportation during their residence in Miami, therefore ownership of a vehicle is necessary.

*The weekly stipend is all-inclusive of community outreach, special events and concerts on behalf of FGO. Young Artists are not charged for any coachings, classes, seminars and master classes that are provided.

SUPPORT

Florida Grand Opera, recognized for funding by the State of Florida through the Cultural Institutions Program, is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Arts Council. Funding is also provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, the Broward Cultural Affairs Council, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, the city of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council and the City of Miami Beach Mayor and Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Florida Grand Opera is a Resident Company of the Performing Arts Center of Greater Miami and a member company of OPERA America.

The Young Artist Studio is funded through generous grants from the Estate of Curtis and Grace Panvini Rice, the Estate of James Byrd Anderson, Jr., Mr. Stephen A. Keller, Laurans and Arlene Mendelson Family, Samuel M. Townsend, Young Patronesses of the Opera Scholarship Fund, the Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Fund, Burdines Department Store, Publix Super Markets Charities, the Swogger Foundation, the Rosenstiel Foundation, the Jaharis Family Foundation, Ryder System, Inc., Junior Opera Guild and members of the Young Artist Society.