Met Opera Laffont Southeast Region Competition
$43 ($35 student/educator)
Promising young vocalists from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida sing opera arias before a panel of expert judges, competing to advance to the National Auditions finals on the stage of New York's famed Metropolitan Opera. An exciting highlight of every concert season, this annual event is not to be missed by opera fans. Catch a rising star!
About Laffont Competition | Metropolitan Opera
In recognition of a generous gift from the Laffont family, the Met's nationwide vocal competition—known since its founding in 1954 as the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—begins a new chapter as the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. Mrs. Laffont, an Advisory Director on the Met Board, has spent many hours volunteering with the auditions over the last 20 years, and she and her late husband, Eric, have long been among the program’s most dedicated supporters.
The competition is designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their careers, and is sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council, including members and hundreds of volunteers from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Some of today’s greatest singers got their start in the auditions, including Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Stephanie Blythe, Eric Owens, Lawrence Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Jamie Barton, Michael Fabiano, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ryan Speedo Green, and Nadine Sierra.
https://www.metopera.org/about/auditions/competition/