Opera Europa has announced the third edition of the Eva Kleinitz Scholarship, designed to advance the careers of talented young artists.
Applications are invited for a limited number of grants of up to €3.000 each from singers currently in full-time further education, at either university or conservatoire. We are seeking to support young singers of the highest quality for whom such a grant could make a significant contribution to their ability to continue their studies or to take their next step into the profession.
Over the past 2 editions, grants were awarded to:
- Jacob Harrison, bass-baritone – UK
- Dafydd Jones, tenor – UK
- Nanami Yoneda, soprano – Japan
- Tamara Obermayr, mezzo-soprano – Germany
- Madeline Saputra, soprano – Indonesia
- Sharon Tadmor, soprano – Israel
- Janice van Rooy, soprano – Namibia
- Dennis Orellana – soprano (Honduras)
- Lynda Olivia Nwabudike – soprano (Nigeria)
- Hasmik Harutyunyan – soprano (Armenia)
- Ava Dodd – soprano (Ireland)
- Lluis Calvet – baritone (Spain)
Application Process:
Applicants will be asked to provide the following material:
- Full CV detailing education and performance experience
- Current concert song and opera repertoire
- Digital video material, with two opera arias and one lied or other art song, featuring at least two languages
- A letter of reference from your teacher or a professional singer
- A letter, up to a maximum of 250 words, setting out how you would use such a grant and why it would make a significant difference at this point in your life. This letter may be written in English, French, German or Italian.
- Please send in your application as a single PDF document, including (private) links to your audition videos, by 31 December 2023 to scholarship@opera-europa.org
A shortlist of applicants will be made and those singers selected will be invited to a round of online auditions.
The Scholarship is to honour the memory of Eva Kleinitz, Director of the Opéra National du Rhin until her death in May 2019, and past President of Opera Europa, and is funded by a bequest in her will specifically directed to the assistance of young singers. During her years at the Bregenzer Festspiele, La Monnaie, Staatstheater Stuttgart and in Strasbourg, Eva offered generous support, encouragement and opportunities to countless young singers.
The jury is composed of artist manager Jonathan Groves, artistic administrator of La Monnaie Bettina Giese and stage director Nicola Raab.
