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YAP Bootcamp: American YAP List

This week, our YAP Bootcamp brings you a sortable list of paid American YAPs — over 50 — to help you start to strategize application season.

In YAPs 101, I broke American Young Artist Programs down by several characteristics, including schedule, pay, and responsibilities. This week, I've compiled a list of (almost) every American YAP, and we've made the list sortable so that you can target YAPs by characteristics you choose!

Ladies and gentlemen of the singing world, I give you the OpusAtlas Paid YAP Database!

Below, I've broken down the list of American *paid* YAPs by schedule (year-round, partial-year, and summer), and included notes about certain programs that didn't fit neatly into the database.

I hope you all can make good use of these tools as you get ready to apply for YAPs this summer/fall!

Year-Round

Partial-Year

Summer


  • Central City Opera (Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist Training Program [Apprentice/Studio])

  • Charlottesville Opera (Young Artist Program)

  • Chautauqua Opera (Apprentice Artists, Studio Artists)

  • Cincinnati Opera (Young Artist Program)

  • Crested Butte Music Festival (Opera Studio)

  • Des Moines Metro Opera (Apprentice Artist Program)

  • Glimmerglass Festival (Young Artist Program)

  • Opera North (Resident Artist Program)

  • Opera Saratoga (FestArtists, Apprentice Artists, Studio Artists)

  • Notes: According to Opera Saratoga, FestArtists "are emerging professionals who are assigned significant roles in mainstage repertoire, cover principal roles, and sing limited chorus in mainstage productions." As such, FestArtists are considered a Resident Artist Program in our terminology, while the Studio and Apprentice Artists are a Young Artist Program.

  • Opera Theatre St. Louis (Gerdine Young Artist Program)

  • San Francisco Opera Center (Merola Opera Program)

  • Notes: Though not officially a program of the San Francisco Opera from a financial standpoint, Merola is one of the most prestigious American YAPs, and is the primary feeder for the Adler Fellowship at SFO.

  • Santa Fe Opera (Apprentice Singer Program)

  • Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre (Festival Artists)

  • Wolf Trap Opera (Filene Young Artists, Wolf Trap Studio)
    Notes: Regardless of budget level, the Filene Young Artist program is one of the most prestigious assignments among YAPs in the United States, with many artists already boasting significant stage credits at major US houses.

OpusAtlas Summer YAP Bootcamp Series

1. YAP Overview
2. YAP List
3. Research
4. Application Process
5. Résumés

Praised by Broadway World as a “compelling actor” with a “rich and powerful bass voice,” James Harrington returned to the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice program ... more
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