OPERA IS ALIVE AND WELL IN CONNECTICUT!

Opera Connecticut is searching for the next

AMERICAN OPERA IDOL

LIVE FINALIST ROUND

(following all CDC safety practices for singers and audience)

Open to Singers ages 14-54. Opera Connecticut presents:

13th Annual AMERICAN OPERA IDOL COMPETITION

RULES OF THE COMPETITION: For application screening: submit two or more contrasting opera arias in video format, narrative resume, including photo, email address and cellular phone number to

Entrance Fee $20.00 payable by PayPal Donate Button .

Only complete applications will be considered.

Deadline for submission: June 27, 2021

FINALISTS will be chosen and notified by July 1, 2021 for the

LIVE FINALS COMPETITION in

West Hartford at the Pond House Cafe on July 13, 2021.

Adjudicated competition: audience members vote by text

for the grand prize winner.

Who will be American Opera Idol 2021?

Questions?

Join us in 2021 for live opera......

Monday evenings at the Hill-Stead

Opera in the Sunken Garden

On the porch at the Hill-Stead

Events begin at 6:30 Gates open at 6:00

August 9, 2021

American Opera Idol

July 13, 2021

Pond House

Elizabeth Park

Arias and Autos

@ Land Rover, Hartford

September 12, 2021

Our MainStage production

Prelude,prologue,

Pagliacci

October 29 and 31

Hoffman Auditorium

University of Saint Joseph

December 4, 2021

Amahl and the Night Visitors

featuring Ta'u Pupu'a