Spotlight on Opera at Tulsa Opera
Spotlight on Opera is Tulsa Opera’s artistic entrepreneurship and training program designed for aspiring artists aged 15 and up. Students spend five intensive weeks in Tulsa honing their craft with role study, performance experiences, and a unique curriculum designed to meet each artist where they are and provide a transformational experience that will boost their artistry to the next level.
Spotlight expands Tulsa Opera’s educational programming to include high school to post-graduate students and provide them with a vital step in their journey to becoming professional artists, teachers, technical theater professionals, conductors, and coach pianists.
The curriculum includes 1:1 voice lessons, musical and dramatic coachings, and career consultations; classes in acting, diction, the Business of Singing, Development/Fundraising, special topics, and the Audition Makeover Masterclass. Spend the summer honing your artistic skills, adding to your resume, and building your business!
2026 Season
5 weeks in July-August 2026 (specific dates TBA)
TULSA AUDITION DATES
Saturday December 6, 2025
Saturday January 10, 2026
Video auditions are also accepted.
Planned repertoire includes:
W.A. Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Robert Ward’s The Crucible
W.A. Mozart, J. Offenbach and John Davies’ Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears
Acts of Passion: An Evening of Verdi
What does Spotlight on Opera at Tulsa Opera do?
Spotlight on Opera at Tulsa Opera is a summer training program offering role study, performance experience, and classes designed to meet the artist at their level and provide a transformational experience that will boost them to take their artistry to the next level.
Who can participate in Spotlight? What skill level is required?
Singers aged 15 and up with an interest in singing opera, classical music, and musical theater are welcome to attend. Professional track, opera-adjacent, and avocational singers are welcome and encouraged. This is a very intensive program and you must be able to read, learn, and memorize music on your own.
What are the audition requirements?
3 – 5 opera or oratorio arias (aria antiche, i.e. the 24 Italian Songs & Arias, count!), classical art songs, and/or musical theatre pieces may be used for auditions. We strongly encourage you to choose the pieces that best show off your current skill level and that you feel great singing! If you would like to be considered for a leading role, at least 2 of your selections should be opera arias.