Application form

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Type of application(Required)

I'd like to apply as a singer

I'd like to apply as a pianist

Live or Video audition?(Required)

Live audition in Ghent

Video Audition

Age Check(Required)

I will be 32 or younger on 1 October 2025

Last name(Required)

First name(Required)

Voicetype(Required)

Portrait picture(Required)

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Date of birth(Required)

Nationality(Required)

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Email(Required)

Telephone number(Required)

Education(Required)

Please give an overview of your education in chronological order: schools, dates, subjects, degrees, masterclasses etc. Please state your highest degree/diploma in music and/or other subjects.

Teachers(Required)

Please give an overview of your voice teachers in chronological order: schools, names, dates.

Experience(Required)

Please give an overview of your stage experience: role, opera, director, conductor, company, theatre, date, etc

Motivation(Required)

Please motivate why you apply to the IOA.

Resume (= CV)(Required)

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 6 MB.

Passport / ID(Required)

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Full length photo (not your portrait picture)(Required)

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Live Audition Repertoire: Singer

Prepare and bring music of 4 arias: 1 aria with recit by W.A. Mozart (in Italian or German), 2 arias from the Romantic period (1801 - 1950), 1 aria or lied of choice (= you choose: period, style, language). You perform without scores.

I will bring my own pianist(Required)

Yes

No (= the IOA provides a pianist)

Aria 1(Required)

Mention title and opera of the aria with recit by W.A. Mozart (in Italian or German).

Aria 2(Required)

Mention title, opera and composer of your first aria from the Romantic period (1801 - 1950)

Aria 3(Required)

Mention title, opera and composer of your second aria from the Romantic period (1801 - 1950)

Aria 4(Required)

Mention title, opera and composer of your aria or lied of choice (= you choose: period, style, language)

Bring a poem or text in English that you know by heart (source: libretto, theatre play, poem or prose)(Required)

Title & author

Live Audition Repertoire: Pianist

1. Play and sing the finale from Don Giovanni (MOZART) From ‘Già la mensa è preparata’, including scena ultima - 'questo è il fin'; partly conducted.

2. Play and sing a fragment of your choice from an opera written after 1800 (ensemble, NOT in Italian, 5-10 minutes long)(Required)

Opera & composer

3. Bring a poem or text in English that you know by heart (source: libretto, theatre play, poem or prose)(Required)

Title & author

Video Audition Repertoire: Singer

Instructions video:

The recording(s) should contain a shot in which we can see you in full-length. While singing and performing, you can zoom into a shot that shows you from your waist up.
Make sure that the recording has a good audio quality.
Upload the video(s) on Youtube (choose for the option 'hidden') and copy/past the Youtube-link(s) into the provided field(s) here below.

The video must contain:

Start the recording with your motivation (in English) of why you want to become an IOA student (the same as the written motivation, but spoken, memorized and with expression).
Record music of 4 arias – 1 aria with recit by W.A. Mozart (in Italian or German), 2 arias from the Romantic period (1801 - 1950), 1 aria or lied of choice (= you choose: period, style, language). You perform without scores. Note: mention the composer and title of each aria.
Bring a text in English that you know by heart (source: libretto, theatre play, poem or prose). Note: mention the author and the title.
You may send in one YouTube link containing a compilation of all four arias + your English text or four separate videos/links. Optional: You may add extra material you want to share (e.g. recording with orchestra).

URL to the video(Required)

URL to the video

Video Audition Repertoire: Pianist

Instructions video:

The video can be a general shot. Zoom in when you present your text.
Make sure that the recording has a good audio quality.
Upload the video(s) on Youtube (choose for the option 'hidden') and copy/past the Youtube-link(s) into the provided field(s) here below.

The video must contain:

Start the recording with your motivation (in English) of why you want to become an IOA student (the same as the written motivation, but spoken, memorized and with expression).
The finale of Don Giovanni (complete from "Già la mensa preparata", including scena ultima - questo è il fin) played and sung.
A fragment of your choice from an opera written after 1800 (ensemble, NOT in Italian, 5-10 mins long), played and sung. Note: Mention the composer and title of the opera fragment.
Bring a text in English that you know by heart (source: libretto, theatre, play, poem or prose). Note: Mention the author and the title.
You may send in one YouTube link containing the two fragments (played & sung) + your English text or three separate videos/links. Optional: You may add extra material you want to share.

URL to the video(Required)

URL to the video

Where did you learn about the International Opera Academy?(Required)

Please specify

Consent(Required)

I agree that my data will be processed as part of my application

Live Audition Repertoire: Singer

Live Audition Repertoire: Pianist

Video Audition Repertoire: Singer

Instructions video:

The video must contain:

Video Audition Repertoire: Pianist

Instructions video:

The video must contain:

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