Speight's Invitation

From the very beginning, I was determined to establish at Seattle Opera a training program that meets the needs of young artists. Perry Lorenzo has shaped and defined an extremely successful program over the past decade. We have been more than fortunate to have Dean Williamson, an acclaimed conductor in many American theaters, to prepare our young artists for the fully staged opera and to conduct them in it. Now we have added Peter Kazaras, an esteemed American director and tenor who has a great ability to work with young people as Artistic Director of the program. We choose singers in a national search and train them in opera theater, coach them on arias and in roles, educate them in the music business and what it takes to make a career, and give them a fully-staged performance in an opera with orchestra.

If you desire to grow into the complete opera singer and to reach for musical excellence and theatrical viability in your future career, then I invite you to audition for Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program.

- Speight Jenkins General Director of Seattle Opera