The Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious staff of teachers and performers. The Emerging Artist Development Program is intended to benefit Canadian singers who have completed advanced or graduate-level training at a music school, conservatory or university opera program.  It serves as a bridge between academic programs and the professional world of opera, offering the experience and practical skills necessary to become a self-employed professional in a highly competitive international environment.

Interaction between visiting artists, a resident faculty, and the Emerging Artists is an integral professional training function throughout the eight-month-long (October to May) program.

VIVA la VOCE!    The first of three programs for ProArts this season will feature engaging arias and ensembles from works by Rossini, Mozart, Puccini, and Offenbach – experience madcap young lovers, intriguing mistaken identities, and paeans to the power of song.