Included Districts:
Winners from the Midwest Region move on to the national semi-finals and Grand Finals at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in March 2027.
The Met’s Laffont Competition—previously known as the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—is designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their careers and is sponsored by hundreds of donors and volunteers from across North and South America. Some of today’s greatest singers got their starts in the competition, including Jamie Barton, Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Emily D’Angelo, Michael Fabiano, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Ryan Speedo Green, Lisette Oropesa, Eric Owens, and Nadine Sierra.
The 2026-27 Laffont Competition for the Midwestern District is being organized by Tulsa Opera staff and volunteers. Local competition contacts are:
Tulsa Opera General Director and CEO Lori Decter Wright
Tulsa Opera Artistic Administrator Sam Briggs
Tulsa Opera Immediate Past President and Laffont Competition Tulsa District Chair Len Pataki
Join us at Cascia Hall Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, February 13, 2027 from 10 AM to 3 PM for the Laffont Midwestern Regional Competition.
Cascia Hall Preparatory School - Performing Arts Center
2520 S Yorktown Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114
Free Parking is available in the adjacent lot
Cascia Hall Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, February 13, 2027 from 10 AM to 3 PM for the Laffont Midwestern Regional Competition.
The 2026-27 Laffont Competition for the Midwestern District is being organized by Tulsa Opera staff and volunteers. Local competition contacts are:
Tulsa Opera General Director and CEO Lori Decter Wright
Tulsa Opera Artistic Administrator Sam Briggs
Tulsa Opera Immediate Past President and Laffont Competition Tulsa District Chair Len Pataki
