Formerly known as the National Council Auditions, in May 2021 the competition was renamed the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition in recognition of a generous gift from the Laffont family. The New England Region is comprised of the Boston District and the Connecticut District.
The mission of the competition is to discover exceptional young talent and provide a venue for young opera singers across North America at all levels of development to be heard by representatives of the Metropolitan Opera and to assist those with the greatest potential for operatic careers.
For over 60 years, the competition has helped launch the careers of young singers, including some of opera's greatest stars. Every season, over 100 former participants appear on the Met roster.
A few of our New England Region Alumni...
Michael Fabiano
Denyce Graves
Raven McMillan
Jakob Józef Orliński
Gabriella Reyes
Morris Robinson
Nadine Sierra
Christian Van Horn
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.
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Singers who advance from the Boston and Connecticut Districts to the New
England Region Met Opera Laffont Competition will compete the last Sunday of January at NEC Jordan Hall.
Ticket information will be available November 1. To be added to our email list for announcements and updates, email contact@nemetlaffont.org or follow our Instagram or Facebook pages.
Connecticut District winners (audition date Oct. 26, 2025) and Boston District winners (audition dates Dec. 13 and 14, 2025) will be the New England Finalists.
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