AMICI is the support group for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in the New Orleans District and Gulf Coast Regional Auditions.
The district and regional level auditions are organized and underwritten by local volunteers, who also raise funds in their local communities to cover audition expenses and offer monetary prizes.
Our 2025-2026 District sent four winners to the Gulf Coast Region Competition:
Kerrigan Bigelow - Andover, MA
Connor Galle - Vancleave, MS
Jacob Huffty - Baton Rouge, LA
Kevin Punnackle - Houston, TX
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.
Please go to our website: www.AmiciSings.org for more information.
Met Opera Laffont New Orleans District Competition:
Saturday, January 16, 2027 Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
District singers who have been chosen, by the Met, through the initial audition process will compete to advance to the Gulf competition to be held Sunday January 17, 2027, also in New Orleans.
Roussel Hall, Loyola University, 6301 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70119
Saturday District Auditions are FREE to the Public. There will be no ticketing for this event.
Vocal and musical theater students are encouraged to attend and teachers are encouraged to bring or send their students.
Roussel Hall, Loyola University, 6301 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70119
Selected singers from the Gulf Region will participate in a master class taught by one of this year’s judges, Jane Eaglen.
The Monday master class is FREE for attendees. There will be no ticketing for this event.
Vocal and musical theater students are encouraged to attend and teachers are encouraged to bring or send their students.
Time: 9:30a - 12:00p - Roussel Hall, Loyola University - 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans
We encourage everyone to attend. The competition begins at 10:00 a.m. and runs approximately until 5:00 p.m. Each singer sings for ten minutes, offering two arias.
Please note that you do not have to attend the entire day. Feel free to arrive when you can and stay as long as you are choose. We publish competitor singing times on our website a week before the auditions.
Please go to our website: www.AmiciSings.org for more information.
