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 Western Region is comprised of three (3) Districts: Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.
You may read more information about our Region by visiting our website at https://www.westernregionmetauditions.org/ .
The Western Regional Finals will be held on:
Current Guidance:
For anyone visiting the Colburn School, masks are not required to visit the Colburn campus - but it's fine if any individual prefers to wear a mask.
Also, for audience members, in accordance with LA County Department of Public Health recommendations, The Colburn School encourages patrons aged six months and older to be fully vaccinated (including booster dose/s, if eligible) or to obtain a negative COVID-19 test before coming to campus. However, none of this is required to attend Colburn performances.
Of course we will adjust these rules to reflect any changes in requirements that are notified to us by the venue or by the Metropolitan Opera before or on the date of the Western Regional Final.
