Join the Program

The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program is conducted as an integral part of Central City Opera’s annual Summer Opera Festival held in Central City, Colorado. 

The summer program includes daily opera training in diction, movement, stage combat, individual vocal coaching, and sessions in career management such as how to write a resume and maintain a performance portfolio, audition techniques, combined with rehearsals and performance opportunities. 

There are many places to learn how to sing; there are few places to learn how to be a performing artist. The difference is subtle, but it is a difference on which Central City Opera has built an effective and successful training program perennially sought after by gifted early-career singers. 

2026 Festival Audition Information

Applications for the 2026 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program have concluded.

Applications for the 2027 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program will open in the Summer of 2026. 

Please direct all questions to [email protected]