Application Process for the 2026/2027 Season

ALL singers who wish to participate in the Laffont Competition
MUST submit an audition video between July 1-31, 2026.
The audition videos MUST be recorded between January 1 - July 31, 2026.
This submission process is free of charge.

Singers will be notified on August 28, 2026, of their qualifying status.
Based on their qualifying group, they may then register for available slots at the district of their choice, confirming their place with the application fee.

Full information including the submission platform "Resonance,"
eligibility, repertoire requirements & technical instructions
will be posted at the Metropolitan Opera
Laffont Competition site by Spring 2026 [Application link below].

Dates for Districts & Regions during the 2026/2027 Season should be
updated there by August 2026.




The Nebraska District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition 2026-2027
​will take place on
Saturday, January 16, 2027,
at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, 
(O'Donnell Auditorium,
Rogers Fine Arts Building)

Judges:
Lawrence Edelson,
General Director, Chicago Opera Theater

Cory Lippiello,
Chief Producing Officer, Austin Opera

Allen Perriello,
Director of Artistic Administration,
​Des Moines Metro Opera

​
Accompanist:
the incomparable Hal France!

2026/2027 Results:
Nebraska District Winners:


Nebraska District Encouragement Awards:

Additional Awards:
Opera Omaha Guild: 
Lincoln Friends of Opera: 
Lincoln Journal Star Article on
the 2015 Auditions

All photographs by Kim Fogle (2014) & Talea Bloch (2015-2026)