The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Meet the 2018–2019 Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists

Washington National Opera has announced the roster of emerging talent selected for the 17th season of its Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, which begins in August 2018. The DCYAP offers intensive training and mentorship in technique, repertoire, language, movement, finance management, and career development as well as extraordinary performance opportunities on the WNO mainstage and around Washington, D.C., for these rising stars. The DCYAP hosts a faculty of leading master teachers and coaches, which will be led in 2018-2019 by returning Artist-in-Residence Alan Held.Through the program, the Young Artists will star in a special performance of Verdi’s La traviata, and perform in A Concert of Comic Masterpieces in the Kennedy Center Opera House; participate in WNO’s annual American Opera Initiative Festival; and appear in a masterclass series, recitals, and concerts in prestigious venues and communities across the region.