Idaho-Montana District: Eric & Dominique Laffont Competition
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𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜.
• Saturday, November 14, 2026
• UPDATED TIMES:
Auditions start at 9:00 am.
Lunch break from 11:25 am to 12:00 pm.
Award ceremony around 2:35 pm.
• The Egyptian Theatre: 700 W. Main Street, Boise, ID
Reserve your free seat:
https://tickets.operaidaho.org/ChooseSeats/25401
or get yours at the door!
For list of singers and performance times visit: https://operaidaho.org
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Opera Idaho proudly hosts the Idaho–Montana District of the Eric & Dominique Laffont Competition, a program of the Metropolitan Opera that identifies and supports promising young opera singers at the early stages of their careers. Emerging artists from Idaho, Montana, and neighboring regions travel to Boise to audition for a panel of professional judges and compete for cash prizes and advancement to the regional round.
Many of today’s leading opera artists first participated in this competition, including Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Lawrence Brownlee, Jamie Barton, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lisette Oropesa, and Nadine Sierra.
The district winners will go on to compete at the Northwest Region on January 17, 2027 in Seattle, WA.
• Saturday, November 14, 2026
• UPDATED TIMES:
Auditions start at 9:00 am.
Lunch break from 11:25 am to 12:00 pm.
Award ceremony around 2:35 pm.
• The Egyptian Theatre: 700 W. Main Street, Boise, ID
Reserve your free seat:
https://tickets.operaidaho.org/ChooseSeats/25401
or get yours at the door!
For list of singers and performance times visit: https://operaidaho.org
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Opera Idaho proudly hosts the Idaho–Montana District of the Eric & Dominique Laffont Competition, a program of the Metropolitan Opera that identifies and supports promising young opera singers at the early stages of their careers. Emerging artists from Idaho, Montana, and neighboring regions travel to Boise to audition for a panel of professional judges and compete for cash prizes and advancement to the regional round.
Many of today’s leading opera artists first participated in this competition, including Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Lawrence Brownlee, Jamie Barton, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lisette Oropesa, and Nadine Sierra.
The district winners will go on to compete at the Northwest Region on January 17, 2027 in Seattle, WA.
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The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W Main St, Boise, ID 83702-5813, United States
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