Opera for Peace

✨️[US Academy 2025] ✨ This year, we had the privilege of supporting a new group of inspiring emerging artists at the Opera for Peace x The Denyce Graves Foundation US Academy 2025, as they explored not only their artistic potential, but their power to shape the world around them.

As in each and every Academy of ours, the mission was clear: to guide emerging talents in refining their craft and in embracing their roles as Citizen Artists - creative leaders, social entrepreneurs, and ambassadors for peace, and collaboration, with the week of intense learning culminating in a wonderful Gala Concert, this time at La Maison Française - Villa Albertine, Washington D.C.

Watching these singers grow in purpose, artistry, and global awareness was a reminder of why the Arts matter: they connect us, empower us, and create space for dialogue and understanding.

Here’s to a new generation of voices ready to make meaningful change - on stage and beyond:

🔹️ - Tenor, Lithuania
🔹️ - Bass, Argentina
🔹️ - Soprano, France
🔹️ - Soprano, South Korea
🔹️ - Mezzo-soprano, USA
🔹️ - Tenor, Mexico
🔹️ - Baritone, Mexico
🔹️ - Soprano, China
🔹️ - Soprano, USA

Our US Academy 2025 was a collaboration between Opera for Peace, The Denyce Graves Foundation, Cafritz Young Artists Program of Washington National Opera, French Embassy in the U.S., Consulate of France in Washington D.C., and Washington D.C., where these talented singers participated in an intensive period of professional development, cultural exchange, and world-class artistic mentorship.

Thank you to our sponsor Fondation BNP Paribas for supporting our fourth academy.

📸 Alpha One Media & Emilie Nguyen

Take a look at NBC4 Washington covering the Opera for Peace x The Denyce Graves Foundation US Academy 2025 masterclass with the amazing Renée Fleming! 🤩📺

NBC4 Washington - Opera for Peace x Denyce Graves Foundation US Academy 2025 NBC4 Washington covering the masterclass of Renée Fleming at the Opera for Peace x Denyce Graves Foundation US Academy 2025.