A Career and Life-Changing Opera & Orchestra Young Artists Music Festival in the Most Iconic and Prestigious Venues

About Prague Summer Nights

Prague Summer Nights: Young Artists Music Festival offers aspiring opera and orchestra professionals the opportunity to work and perform in the cultural heart of Europe.  In 2025, choose between two festivals.

Join our well-known and beloved Prague Summer Nights full four week festival, beginning with rehearsals, coaching, masterclasses and concerts in Tábor & Prague in the Czech Republic, and now ending with Opera performances of Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte in Vienna, Austria.  Set foot on the stages of concert halls and venues, and perform in opera productions, symphonic and chamber music concerts, opera scenes, and a cabaret concert.

Or join our new ten day festival, PSN Presto, in Prague, Czech Republic for classes and rehearsals in acting and staging, coaching, culminating in fully staged performances with orchestra of Puccini’s Suor Angelica in Prague’s Churh of St. Simon and Jude, where Haydn and Mozart performed.

Both the PSN full festival and PSN Presto provide experience and opportunities for apprentice Conductors, Coaches, Stage Directors, Production Managers and Arts Administrators.

Prague Summer Nights and PSN Presto are an intense and extensive Summer Music Program with full days and training with esteemed faculty.

Programs

  • Opera Studio

    The full four-week PSN festival offers performances in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte with full orchestra, singing in an opera scenes performance, and cabaret. Receive coaching and vocal training from the esteemed PSN faculty.

  • Vocal Academy

    Participate in the full four-week PSN program, receiving personalized coaching and voice training from the distinguished faculty. Students will also perform leading roles in an Opera Scenes concert and a cabaret performance and sing chorus in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte.

  • PSN Presto

    A ten-day festival in Prague, open to opera singers, apprentice conductors, piano coaches, production managers and arts administrators. Participants will receive expert coaching while preparing and performing Puccini’s Suor Angelica. Assistant conductors and vocal coaches will work closely with the PSN Faculty.

  • Orchestra

    Orchestral musicians perform major symphonic works and operas in performances given in Tábor, Prague, and Vienna, perform chamber music, and take coachings, masterclasses, lessons, and perform side-by-side with festival faculty, including musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Concertgebouw, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Czech Philharmonic.

  • Conducting

    Apprentice conductors will participate in the preparations for the opera productions of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte and will conduct these works extensively in staging rehearsals with the cast and chorus, as well as assist the orchestra on symphonic concerts.

  • Coaching

    Coaching apprentices will work on our opera productions of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, directed and coached by the faculty of PSN. Work side-by-side with performers during rehearsals to assist with voice preparations and perform in a cabaret concert.

  • Stage Directing

    Assistant Directors will work closely with festival faculty, assisting on fully staged productions of Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, and will assist and direct scenes in the opera scenes program.

  • Production Manager

    Apprentice as a Production Manager alongside the PSN faculty, gaining hands-on experience in the technical production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte. Work behind the scenes, learning from industry professionals in a real-world production environment.

  • Arts Admin

    The PSN Arts Administration Program aims to provide students practical experience on the logistical and operational needs required for the successful completion of an international summer music festival.

Learn about the experiences of the Prague Summer Nights Arts Admin team:

Hear firsthand how they navigated the behind-the-scenes world of festival planning, managed events, supporting talented musicians and performers.

  • “I cannot say this enough, this has been one of the most rewarding and fun opera experiences I’ve had! Not only because we were lucky enough to perform in the Estates Theater, but more so because of the camaraderie and friendships I have made, that will last a lifetime."

    Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Mezzo-Soprano

  • “It truly is a joy to be here in Prague and spending so much time with this group of people. Everyone works so hard, and when all the different parts come together, the music we create is absolutely magical. There is much pleasure in growing and bonding with a very talented group of musicians.”

    Andy Kim, Violinist

  • “Today I attended the Brass sectionals of Sibelius Symphony No. 2 and Dvorak Symphony No. 9, led by clinician Ladislav Kozderka who holds the position of principal trumpet of the Czech Philharmonic. I offered to be his personal metronome and he humbly laughed, saying "no, no, you must know this piece so much more than me!" He let me conduct the entirety of both symphonies, stopping every section to give feedback. I kept wanting to pinch my cheek because I knew all the words of wisdom was coming from one of the leaders of the orchestra that loves and owns Dvorak more than anywhere else in the world.”

    Euan Shields, Conducting Apprentice

“It’s much like taking lessons within a living, breathing music-history museum. If you think it sounds both dreamy and intense, you’re 100 percent correct.”

Heather K. Scott, Strings Magazine

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