Melba Opera Trust is Australia’s premier scholarship program for promising young opera singers and repetiteurs. Driven by Dame Nellie Melba’s conviction “a beautiful voice is not enough”, the program nurtures artistic development alongside business training, mentoring and performance. We are the next step for artists preparing to become professionals on the world stage - inspiring excellence, realising potential, forging careers. The Melba Program helps young singers and repetiteurs to develop essential skills which will enable them to become well-rounded professionals throughout their career. Our approach is a unique concept that supports young artists in three essential areas. 1. Our Scholarships provides funding so that our singers and repetiteurs can undertake specialised expert training that is tailored for their individual needs. 2. Through mentoring, we provide workshops and seminars with industry experts to build business skills, personal development and professional networks to underpin a lifelong career. 3. Performance is the opportunity for our artists to put what they are learning into practice. By offering these three levels of support, the Melba Program encourages rounded development with a focus on independent thinking and excellence, with a view to enable polished young professionals to will stand out in an incredibly competitive industry.