To facilitate participation and bring the competition closer to singers from other countries, the Gran Teatre del Liceu has an agreement with the opera houses of Madrid, Paris, London, Berlin, Milan, New York, Los Angeles, and Beijing to hold preliminary auditions there.

International preliminary auditions

November 3 – Teatro Real, Madrid

November 5 – Metropolitan Opera, New York

November 9 – Royal Opera House, London

November 10 – Opéra national Paris

November 15 – Teatro alla Scala, Milan

November 16 – Los Angeles Opera

November 16–17 – Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

November 30 – National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

Preliminary auditions in Barcelona 

January 12–14, 2027 - Opera Category

January 15, 2027 - Oratorio-Lied Category