Opera Neo 2025 Season

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Auditions for Singers

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(For audition information for Apprentice Conductors, Pianists/Coaches, Stage Managers, and Stage Directors please click here or scroll down!)

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We are announcing LIVE and VIRTUAL auditions for our 2025 Season!

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Singers will be considered for the following positions:

• Apprentice Artists will sing leading and supporting roles and sing in the ensemble. Apprentice Artists are typically young artists with some professional experience. To be considered for an Apprentice Artist contract, applicants must have credits performing a principal role in a fully-staged opera production with orchestra with organizations other than academic institutions.

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• Studio Artists will cover principal roles, may sing supporting roles, and will sing in the ensemble. To be considered for a Studio Artist contract, applicants must be college or graduate voice students with exceptional career potential, with some opera performance credits at their academic institution or other performing arts organizations.

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All artists (Apprentice and Studio) will receive a stipend. Housing or a housing stipend will be provided.

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Age Limit: 35

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Live Audition Information

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

New York: Monday, September 9, 2024

Austin: Monday, September 9, 2024

Boston: Friday, September 20, 2024

San Diego: Friday, September 27, 2024

(Virtual Auditions: Friday, September 20, 2024)

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LIVE AUDITION LOCATIONS AND DATES:

Austin: Sunday, September 29, 2024

New York: Saturday, October 5, 2024

Boston: Saturday, October 12, 2024

San Diego: Saturday, October 26, 2024

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ROUND ONE: PRESCREENING MATERIALS REQUIRED

• Completed Application Form

• Current Resume

• Current Headshot

• Two pre-screening video recordings (One selection from an eighteenth century opera, and one additional selection of your choice.)

• No Application Fee is required. An Audition Fee ($18 for virtual auditions, $39 for live auditions) will be required for all candidates who advance to Round Two.

• All applicants must either be citizens of the United States of America or authorized to legally work in the United States.

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ROUND TWO: LIVE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS AND DETAILS:

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Please prepare FOUR ARIAS to offer at your live audition:

• At least one aria should be selected from an eighteenth century opera.

• At least one aria must demonstrate your ability to sing up-tempo coloratura passages.

• One of the selections should be a Musical Theater piece, a cabaret song, or a light opera or operetta selection in English.

• Please include a solo recitativo example in your selections. If none of your arias includes a recitativo, please prepare a solo recitativo excerpt in addition to your four arias. 

• Baroque repertoire is always welcome and encouraged, but not required.

• There are no additional language requirements.

• Please come casually dressed, no "audition outfits" please.

• A $39 Audition Fee is required for all candidates who are invited to a live audition.

• A pianist will be provided.

 

Bring selections that best showcase your personality and voice. 

 

Round Three for both live and virtual applicants will be an online interview between November 11 and 22, 2024.

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Virtual Audition Information

 

ROUND ONE:

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Round One Deadline: September 20, 2024

Materials required for Round One:

• Completed Application Form

• Current Resume

• Current Headshot

• Two pre-screening video recordings (One selection from an eighteenth century opera, and one additional selection of your choice.)

• No Application Fee is required. An Audition Fee of $18 for virtual auditions will be required for all applicants who are invited to and choose to accept a Round Two audition.

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If you are selected to advance to Round Two, you will be notified by October 10, 2024.

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There are NO requirements to make new recordings (if you have an existing recording of selections from the past 12 months you may submit it), and there are NO requirements to record all selections back-to-back or in one take.​

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ROUND TWO:

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Round Two Deadline: October 30, 2024

Finalists advancing to the Round Three will be notified by November 10, 2024

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Please prepare to submit video recordings of the four selections you listed.

 

Your selections must include the following: 

• At least one aria should be selected from an eighteenth century opera.

• At least one aria must demonstrate your ability to sing up-tempo coloratura passages.

• One of the selections should be a Musical Theater piece, a cabaret song, or a light opera or operetta selection in English.

• Please include a solo recitativo example in your selections. If none of your arias includes a recitativo, please prepare a solo recitativo excerpt in addition to your four arias. 

• Baroque repertoire is always welcome and encouraged, but not required.

• There are no additional language requirements.

• If you are making a recording specifically for Opera Neo, casual dress is encouraged, otherwise there is no dress code for the recordings.

• An $18 Audition Fee is required for all candidates who advance to Round Two and choose to accept their audition.

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Offer selections that best showcase your personality and voice.

 

ROUND THREE:

 

Round Three will consist of individual Zoom interviews (no singing).

Interviews will take place between November 11 and November 22, 2024.

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