Audition Type: Opera
Role Type: Lead, Ensemble
Artist Level: Emerging Professional
Compensation: Paid
Audition Dates: 1/13/2014, 1/14/2014
Audition Details: The Bronx Opera Company (BxO) announces auditions, by appointment, for our May 2014 English-language production of Verdi's La Traviata. The production will be fully staged with costumes, orchestra and chorus. No fee is charged, and a modest honorarium to cover expenses will be provided. The production will be directed by Rod Gomez.
For your information, the broad-strokes production schedule is as follows:
Music rehearsals will begin in mid-to-late February, running through approximately the end of March. Staging will then commence, and will work into early May. Sitzprobes, full run-throughs and tech will continue, culminating in performances on May 9th and 10th at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College in the northwest Bronx and May 17th and 18th at the Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
Auditions will be held the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, January 13th and 14th from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM. An accompanist will be provided. All roles are open, and Bronx Opera policy is to double cast (and have covers) when appropriate.
Please e-mail your materials (resume, picture and a recording or a link to one) to us at Bronx.Opera@optimum.net. In your e-mail, please give us three one-hour ranges in which you would like to sing (eg 8:00 to 9:00 on the 13th). Also, please include your phone number in the body of the e-mail. BxO's Artistic Director, Michael Spierman, will call all of those chosen to audition to finalize an appointment time and repertoire.
We hope that you will pass the above information along to any interested persons whom you may know, even if there is no role for you (or you are unable to be part of La Traviata). In addition, if you or anyone you know is interested in auditioning for the Bronx Opera Chorus, please email Michael Haigler at bronxoperachorus@gmail.com.
Thank you for your interest in Bronx Opera, and we look forward to receiving your materials.
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