Audition Announcement
DC's newest opera company is casting principal roles for its April production of DON GIOVANNI, a fully-staged, site-specific performance in DC's glamorous Mayflower Hotel.
Engagement Dates
Rehearsal Start Date: Monday, March 31, 2014
Performance Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014
Our Company & Mission
DC Public Opera is a new, alternative opera company in the Nation's Capitol. We believe that opera at its best offers an immediate experience that engages the emotions and imaginations of a diverse audience. Our mission is to present relevant, engaging performances that reflect a 21st-century perspective.
As a community-connecting company in search of opera's most dynamic possibilities, our productions bring opera out of traditional performance venues and into more immediate spaces -- including historical sites, museums and public spaces.
Our 2014 season features two productions: W. A. Mozart's DON GIOVANNI and a staged performance of Franz Schubert's GOETHE-LIEDER. Mozart's infamous opera about illicit affairs and abuses of power takes place in the Colonial Room of the Mayflower Hotel -- a glamorous venue steeped in political history. Schubert's celebrated art songs will be woven into a dramatic narrative that explores the resonances of the Lieder in our contemporary world. The GOETHE-LIEDER will be performed in the round in the Austrian Embassy's Cultural Forum.
How to Apply
Apply online through YAPTracker: www.yaptracker.com/opportunities/detail/?id=1729732
All applications must be submitted by Sunday, February 9. Incomplete or late applications cannot be considered.
Materials Required
1-page résumé
Headshot
Audition selection list
Audio or video recordings are welcome but not required
$20 application fee
Audition Dates
Washington, DC: Saturday, February 15
New York: Sunday, February 16
Audition Requirements
Three contrasting arias from standard operatic repertoire, at least one of which must be in Italian
At least one aria from an opera by Mozart. Arias from DON GIOVANNI are highly encouraged but not required. Please note that singers will be asked to start with this aria.
For more information, visit our website: www.dcpublicopera.org.
Thank you,
Jennifer Williams
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Jennifer Williams
GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
DCPublicOpera
1400 L STREET NW #34048 WASHINGTON, DC 20043
TEL: 202-524-0445
DCPUBLICOPERA.ORG
