Requirements: One of the Recitativi below plus one aria from the opera, preferably.
Audition Recits for "Cosi fan tutte"
Page numbers refer to the Bärenreiter Urtext vocal score, simply for reference. (Score TBD by Maestro later in season.)
Firodiligi
Act I, scene 11 (following the Sestetto and preceding Come scolgio)
Temerari, sortite fuori di questo loco to Aria (pp. 135-136)
This is my choice, as the singer could go immediately into the Aria if she want to.
Act II, scene 7
Ei parte, senti, ah no to e tradimento! (pp. 294-295)
Dorabella
Ah, scostati... la schiami sola. (pp. 88-89)
Guiglielmo
Act II, scene 13
Ah povereto me! to Assassina furfante ladra cagna (pp. 357-358)
Extract the little interjection by Don Alfonso and it may work.
Ferrando
Act II. scene 9 (beginning of the scene and preceding Tradito, schernito
In qual fiero constrasto (pp. 320-321)
Despina
Act I, scene 8:
Che vita maledeta to O ciel, son le padrone! (pp 87-88)
Act II, scene 1:
Io già le faccio to Par che ci trovin gusto (pp. 235-236)
Act II scene 14:
Vittoria, padroncini! to siete così contenti? (pp. 364-365)
Don Alfonso
Act I, scene 7:
No son cattivo comico to Per femina giocar cento zecchini (pp 84-85)
Act I, scene 10:
Che silenzio! to la sua camera è questa (pp. 106-107)
All roles open. Modest artist fees/stipends. No housing. No transportation compensation.
Rehearsals will take place in January/February for a condensed period of a few weeks, depending on conductor and artists' schedules.
Three dress rehearsals additionally one week prior to performances in February/early March 2015.
Fee: $15, cash/check pd AT AUDITION. Please do not send check with your résumé. Pianist provided. Mail rés: COPA, PO Box 1006, Drexel Hill, Pa. 19026. No email résumés and no calls. Accepted singers notified by email.
Interested in performing in our CHORUS? Contact Chorus@concertoperaphl.org
Please include a short bio with education and performance experience. You will be contacted by us promptly for further details.
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