CHICAGO - Lyric Opera of Chicago will hold auditions in March 2016 for experienced, classically trained singers who are seeking professional positions in the company’s choral ensemble for the 2016-17 season.
Lyric Opera of Chicago will be awarding several highly competitive Regular Chorus positions from General Chorus Auditions this year. Those interested must be available for both a preliminary audition round and the callback session on March 12.
Musical rehearsals begin in mid-August 2016; the schedule is dependent upon the shows for which a chorister is contracted. A full (tentative) schedule of rehearsals and performances will be provided prior to the commencement of rehearsals. The 2016-17 performance season runs from October 1, 2016 through March 25, 2017.
AUDITION SCHEDULE
General Auditions will be held at the Civic Opera House (20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago) on the following dates in 2016:
Preliminary Auditions
Monday, March 7 | 3:00-6:00pm |
Tuesday, March 8 | 3:00-6:00pm |
Wednesday, March 9 | 3:00-6:00pm |
Friday, March 11 | 3:00-6:00pm |
Saturday, March 12 | 11:00am-2:00pm |
Applicants must sing a preliminary audition to be considered for a callback audition.
Callback Auditions
Saturday, March 12 Beginning at 3:00pm
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AUDITIONS ARE BY INVITATION ONLY
Please submit a cover letter that states your first, second, and third choices for audition dates, along with a current résumé, a headshot, and contact information for two references of recognized musical authority with whom you have worked. Please ensure your references are notified that Lyric may contact them.
Singers should submit materials to:
choraud@lyricopera.org
OR
Chorus Auditions Coordinator
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 860
Chicago, IL 60606
DEADLINES
Ensure that your materials are received by 5:00pm CST on Friday, February 26, 2016.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
General Auditions
You are expected to prepare two opera arias that best demonstrate your vocal ability. These arias must be sung in two contrasting languages and must be memorized. Please be prepared to sight read. The ability to read and memorize music quickly and accurately is a must. You should anticipate an audition lasting no longer than four minutes; please plan your repertoire accordingly.
Lyric Opera of Chicago will furnish an accompanist. Youmust provide a legible copy of each aria, in the correct key, for the accompanist.
You are required to prove United States citizenship; permanent residency; or possess, at the time of the audition, legal permission to work in the United States of America during the rehearsal and performance period.
Please note that guests will not be permitted into the audition sites.
For more information please call the audition hotline: (312) 827-3548, email choraud@lyricopera.org, or check our website at http://www.lyricopera.org/about/auditions
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About Lyric
Founded in 1954, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s mission is to express and promote the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great opera. Lyric exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to Chicago and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form.
Lyric is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.
Under the leadership of general director Anthony Freud, music director Sir Andrew Davis, and creative consultant Renée Fleming, Lyric strives to become the great North American Opera Company for the 21st century: a globally significant arts organization embodying the core values of excellence, relevance, and fiscal responsibility.
