Announcing Upcoming Auditions

The North Carolina Opera announces house auditions in Carswell Recital Hall at Meredith College. If you wish to be considered for an audition, please submit a current biography and one page resume in MS Word or PDF format to auditions@ncopera.org. Please DO NOT submit audio or video files with audition request. Audition dates and times:

Sunday, May 9, 7 – 10 pm; Monday, May 10, 7:30 – 10 pm; Wednesday, May 12, 6:30 – 10 pm
Please indicate if you wish to be considered for a certain day/time.

There is a $10 audition fee for all artists and a pianist will be provided, although you may choose to bring your own.  Please do NOT submit the audition fee with your request, the fee will be collected at the audition (please bring cash).

Artists should be prepared with four to six operatic selections demonstrating a variety of styles and languages. Artists wishing to be considered for the Britten must offer an aria in English, preferably from the 20th or 21st century.

NOTE: Auditions for the NCO chorus will be held separately, details will be announced at a later date. In addition, these auditions serve as an open call for artists wishing to be considered for education/outreach opportunities with North Carolina Opera for the 2010/2011 season.

The following roles are open for the 2010-2011 season, and qualified artists from the Triangle and southeast region will be given primary consideration:

PUCCINI: Tosca

Available roles: Spoletta, Sciarrone, Shepherd Boy (soprano, mezzo-soprano, or youth soprano), Jailer

BRITTEN: Turn of the Screw

Available roles: Governess, Peter Quint, Miss Jessel, Mrs. Grose, Flora, Miles, Prologue (tenor)

DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale

Available roles: Notary

GOUNOD: Faust

Available roles: Wagner, Martha

For the Diva in your life

May 9 is Mother’s Day – how about tickets to the June concert by the new North Carolina Opera at the new NC Art Museum? Part of the Arts in the Museum Park Concert Series, the new North Carolina Opera company will present Opera, Broadway and Zarzuela on Saturday June 12 at 8 PM.

For its debut this season, the North Carolina Opera offers a magical concert under the stars. Three singing sensations of the world opera stage, a full orchestra under the direction of Timothy Myers, and the art-filled woodland setting of the North Carolina Museum of Art create the perfect summer evening for the Diva in your life. Enjoy your favorite arias, duets, and instrumental selections from operas of Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and others. Kick things up a bit with the Latin passion of well-known Zarzuela songs and rousing hits from America’s Great White Way.

For complete ticket information and to purchase tickets online, visit www.ncartmuseum.org. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Museum Box Office, or by calling 919.715.5923 or 919.792.3850.

Popera With a Bit of Soul

Does it take figurative cojones to talk about classical opera crossover on an opera blog? Maybe…but here I go anyway. Coming to the Triangle is “popera” tenors group, Destino, popping down to see us here in the Triangle in between performances at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I like their sound, even if a bit opera-lite. But then I confess, I also like Il Divo and Josh Groban…

Check out their video. They’ll be here on February 13 at The Clayton Center. Get ticket info on the Calendar page.