Lyric Opera of Chicago will hold auditions in March 2014 for experienced, classically trained singers who are prepared for a professional career seeking positions in the company’s choral ensemble for the 2014/2015 season.
Auditions will be held at the Civic Opera House (20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago) on the following dates in 2014:
Preliminary Auditions
Tuesday, March 4 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesday, March 5 4:30-6:30pm
Friday, March 7 2:00-5:00pm
Saturday, March 8 2:00-5:00pm
Friday, March 14 2:00-5:00pm
Saturday, March 15 11:00am-2:00pm
Applicants must sing a preliminary audition to be considered for a callback audition.
Callback Auditions (if necessary)
Saturday, March 15 3:00-5:00pm
AUDITIONS BY INVITATION ONLY
Please submit a cover letter that states your first, second, and third (if applicable) choices for audition dates, along with a current résumé, 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
Please ensure that your materials are received by 5:00pm CST on Monday, February 24, 2014.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
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.
Lyric Opera of Chicago will furnish an accompanist. You must 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.aspx
Musical rehearsals will begin in August 2014 with staging rehearsals beginning in September. A full (tentative) schedule of rehearsals and performances will be provided prior to the commencement of rehearsals. The 2014/2015 performance season runs from September 27, 2014 through March 15, 2015.
