Auditions
Main-Stage Roles:
Main-stage roles are cast well in advance of the performance dates. Invite-only auditions for roles in the 2010/11 season will be held in Boise in January, 2010. If you are interested, please inquire about upcoming auditions by contacting Amanda Campbell at 208.345.3531 x2 or by e-mail at amanda@operaidaho.org.
Opera Idaho Resident Company:
The Resident Company is the pool of local, Boise-area singers from which singers are chosen for choruses, comprimario and cover roles for our main-stage and other productions (all lead roles are cast in separate auditions) ; any solo work for special events; and, referral jobs.
You are asked to prepare at least one aria (opera/oratorio/operetta) or a musical theater selection, preferably memorized. You may sing as many as three selections, preferably with one selection in English. You will be sent a form in advance of the audition, which we’ll ask that you complete and bring to your audition.
Auditions for the Resident Company will take place on the following dates:
April 22, 2010- 6:30-9:00pm
April 23, 2010- 2:00-5:00pm and 6:30-9:00pm
April 24, 2010- 1:00-5:00pm
Call Amanda Campbell at 345-3531 ext. 2 to arrange for an audition time. An accompanist will be provided for the audition dates above.
Current Resident Company members are welcome to sign up for any of the above audition times if they would like to submit a new audition for consideration for South Pacific roles, as well as the 2010-2011 season. Auditions are not mandatory for current members.
If you are unable to make the scheduled audition dates, please call Amanda Campbell at 345-3531 ext. 2 to arrange for an individual audition time. Please note that in this situation, you will be responsible for bringing and paying an accompanist. A list of local accompanists is available on request.
Opera Idaho 2009/10 season
Gounod’s Faust ● Fri., Oct. 30 & Sun., Nov. 1 ● South Junior High [rhsls. Wed. beg. Aug. 19]
Robert Franz, conductor ● Doug Copsey, director ● sung in French with English surtitles
Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors ● Sat., Dec. 5 & Sun., Dec. 6 ● Egyptian Theatre [rhsls. Wed. beg. Nov. 4]
Laura Rushing-Raynes, conductor
Boise’s first professional performances of this holiday classic
Bernstein’s Candide Suite ● Fri., Jan. 22 & Sat., Jan. 23, 2010 ● Swayne Aud. @ NNU, Nampa/Morrison Center [rhsls. beg. Jan. 2010]
Robert Franz, conductor ● concert perf. w/Boise Philharmonic (on their season not Opera Idaho’s)
Rossini’s Cinderella (La cenerentola) ● Fri., Feb. 26 & Sun., Feb. 28, 2010 ● Mon., Mar. 1 [student matinee] Egyptian Theatre [rhsls. beg. Jan. 2010]
Daniel Stern, conductor ● Peter Anastos, director ● sung in Italian with English surtitles
Rorem’s Our Town ● Fri., May 21 & Sun., May 23, 2010 ● Egyptian Theatre [rhsls. beg. Mar. 2010]
Steven Crawford, conductor ● David Cox, director
Regional premiere of this new opera based on Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-prize winning play
South Pacific in concert ● Fri., July 9 & Sun., July 11, 2010 ● Idaho Botanical Garden [rhsls. beg. May 2010]
