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2019-2020 Season
Winter Opera St. Louis
Season Information 2019-2020
The Pirates of Penzance – November 8th and 10th, 2019
La fille du Régiment – sung in French – January 24th and 26th, 2020
La Fanciulla del West – sung in Italian – March 6th and 8th, 2020
Auditions for principal and secondary roles in New York and St. Louis.
Deadline
April 26th, 2019 for NEW YORK
May 10th, 2019 for ST. LOUIS
Materials Required
Email to auditions@winteroperastl.org including:
- Principal Auditions
- What roles you are auditioning for *all roles available except Marie in La fille du Régiment
- Which city you are auditioning in
- The date you would like to audition and what preferred time(s)
- Headshot
- Resume – in PDF Format
- An audio or video recording is not necessary but we will accept links to recordings and websites only.
- Are you interested in Chorus? – St. Louis locals ONLY
- $30 accompanist fee in NY – ONLY IF YOU ARE GRANTED AN AUDITION
- $20 accompanist fee in STL – ONLY IF YOU ARE GRANTED AN AUDITION
- Please use “Auditions” as the subject in the email.
Audition Location and Date
New York
May 2nd, 2019 – 10am-6pm
May 3rd, 2019 – 10am-6pm
Shetler Studios, 12th Floor
250 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Saint Louis
May 18th, 2019 – 10am-5pm
May 19th, 2019 – 1pm-6pm
Winter Opera St. Louis Rehearsal Hall and Studios
2324 Marconi Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Audition Requirements
Prepare 4-5 arias from memory if you are auditioning for a principal or comprimario role.
If you are auditioning for a specific role please prepare an aria from the opera.
If you are auditioning for Chorus, please prepare 2-3 arias – St. Louis ONLY
Opportunity Information
Housing is provided in St. Louis
Transportation to and from St. Louis is provided.
Our artist fees for comprimario and principals roles range from $800-$2500.
Artists are brought in two and a half weeks before the production to rehearse.
Rehearsals are no more than six hours per day.
Chorus is hired locally
Most comprimario roles are cast locally
*All roles available except Marie in La fille du Régiment
Theater Location
Skip Viragh Center for the Arts
Reverend Siefert Auditorium
Chaminade College Preparatory School
425 South Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO 63131
Performance Dates
The Pirates of Penzance – November 8th and 10th, 2019
La fille du Régiment – sung in French – January 24th and 26th, 2020
La Fanciulla del West – sung in Italian – March 6th and 8th, 2020
Contact Information
Winter Opera St. Louis
auditions@winteroperastl.org
2324 Marconi Avenue
St. Louis MO, 63110
314-865-0038