Singers Wanted. NJ Association of Verismo Opera to Hold Auditions for Chorus.
New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Artistic Director Lucine Amara announces the company will hold open auditions for the Verismo Opera Chorus on January 16 and 23 in Englewood, New Jersey.
FORT LEE, NJ, January 02, 2013
Sing your heart out with the only professional, grand opera company based in northern New Jersey. The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Artistic Director and Metropolitan Opera luminary Lucine Amara announces auditions to perform with the Verismo Opera Chorus will be held on January 16 and January 23, 2013.During the company's 23rd season, Love, Comedy, Obsession and Murder, choristers will perform in the company's spring productions of Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci and Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi on Sunday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. and Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini's Suor Angelica on Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) in Englewood, New Jersey and other venues.
Auditions for the chorus will be held on Wednesdays, January 16 and 23 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Applicants should bring one or two songs to perform. An accompanist will be provided.
Male choristers, representing all vocal ranges and ages, are especially needed. Sight-reading ability is definitely a plus, but not necessary. No prior stage experience is required. An application may be downloaded from the organization's web site. For information or to schedule an appointment to audition for the chorus, call (201) 886-0561.
Under Chorus Director Mara Waldman, singers will explore grand opera through active performances. The operas will be fully staged and performed in costume accompanied by an orchestra under internationally renowned Principal Conductor/Music Director Anthony Morss in a number of performing arts centers.
The 2013 season is made possible, in part, with funds provided by the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grand funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Other supporters include the Mary Casella Briggs Memorial Fund, The Gerda Lissner Foundation, Inc., Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Children's Aid Foundation, Paul Weiss Matching Fund, Robert J. Campbell, MD and Cesare L. Santeramo, KSJ.
The NJ Association of Verismo Opera has been a part of the New Jersey music scene since 1989. The opera company, a nonprofit organization based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, provides performing opportunities for young musicians and artists. Verismo Opera sponsors an annual vocal competition held in November with finals conducted in Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, drawing artists from all over the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company organizes opera workshops and offers affordable, highly professional operatic productions to the Bergen County, New Jersey community. For further information, contact 201-886-0561.