Lyric Opera of Chicago viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Weeks in season
24
Payment
$61,852 per year
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(Posted on July 7, 2015; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Act I, Interlude 2: 57 to 2 after 58
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–D
Mozart—Don Giovanni
  • Act II, No. 14 Duetto
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Sinfonia: 1–8
Puccini—Madama Butterfly
  • Act I: 8 to 7 after 2
Puccini—Tosca
  • Act II: 59–60
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 18 before 2 to 4 after 3
Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier
  • Einleitung: 1 to 6 after 7
Strauss—Salome
  • Scene 3: 141 to 9 after 143
  • Scene 4: 2 before 316 to 319
Verdi—Un Ballo in Maschera
  • Act I, No. 2: 38 to 8 after 39
Verdi—Falstaff
  • Act II, Parte 1: 4 after 18 to 25 after 18
Verdi—Simon Boccanegra
  • Act I, No. 6: L to 3 before M
Wagner—Siegfried
  • Act I, Scene 2: 3 before 74 to 1 before 77
Wagner—Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
  • Overture: 22 before E to G
Ensemble excerpt
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I
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