Houston Grand Opera cello audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal cello
Application deadline
August 11, 2017
Audition date
September 18, 2017
Payment
$257.75 per service
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(Posted on August 7, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Boccherini—Concerto for Cello in B♭ Major
  • Mvt. I
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Elgar—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I
Haydn—Cello Concerto in C Major
  • Mvt. I
Saint-Saëns—Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
  • Mvt. I
Schumann—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Variations on a Rococo Theme
  • Theme
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 3
One of the following Bach movements
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Allemande
Bach—Suite No. 2 for cello
  • Allemande
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Allemande
Bach—Suite No. 4 for cello
  • Allemande
Orchestral excerpts
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture
Mozart—Don Giovanni
  • Aria No. 13, “Batti, Batti”: cello obbligato
Prokofiev—Cinderella, Op. 87
  • Act III, No. 50
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
  • Act II, No. 29
  • Act I, No. 19
Puccini—Tosca
  • Act III: solo 12 before 10 to 11
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • White Swan solo
Verdi—Rigoletto
  • Act II, “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”
Verdi—Aida
  • Act III: 2 after Y to 1 before X
Wagner—Götterdämmerung
  • Act I, Vorspiel: 2 after 15 to 16
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: E–F
Possible sight-reading
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