Opera Philadelphia bass audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bass
Application deadline
September 1, 2022
Audition date
September 26, 2022
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(Posted on August 22, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any Bach cello suite
Excerpts
Britten—A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Act III: 1 before 53 to 58
Humperdinck—Hänsel und Gretel
  • Overture: L–M
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Act II, No. 16: “Allegro Assai” to 37 after “Più Allegro”
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 33–53
Prokofiev—The Love for Three Oranges
  • Act I, Tableau 3: 114 to 4 after 116
Puccini—Madama Butterfly
  • Act I: 8 before 2 to 10 after 2, lower line
  • Act II: 2 after 69 to 7 after 69, lower line
Strauss—Salome
  • Scene 3: 6 before 141 to 10 after 143
Verdi—Rigoletto
  • Act I, No. 2: “Vivace” to “Più mosso”
  • Act I, No. 3
Verdi—Falstaff
  • Act I, Parte 1: 5 to 8 after 5
  • Act III, Parte 1: 1 to 7 after 4
Verdi—La Traviata
  • Act I, No. 2: 16 before 14 to 1 after 14
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: U to 7 after X
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