Auditions for Utah Opera Chorus (SLC: March 28)



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 11, 2011

UTAH OPERA HOLDS CHORUS AUDITIONS FOR 2011-2012 SEASON

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Opera Chorus will be holding auditions for the 2011-2012 Utah Opera season on March 28, 2011.

Members of the Utah Opera Chorus, directed by Dr. Susanne Sheston, have the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally-acclaimed conductors, stage directors and principal artists.

“Performing with the Utah Opera Chorus was a valuable and rewarding experience for me,” said Heather Madsen, who performed with the chorus in Utah Opera’s most recent productions of Verdi’s Macbeth and Puccini’s Suor Angelica. “Dr. Sheston is such a talented musical director, and I have been able to work with some big name opera singers and observe their acting, singing and preparation at close range.”

The repertoire for Utah Opera’s 2011-2012 season includes Beethoven’s Fidelio, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, and Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Chorus members are paid an honorarium for participation in each production.

Auditions will be held at the Utah Opera Production Studios between 4 and 8 p.m. by appointment only. Applicants should be trained singers with significant stage experience. They must have one aria or art song prepared from memory and may be asked to sight-sing. Applicants can contact Ashley Magnus, amagnus@usuo.org to request an audition.

About Utah Opera

Since 1978, Utah Opera has cultivated and entertained a growing audience of more than 150,000 annually around the intermountain area. Led by Artistic Director Christopher McBeth, the company produces four operas each season, with artistic standards of distinction and a fresh vibrancy of new works for our area as well as the classics.

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