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ADMINISTRATIVE OPENINGS

There are currently no openings.

 

PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES

Singers – Principal Roles, Main Stage Productions
Dayton Opera’s new home, the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, offers a wonderful, world class facility for its three, fully-staged productions and its annual Star Gala.

Thomas Bankston, General and Artistic Director, holds main stage auditions annually (usually in December) in New York and locally as needed. The company will consider represented as well as a limited number of independent artists for auditions.

-Contact Pam Eyink, Production/Artistic Administrator at 937.224.3521 x1091

Singers – Artist-In-Residence Training Program
Artists are involved in the company’s in-school education and community programs and main stage productions. These are full-time, temporary, paid positions for singers who must have at least an undergraduate degree with some stage experience (college and/or professional).

  1. Spring auditions are held New York City and Dayton for the following season; an accompanist is usually provided.
  2. Not everyone who applies is invited to audition.
  3. Duration of program ranges from 8-15 weeks.
  4. Artists receive a weekly stipend; housing and travel to Dayton is provided.
  5. Timing of the program varies each season depending upon repertoire.

Artists-In-Residence Audition Information will be posted in February 2013

Contact Pam Eyink, Production/Artistic Administrator at 937.224.3521 x1091

Singers – Dayton Opera Chorus
Dayton Opera’s paid, professional chorus performs in main stage productions.

  1. Auditions are open to all community singers and are held annually or as needed.
  2. Singers must prepare one piece in a foreign language and one piece in English. They do NOT have to be from opera repertoire. An audition accompanist is provided.
  3. Chorus rehearsals for productions are held evenings and weekends.

To audition, contact Pam Eyink, Production/Artistic Administrator at 937.224.3521 x1091

Supernumeraries
Supernumeraries or “supers” are non-singing, non-speaking roles (similar to “extras” in movies) that aid in propelling the story line of an opera. Supers are volunteers and may play anything from a Cardinal (Tosca) to courtesans (Rigoletto), from soldiers (Carmen) to servants(Aida) or nobles, handmaidens, townspeople or even animals.

Depending on the stage director’s concept, supers may be needed to fit a specific size, age or look or a more general need for men, women or children. Supers must be able to attend ALL posted staging rehearsals (evenings and weekends) and performances for that opera.

Contact Pam Eyink, Production/Artistic Administrator at 937.224.3521 x1091

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Other volunteer opportunities exist with Dayton Opera. Contact us for more information.

Visit the Opera Guild of Dayton’s page to learn about the education and fundraising initiatives of this great volunteer group.