Amadeus Opera: Singer Audition Form

This audition form and required materials may be send via e-mail or postal mail.

To send by e-mail:

Download, fill out and attach this form, along with your resumé, headshot, recording, and bio (2-3 paragraphs) to an e-mail message sent to . Pay the $30.00 non-refundable audition/accompanist fee via pay-pal through the Amadeus Opera website, or call (631)793-7476 to pay by phone with a debit/credit card. All materials and payment must be received by July 7th, 2012. *NOTE: You will not be contacted for an audition unless payment is received. Please do not submit materials without payment. If attachments are too large to send, please send them in multiple messages.

To send by postal mail:

Download, fill out and print this form, along with your resumé, headshot, recording, bio (2-3 paragraphs) and the $30.00 non-refundable audition/accompanist fee to the address below. Please make checks out to “Martial and Performing Arts Center,” NOT “Amadeus Opera”. All materials and payment must be received by July 7th, 2012.*NOTE: You will not be contacted for an audition unless payment is received. Please do not submit materials without payment.

The Amadeus Opera at the

Martial and Performing Arts Center

1150 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 5

Holbrook, NY 11741

Name______

Phone/E-mail______

Voice Type______

Arias/Songs Prepared (Combined timing must not exceed 10 minutes):

  1. Title:______Timing:______
  2. Title:______Timing:______

Which role(s) are you auditioning for? (check all that apply)

Bastien and Bastienne:

__ Bastien - Tenor

__ Bastienne - Soprano

__ Colas - Bass/Baritone

The Impresario:

__ Mme. Goldentrill - (Coloratura Soprano - High F Required, please demonstrate High F in audition material.)

__ Miss Silverpeal - Soprano

__ Mr. Angel - Tenor

__ Mr. Bluff - Baritone

__ Mr. Scruples - Actor (Spoken Role)

Which date do you prefer to schedule your audition?

__Saturday, July 14th, 2012

__ Saturday, July 21st, 2012

__ All of the above

__I am unavailable at these dates, but I am able to audition on the following dates: ______*Please note that we will only be providing an accompanist on 7/14/12 & 7/21/12.*

Please tell us what days/times you are available for rehearsal:

______

Measurements (for costumes):

Height: ______Weight: ______Bust: ______Waist: ______Hips: ______

Dress Size (for women)/Shirt Size (for men): ______

Acting Portion of the Audition

Please be prepared to read the following selections if you are auditioning for a role from The Impresario:

Mme. Goldentrill (with a Slavic accent):

I assume no one would dream of asking me to sing minor roles; however, I am perfectly willing to limit myself to two farewell performances this year. Naturally, with a thousand crowns a week and star status for the whole season!

Miss Silverpeal(with an English accent):

I know my worth and I refuse to be cheated by unscrupulous impresarios! If you want me in your company, you will have to give me all the comedy leads and seven hundred and fifty crowns a week and a backstage maid!

Mr. Angel(with a snobby English accent):

However, from this moment on, I shall tolerate no infractions of the most business-like discipline. No one took Mr. Scruples’ repeated threats of retirement seriously; but let me point out that, should I retire, my backing will accompany me, and where will you be then?

Mr. Bluff (with a “Cockney” English accent):

Please do not be angry, Mr. Scruples! I only want you to have your season, for which you have worked so hard! Ten thousand crowns is a fortune that will permit you to redeem Madame Goldentrill’s performances, which will sell out, with artistic productions of obscure masterpieces that no one wants to hear!

Mr. Scruples (with a “Proper” English accent):

Do not worry about art or music, Madame. They have endured for centuries, generally in spite of, not because of, individuals. Opera will again, as in the past, have good and bad Impresarios; but quacks cannot destroy medicine, anymore than false prophets can discredit religion. Opera, Madame, occasionally loses skirmishes, but it invariably wins the battle for survival. And so, my friends, I bid you a very good day and I wish you the success you so richly deserve.

Please be prepared to read the following selections if you are auditioning for a role from Bastien and Bastienne:

Bastien: (with an English accent):

Go on! You’re making fun of me! Shall my Bastienne take her sweet, loving heart from me? No, her heart is much too tender. She would never give it to another.

Bastienne (with an English accent):

You leave me then, Bastien? You abandon your beloved? Oh, you are so wrong. I am your only love. I have your word, and now you forget your promise? My Bastien is leaving me? I call him all the time, but in vain. Whenever I think of him I must weep and I think of nothing but him. The betrayer! Because of a pretty face he turns his back on me? What pain! My poor love, .... Good night!

Colas (with an English accent):

This pair of lovers is really marvelous. Such innocence is difficult to find anywhere but in the country. In the city, one is already wiser than that when in diapers, and the daughters generally know more than the mothers. But here comes our lover now, whom they prefer to the gentlemen of the city. Oh, you conceited heartbreakers! You puffed-up ladies-men! This is a great lesson for you. Your beauties run after a peasant, without a backward glance for you, gallant sirs.

Required Materials Checklist:

__ Completed Form

__ Resumé

__ Headshot

__ Recording

__ Biography (2-3 Paragraphs)

__ Fee ($30 paid via website w/PayPal, by phone (call 631-793-7476 with a debit/credit card), or check made out to “Martial and Performing Arts Center” NOT “Amadeus Opera”)