AUDITIONS - "THE TALES OF HOFFMANN"
AUDITIONS : Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th January
TIME : 7pm – 10.30pm
VENUE : Rockdale Town Hall, Princes Hwy., Rockdale
Call-backs Friday 2nd February
TIME : 7pm – 10.30pm
VENUE : Rockdale Town Hall, Princes Hwy., Rockdale
Call-backs Friday 2nd February
2018 PERFORMANCES
AUGUST 18, 19, 25 & 26
AUGUST 18, 19, 25 & 26
REHEARSALS
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Coronation Hall, Arncliffe.
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Coronation Hall, Arncliffe.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS BELOW
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David Brennan, DIRECTORDavid Brennan has performed as a leading artist for all major Australian opera companies and was a resident principal at Opera Australia from 1988 to 2001. His roles include the title role in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva (Marriage of Figaro), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Escamillo (Carmen), Sharpless (Madame Butterfly) and more than 50 others. He appears in Opera Australia’s DVDs of La Traviata, Turandot and Die Fledermaus. David’s directing credits include Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, Verdi’s Masked Ball and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In 2006 he graduated as a PhD from the University of Newcastle.
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Luke Spicer, MUSICAL DIRECTOR
A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium, Luke Spicer has furthered his studies in Freiburg, Manchester, and Siena. Luke has conducted programs with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and is currently the Music Director of the Opera Australia NSW Schools Tour. He is also the Principal Conductor of the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra, and the Associate Conductor of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.
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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS – “THE TALES OF HOFFMANN” AUGUST 2018.
NOTE TO AUDITIONEES. Please ignore any cuts that may appear on the audition material.
HOFFMANN: TENOR
- a) Prologue. No 5 Song and Scena p36-p45 “Now once upon a time/Her face how wondrous fair to see
- b) ACT 3 No 20 Duet p242-p244 “To thee in thy beauty none can compare”
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OLYMPIA, DOLL: COLORATURA SOPRANO
- a) ACT 1, No 9a Doll song p109-p116 “Every grove with song birds laden”
- b) ACT1, p137-p141 The cadenza’s, after Spalanzani’s, “Come you’ve had enough”
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GIULIETTA: SOPRANO
- a) ACT 2, No 16 Septet p201-p208 “Hoffmann, listen still I love you”
- b) Own choice, contrasting song or aria.
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ANTONIA: SOPRANO
- a) ACT 3, No 18 Romance p214-p218 “Thou art flown”
- b) ACT 3, No 22 Trio p287-p294 “Yes from heaven she is calling”
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NICKLAUSSE: MEZZO-SOPRANO
- a) ACT 1 p79-p81 Recitative: “Yes, I know……Song: He has a doll with eyes of grey”
- b) ACT 2 Duet (Barcarolle), p 153 – p 158 “Lovely night, O night of love”
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LINDORF: BASS-BARITONE or BARITONE
- a) Prologue; No 2 Song p11-p15 “In the part of an amorous lover”
- b) Own choice, contrasting song or aria.
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COPPELIUS: BASS-BARITONE/BARITONE
- a) ACT 1, Song p85-p87 “I have glasses that sparkle”
- b) Own choice, contrasting song or aria.
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DAPERTUTTO: BASS-BARITONE or BARITONE
ACT 2, No15 Aria p172-175 “As jewels divine”
ACT 2, No15 Aria p172-175 “As jewels divine”
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DR. MIRACLE: BASS-BARITONE or BARITONE
- a) ACT 3, No 22 Trio p279-p280 “Your mother! How dare you call her aid” plus p 286- p287 “Sing on, sing ever” following on from Antonia’s solo “No! enough! I am yielding”
- b) ACT 3, No 22 Trio p291-p294 “She is calling”
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FRANZ, ANDRÉS, COCHENILLE, PITICHINACCIO: CHARACTER TENOR
ACT 3, No 19 Song p224-p228 “Night and day I am on watch”
ACT 3, No 19 Song p224-p228 “Night and day I am on watch”
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THE VOICE OF ANTONIA’S MOTHER: MEZZO-SOPRANO
ACT 3, No 21 Trio - Arrangement of excerpts from Trio. (Dr P.E. Dunstone)
ACT 3, No 21 Trio - Arrangement of excerpts from Trio. (Dr P.E. Dunstone)
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SPALANZANI, NATHANIEL: TENOR
2 items. One aria in English plus a contrasting song or aria.
CRESPEL, SCHLEMIL, LUTHER, HERMANN: BASS-BARITONE or BARITONE
2 items. One aria in English plus a contrasting song or aria.
If having difficulty in downloading any of these files, please download directly from the Rockdale Opera Company Dropbox here
2 items. One aria in English plus a contrasting song or aria.
CRESPEL, SCHLEMIL, LUTHER, HERMANN: BASS-BARITONE or BARITONE
2 items. One aria in English plus a contrasting song or aria.
If having difficulty in downloading any of these files, please download directly from the Rockdale Opera Company Dropbox here
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To book your audition, or for more information please email symc@tpg.com.au
To book your audition, or for more information please email symc@tpg.com.au
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