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AUDITION INFORMATION for the Apprentice Artist Program:
Apprentice Artist auditions are held in conjunction with Principal Artist auditions each year in various cities, as well as by recording. At least half of the audition period will be devoted to Apprentice Artist and OPERA Iowa auditions. As much as we would like to hear everyone who submits audition materials, it is seldom possible because of time considerations. An accompanist is provided by DMMO for all live auditions.
Recorded auditions:
Candidates for the Apprentice Artist Program may submit a recorded audition in lieu of a live audition. All recordings will be heard. Compact discs are preferred.
Click here to download the 2010 Apprentice Artist Program audition brochure
AUDITION INFORMATION for OPERA Iowa Touring Troupe:
During fall auditions, Des Moines Metro Opera will also hear singers to complete the casting needs for OPERA Iowa, its highly successful traveling education troupe. The total group consists of eight singers, a music director/pianist and a scenic technician who rehearse for three weeks and then travel for ten weeks throughout Iowa and the surrounding states, performing in schools and on community concert series. All OPERA Iowa artists are offered positions with the Apprentice Artist Program for the summer of 2010.
The OPERA Iowa period of employment will run from January 3 - April 11, 2010. Compensation is competitive. Travel, housing and per diem while touring will be covered by Des Moines Metro Opera. Repertory will include fully staged productions of Rossini's The Barber of Seville for community and high school audiences and a world premiere production of Patterson's A Dream Fulfilled: The Saga of George Washington Carver and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel for elementary audiences. Performances are sung in English and accompanied by piano.
OPERA Iowa auditions will be heard in Chicago, New York and Baton Rouge.