Opera Colorado Announces Chorus Auditions for 2012 Season

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Opera Colorado will be holding auditions for chorus members on Sunday, December 11 from 12 pm to 3 pm at the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education in the Historic Tramway Building. The Opera Colorado chorus is currently seeking tenors, baritones & basses for the 2012 Season productions of The Marriage of Figaro (Italian), Florencia en el Amazonas (Spanish), and Il Trovatore (Italian). In addition, we have limited audition slots available for sopranos and mezzo-sopranos. Singers who have auditioned for the chorus in the past two years do not need to re-audition at this time. Applicants who are being considered will be contacted and given an audition time.

The Opera Colorado Chorus is a largely volunteer group. Participants are paid a stipend for each production to cover parking and transportation costs. To request an audition slot, interested singers should send - VIA E-MAIL - their résumé, or a simple list of previous experience to Brad Trexell at btrexell@operacolorado.org. Please include your name, e-mail address and telephone number. Singers will be asked to sing one operatic aria or classical art song of their choice. An accompanist will be provided.

DATE: Sunday, December 11
TIME: 12 pm - 3 pm
WHERE: Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education in the Historic Tramway Building at 1101 13th Street, Denver
(Purple Studio on 2nd Floor)

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