Open Auditions for Midwest Lyric Opera - REVISED

Midwest Lyric Opera is holding auditions for upcoming productions of: Amahl and the Night Visitors, to be performed January 5 & 6, 2008; and a spring production to be determined, between Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, and Donizetti's Don Pasquale, to be performed in mid-April (venues and dates are being finalized at present).

Audition dates and times are:

Sunday, November 11, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Sunday, November 18, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
or by appointment

Auditions will be held at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 9907 Sappington Road, Sappington, MO 63128. No union affiliation required.  We are casting the following roles:

For Amahl and the Night Visitors:

Amahl: boy soprano
Mother: mezzo soprano or soprano
Kaspar: tenor
Melchior: baritone
Balthazar: bass-baritone or bass
Chorus: all voice types

For Don Pasquale:
Pasquale: Lyric or bass-baritone
Ernesto: Light lyric tenor
Norina: Lyric coloratura soprano
Malatesta: Lyric baritone or buffo tenor
Notary: multiple voice types
Chorus: All voice types

For Abduction from the Seraglio:
Belmonte: Light lyric or lyric tenor
Konstanze: Coloratura soprano
Pedrillo: Light lyric or character tenor
Blonde: Light lyric coloratura soprano
Osmin: Bass or bass-baritone with confident low D
Selim: Character actor, non-singing role
Chorus: All voice types

The April production will be cast and finalized dependent upon available voices; some roles may be pre-cast.

To arrange an audition, please call 314-838-3285 or email peggy@midwestlyricopera.org. For more information about Midwest Lyric Opera, please go tohttp://www.midwestlyricopera.org/.