[NEohioPAL] Revised Audition Notice - 3/1/2008 - Opera Western Reserve Seeking Singers

For Immediate Release 3/1/2008 REVISED

Contact D. Vosburgh

330.480.0693

productiondirector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

OPERA WESTERN RESERVE SEEKING SINGERS

OPERA Western Reserve, a professional opera company, is casting its fall 2008 production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (in Italian), Susan Davenny Wyner, Music Director and David Vosburgh, Stage Director. Rehearsals are in Youngstown beginning mid-October. The performance on Friday, Nov. 7 in Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, OH, is fully staged with orchestra.

OPERA WESTERN RESERVE’S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES PRIMARILY FOR SINGERS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE OR HAVE STRONG TIES TO THE WESTERN RESERVE AREA (NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA).

All roles are open and all ethnicities are encouraged to apply. Also interested in hearing singers for future productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Tosca and Don Giovanni. Particularly interested in Mezzos, Tenors and singers we have not heard before. Please be prepared to sing an aria each in Italian, French and English.

Please send requests for audition appointments with picture and resume via U.S. Mail to OPERA Western Reserve, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44504. Auditions will be onstage at Stambaugh Auditorium on Wednesday, March 26^th, 2008. An accompanist will be provided ($10.00 fee per auditionee). Audition requests must be received by Friday, March 21^st. For further information call 330.480.0693.

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1000 Fifth Avenue

Youngstown, OH 44504-1673

(330) 480.0693 (Phone)

(330) 480.0775 (Fax)

http://www.operawesternreserve.org

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