"Inventive stagings and impressive cast" - The New York Times
Auditions for principal roles in our January 2009 production of Smetana's TWO WIDOWS, to be directed by Royston Coppenger, will be held in September 2008.
All interested in auditioning for TWO WIDOWS should send their material, ALONG WITH A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE, to the company at: 5 Minerva Place, #2J, Bronx, New York, 10468. An audition notice, with details as to how to proceed, will be returned in that envelope in December. All materials should be sent by regular mail; no UPS or FedEx, please.
The company hears both managed and unmanaged singers who have had previous PROFESSIONAL experience singing full roles WITH ORCHESTRA. All roles are open; it is our policy to double cast in most situations. The company mounts its full productions, with orchestra and sung in English, after a careful and detailed music and dramatic preparation period. A modest honorarium is given to all participants. Because of the above, it is usually impractical for those living far away from the New York area to participate. TWO WIDOWS will be performed Saturday evening, January 10 and Sunday afternoon January 11 (at 8PM and 2PM respectively) May 9 and 10 at 8PM at the Lovinger Theatre of Lehman College in the northwest Bronx, and then repeated twice on the following weekend at the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, in Manhattan.
If you are interested in primarily being considered for an understudy position or would like to audition for the chorus for TWO WIDOWS, please contact our Chorus Master, Michael Haigler, at bronxoperachorus@hotmail.com. Thank you for your interest in our company.
Those interested in only Bronx Opera's May 2009 production of Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE need not audition in September. Please send your materials (as directed above), clearly stating your interest in FLUTE; you will receive an audition notice in the Fall.