Hampstead Garden Opera

Sun in Italian.

Fee: £400/singer

Audition: November 22 & 23, 2024

Performances:

April 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 2025

April 6, 13, 2025

Rehearsals: from mid/end-February, 2025

Audition repertoire:

- two contrasting pieces in Italian from the period. At least one should be by Rossini.

- Singers auditioning for specific roles should also prepare the following:

Cenerentola - Act 1, Finale, bars 724-736 (‘Sprezzo quei don…’)

Clorinda - Act 2, No. 14 (Sextet), bars 66-81 (‘Donna sciocca…’)

Tisbe - Act 1, No. 1 (Introduzione), bars 26-52 (‘Sì, sì…’)

Ramiro -

Act 1, Scene 5 (Recit), bars 1-14 (‘Non so che dir…’)

Act 1, Finale, bars 736-745 (‘Di quella voce…’)

Magnifico -

Act 1, No. 2 (Cavatina), bars 112-end (‘Fertilissima…’)

Act 1, No. 2, Recit. after Cavatina, bars 27-34 (‘Cenerentola, presto…’)

Dandini -

Act 1, No. 4 (Cavatina), bars 21-41 (‘Come un’ape…)

Act 1, No. 4, Recit. after Cavatina, bars 1-8 (‘Allegrissimamente!...’)

Alidoro - Act 1, No. 6 (Aria Alidoro), bars 14-57 (‘Vasto teatro…’)

Further information: https://www.nationalopera.org/eng/program/contents/U0107

Please send per email the following application materials:

- professional CV

- Contact details including telephone, e-mail and postal address

- The role/s for which you wish to apply (if you have particular role(s) in mind, but this is

not critical)

- A sound or video recording in the form of video link or video/sound file

- Photo (small and low-resolution please)

- Any dates and times in our proposed audition schedule when you will not be available