Lyric Opera Chicago

Lyric Opera Chicago will be holding auditions for 2025/26 chorus.

Chicago auditions will take place at the Lyric Opera House (20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago) on the following dates:

March 24, 2025 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

March 20, 2025 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

March 26, 2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

March 28, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm & 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

March 29, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Applicants must sing a preliminary audition to be considered for a callback audition. Please note that callback auditions are not always requested of singers in consideration for contracts.

Callback Auditions

March 29, 2025, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Auditions are by invitation only:

Please ensure materials are received no later than 5:00 pm CDT on March 17, 2025. Late applications will not be considered.

For audition consideration, singers must submit:

Current résumé

Headshot

Letter that states your first, second and third preferences of audition dates

Contact information for two references of recognized musical authority with whom you have worked. Please ensure your references are notified that Lyric may contact them.

Please email the above to:

choraud@lyricopera.org

OR mail to:

Chorus Auditions Coordinator

Lyric Opera of Chicago

20 N Wacker Drive, Suite 860

Chicago, IL 60606

Audition Requirements:

Successful applicants must be prepared to present two, memorized opera arias in different languages.

Auditionees must be United States citizens OR possess, at the time of the audition, legal permission to work in the United States of America during the rehearsal and performance period.

Lyric Opera of Chicago employs a professional chorus under an AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) contract and pays competitive wages. You need not be a union member to audition.