Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program: Pianist/Coach Application (2026-2027)

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First Name*

Last Name*

Professional Name (if different)

Date of Birth*

MM/DD/YYYY

Preferred Audition Location*

Minneapolis

November 15, 2025

Houston

December 4, 2025

Cincinnati, OH

December 6, 2025

New York, NY

December 8 - 11

Please select all available audition locations and dates*

If you are available for more than one audition location, please indicate here. Additionally, please indicate all dates for which you are available to audition.

Minneapolis - November 15, 2025

Houston - December 4, 2025

Cincinnati - December 6, 2025

New York - December 8, 2025

New York - December 9, 2025

New York - December 10, 2025

New York - December 11, 2025

E-mail Address*

Primary Phone*

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Current Address Line 1*

Address Line 2

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Place of Birth/Hometown: City/State/Country*

Voluntary Demographic Information*

This information is for data purposes only and will not be used in the awarding of auditions or contracts. For more information on the categories below, please visit appendix 4 on the following page: https://eeocdata.org/eeo1/howto/instructionbooklet

Hispanic or Latino

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Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino)

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Languages Studied*

Please specify languages and years of study or proficiency.

Piano Training*

Please specify: Name of teacher, length of study, and affiliation (if applicable). Most current teacher first.

Conducting Training / Experience (if applicable)

Please specify: Name of teacher, length of study, and affiliation (if applicable). Most current teacher first.

Education*

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Professional References

Please give details of three artistic authorities with whom you have worked and who may act as references. No written recommendations are accepted.

Professional References*

Number of selections required: 3.

Selection 1

Name

Affiliation

Phone Number

Selection 2

Name

Affiliation

Phone Number

Selection 3

Name

Affiliation

Phone Number

Resume*

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Headshot*

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Video Selections

Two video files are required with your application. Please submit two video files which display you in collaboration with one or more singers, made within 12 months of the application deadline.

Video Selections*

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**Please note: pianist/coach auditions are usually scheduled for the first slots of each day.

If you are selected for a live audition, please prepare one selection from each of the following four lists.

-Candidates should be prepared to sing and play all operatic excerpts, to follow a conductor, to translate each extract without reference to notes, and to respond to musical direction.

-Auditions may also involve sight-reading and verbal interviews.

EXTRACT I: A solo piano piece of your choice.

EXTRACT II Mozart: Prepare one of the following:

• Don Giovanni: Act I Finale (No. 13) through the end of the Act
• Don Giovanni: Act II Sextet, “Sola, sola in buio loco”
• Così fan tutte – Act I Finale from the entrance of Despina and Don Alfonso (Scene XVI, Allegro) until the end of the act

EXTRACT III Puccini: Prepare one of the following:

• La bohème: Act I up until the entrance of Benoit
• Manon Lescaut: Act II, rehearsal 25 until rehearsal 38
• Tosca: Act I until rehearsal 40
• Madama Butterfly: Act I until rehearsal 37

EXTRACT IV French: Prepare one of the following:

• Bizet Carmen: Quintet, “Nous avons en tête une affaire »
• Massenet Werther : Charlotte Letter Scene until entrance of Sophie
• Poulenc: Les mamelles de Tirésias “Non, Monsieur mon mari” (Act I Scene I from figure 20 - figure 34)

EXTRACT V German: Prepare one of the following:

• Wagner: Die Walküre: “Siegmund heiss ich,” Rehearsal 72A until the end of the Act
• Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos: “Sein wir wieder gut,” Rehearsal 108 until the end of the Prologue
• Strauss: Elektra: Ensemble of the Maids from beginning of Opera until Elektra entrance
• Strauss: Salome: Ensemble of the Jews from “Sehr schnell” (“Das kann nicht sein”) before figure 189 until figure 207)