Opera Nuova

Opera NUOVA - 2017 Young Artist Program for Singers

This application closed on Tuesday November 1, 2016.


FOR SINGERS

A complete application package for Singers will include:

  • A fully completed YAP Tracker application form.
  • A web resolution headshot with a maximum filesize of 2 MB
  • A current one page résumé or CV. (Please be sure to list any and all union affiliations.)
  • A bio for promotional purposes (100 words)
  • A 250-word statement on why you have chosen NUOVA’s programs and what you are wanting to accomplish with further intensive training.

TWO references are required for a first-time applicant. Only one reference is required for returning 2022 participants.  One reference should come from the applicant’s main instructor. A second may be provided by a voice coach, conductor, opera stage director, general director or other artistic professional.

Please note: Singers must provide their own accompanist.

TEN-DAY PROGRAM AUDITIONS

  1. One aria or music theatre solo
  2. One art song  (any language or style is acceptable)

FIVE-WEEK OPERA APPRENTICE PROGRAM AUDITIONS

  1. One Gilbert & Sullivan song
  2. One art song  (any language or style is acceptable)
  3. One aria of your choice

6-WEEK INTENSIVE OPERATIC AUDITIONS

  1. One Italia aria
  2. One non-Italian aria (Please provide contrasting styles and tempi. No Oratorio.)
  3. One English aria, or a music theatre selection
    • A second art song may replace on of your arias
  4. One art song of your choice (Please have a Slavic choice prepared in possible)
  5. One poem, sonnet or monologue (classic or contemporary) no longer than 2 minutes
    • You may also choose to perform the text of an aria

6-WEEK INTENSIVE MUSIC THEATRE AUDITIONS

One song from each of the following eras:

  1. Tin Pan Alley era (1920 – 1949)
    (Composers such as Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Weill, etc.)
  2. The Golden Age (1943-1965)
    (Composers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Bock and Harnick, early Sondheim, etc.)
  3. Contemporary Musical Theatre repertoire (1966 – present day)
    (Composers such as late Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Schwartz, Finn, etc.)
  4. A Gilbert & Sullivan selection or a “Character” song of your choice (preferably demonstrating character type or patter ability.)
  5. A 2-minute monologue (Classical or contemporary)

 

Applications received after the deadline will be accepted, but opportunities for role placements may be limited. 

Please contact Kristin Nowazek at admin@operanuova.ca with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

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*Please Note: If you are not a Canadian Citizen, in order to be eligible for application you must be presently studying at, or completed studies at, a Canadian university or college.
Applications received after the deadline will be accepted, but an in-person audition is not guaranteed.
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TWO references are required for a first-time applicant. Only one reference is required for returning 2016 participants. One reference should come from the applicant’s main instructor. A second may be provided by a voice coach, conductor, opera stage director, general director or other artistic professional.

Minimum number permitted: 1. Maximum number permitted: 2 Allowed method(s): Online.

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If you cannot audition in person, please attach your digital audition. Maximum number of selections permitted: 3

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