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Auditions

Bel Cantanti Opera 2010-2011 Season Auditions!

Bel Cantanti Opera Company is announcing auditions for its 2012 - 2013 season.

Singers are needed for a G. Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (performances are on September 28,30, October 5,7, 2012) and G. Puccini's Madama Butterfly (performances on April 12,14,19,21, 2013). All roles are open.

Auditions will be held on Sundays, May 20 and 27, 2012, in Washington DC, at the Ward Hall, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave, N.E., Washington D.C. 20064.

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For out of town singers there is an additional day of auditions: on Saturday, May 26 ( from 2pm on) at theFirst Korean United Methodist Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. (singers need to take a bus from New York to Mt. Laurel or Cherry Mall in NJ, then a cab to FKUMC). Address: 1995 Marlton Pike E. Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Pianist is provided free of charge

To schedule an audition singers need to send an application package via email to auditions@belcantanti.com . Package should include:

1. a current resume

2. a recent headshot

3. mp3 recording or a link to the website or Youtube

4. an application (click to download)

5. a short bio

5. a costume measurements form (click to download)

6. the application fee of $36.50, paid online by a credit card. (click to make a payment)

Two arias (one in Italian) are requested for the audition. Singers auditioning for the lead roles in the opera are required to sing an aria from that role.

Accepted singers will be informed about their audition slot via email. Deadline for the applications is May 19, 2012.

Bel Cantanti Opera Company auditions singers in the end of each season, in May. Please join our mailing list to receive an announcement about the season auditions. Auditions are held at the Catholic University of America, The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, 111 Ward Hall, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE Washington D.C. 20064.

Dr. Katerina Souvorova, General and Artistic Director of BCO auditions singers during the year also. To request audition, please send the application (download it here), your currect resume, headshot and recording if available at auditions@belcantanti.com