2022 Festival Invitation to Apply

    “…dell’Arte Opera Ensemble is one of New York’s more valuable and enterprising opera companies. Its mission is to engage young singers and have them learn and perform a role they then can take elsewhere having had the luxury of thorough preparation.” Fred Plotkin on WQXR’s Operavore

    The Program

    dell’Arte Opera Ensemble (dAOE) goes beyond the average summer program by addressing ways to improve and engage the whole role-study process. Our aim is to foster your skills and process, so you can arrive self-prepared and ready-to-go at any production in which you are cast. Elements of the programming include:

    • Language seminars emphasizing lyric diction, translation and syntax skills to help you get ‘inside’ the libretto
    • “Movement & Acting Skills for Singers” A 15-hour series of classes led by opera director Chuck Hudson, developing a physical vocabulary for expression
    • Baroque Style class, strengthening skills for effective and informed performance choices
    • Individual coaching sessions, bringing myriad skills together into a comprehensive role preparation process

    Who We’re Looking For

    We cast career-minded opera singers seeking serious and intensive YAP experience. Ideally you have completed at least one or two years of undergraduate education for lower-level roles and are seeking to grow. We impose no age limits and honor equal-opportunity consideration for all. Company policy requires full vaccination for the Covid-19 virus. Please visit 2022 Festival Casting Guidance for information on the roles we are casting this year.

    Participation Requirements

    • New York City commuting distance residency required July 9 – August 28, 2022
    • Our program is ideally suited to NYC area singers who have general availability during the spring (April/June) 2022
    • We offer stipends in a range between $500 and $1500, plus:
      • individual role coaching
      • language and acting classes
      • one or more roles on a New York stage and the chance to work with great colleagues

    Prepare Yourself and super-charge your process for more efficient, engaged, and expressive work which you can then bring to the rehearsal room and to the stage! dAOE does not charge singers a fee, only asking that you give 100% of yourself to the task.

    We invite you to audition with us.  Please visit YAPTracker.com for more information and to submit an application.