The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
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Aria Frequency List: Mezzo-soprano
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Tenor
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Baritone
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Bass & Bass-baritone
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreNational Opera Week on the Road
The Saturday morning sunrise from my New York hotel room was some consolation for having to be up at 6am to catch the train to Philadelphia. My personal tally at the end of this, National Opera Week 2009: 4 operas (Lohengrin, Esther, Stradella, & The House of the Dead) 188 auditions 393 arias 17 monologues
Read MoreThe Tough Call
A lunch hour post, for I’m feeling a bit guilty at my blogging track record this time around. Seems that I can either do things or write about them, but not both… We implemented a callback audition procedure a couple of years ago, and it has served us well. We only have one trip around
Read MoreMidwest Musings
This part of the tour is always too much of a whirlwind. Too many good singers, and too few hours in the day. It was a quick 8-hour turnaround from Wednesday night’s arrival in Cincinnati to our morning departure from the hotel. And Thursday was dense, with only a half-hour for lunch, and a dash
Read MoreChicago: The No Caffeine Zone
We’ve settled into a new audition space in Chicago for 2 days. The management at Classical Symphony Hall is taking very good care of us, and we appreciate being able to listen to voices in a space that doesn’t fight against us. The acoustic isn’t luxuriously live, but the ceilings are high, and the sound
Read MoreInterlude: MONC Auditions
I’m on a mid-audition-tour busman’s holiday this weekend, judging the Metropolitan Opera National Council Western Region auditions in Los Angeles on the beautiful campus of USC. A high level of singing, enjoyable colleagues, and marvelously friendly and efficient MONC staff and volunteers make it a pleasure. Today we were in the Newman Recital Hall of
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