Singers to the Göteborg Opera Chorus (male voices) - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The chorus consists of 46 professional singers and performs in most of our opera productions as well as concerts. Members of the chorus are regularly used for smaller solo parts and are occasionally given the opportunity to cover lead roles. We consider drama and movement to be important elements of the chorus' work.

The Göteborg Opera currently has two vacancies in the men´s chorus that we wish to fill: One low bass and one tenor, both positions are permanent contracts from 1st of July 2019.

We are also looking for additional singers in the men´s chorus.

Qualifications required: Higher education from Music or Opera Academy or equivalent. Our working languages are Swedish and English.

If you have stage experience from musical theatre, it´s considered a merit.

Audition, by personal invitation, will take place on November 12, 2018. Selected candidates will receive detailed information about the audition, and the audition procedure by the 29th of October, at the latest.

For the audition we would like you to prepare:

• One mandatory aria from memory, selected from the attached list of arias, (see link below)
  
  
• An aria of your choice (in another language than the selected mandatory aria)(attach the sheet music to the application as a pdf or send by mail)
  
  
• Chorus excerpt (to be performed in quartet with members of the Opera chorus, sheet music allowed) (the sheet music will be sent to you together with the invitation, appr. two weeks before the audition)

• A simple solfeggio exercise to listen to the range of the voice

Last day of application is October 21, 2018.

Please note that we only accept applications through the recruit system MyNetwork/Varbi.

If you choose to send the sheet music by mail, please address it to: Saga Stokholm, GöteborgsOperan, Christina Nilssons Gata, 411 04 Göteborg.

Welcome with your application.