Vocal Artist Audition Information

Our 2025 season--the first in our new theater.

Bizet: Carmen
Lehár: The Merry Widow
Sondheim: Into The Woods
Studio Artist production: The Bremen Town Musicians


The application deadline was Friday, January 31.

Late applications might be accepted on an individual basis.
First send your résumé to auditions@opera.org with the subject line:
"Late application request: YOUR LAST NAME, first name -- voice type"
If your request is granted, you will be sent further instructions.

Vocal artist applications open on October 31.  Click here for the OIO 2025 Vocal Artist Application and you will be taken to YAP Tracker.com to complete it. You do not need to be a paying subscriber to YAP Tracker to use the application form, although you will need an account (guest accounts are available; see the YAP Tracker website for details).  

New for 2025: four full-scholarship awards will be reserved for artists applying and auditioning by video before December 15. Also, artists seeking early decision admission and scholarship aid will also be considered. Those selected for these awards and early admission will be notified by December 23 and will commit to joining the OIO 2025 Company by January 8 and pay a tuition deposit. Those not selected for early decision will be considered for admission and financial aid in February. 

 The final application with video audition deadline is January 31, 2025.

  • All applicants will complete the online form and upload:
    • a one-page résumé
    • a headshot (black and white or color)
    • If applying for financial aid, download the application here OIO scholarship application 2025.  Complete fully and upload to your application.
  • If applying for an online audition 
    • Pay the nonrefundable application/audition fee by credit or debit card securely within YapTracker:  $30 for virtual video auditions.
    • Upload three video selections that you certify have been recorded since July 2024 (see instructions and guidelines below)
    • Submit a short, informal video (1-2 minutes, recorded on your cell phone is OK) in which you share:
      • 1) how you most need and want to grow as an aspiring artist, and
      • 2) how you believe being a member of the 2025 OIO company and that experience would further those goals.
      • Plan, but don’t script it.  Have fun, we want to get sense of your personality and what you would bring to the company.
  • If applying for a live audition:
    • Pay the nonrefundable application/audition fee by credit or debit card securely within YapTracker:  $40 for live auditions ($30 application plus $10 audition fee; an accompanist will be provided).
    • You may upload one selection as a prelude to your live audition
    • Once your application is accepted, your audition will be scheduled

Country fiddler Orpheus (tenor Truman Grant) taunts his flower child wife, Eurydice (soprano Yeonjae Cho) in 2023’s production of Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers set in 1970s Eureka Springs.

 

YOUR VIDEO AUDITION

Our video audition procedures align with those recommended by Opera America.  Download hereOpera America remote audition guidelines 6-2020.  Watch this:  A short video about filming and recording your audition.  The priority deadline for submitting a video audition is Friday, January 31, 2025.  

Recording your video audition:    

  • Prepare three selections, at least one in Italian and one in English. One selection may be an art song or musical theater piece.
  • Accompaniment of a live pianist is best, using a piano track is acceptable.
  • You must submit selections recorded since July 2024.
  • If absolutely needed for safety, singing with a mask is acceptable.  It would be much better to record in a large space allowing you to sing without a mask but possibly your accompanist masked.
  • Any location or background is acceptable, a large room is best.
  • If possible, focus your camera so that we see you head to foot.  Make sure that there is good lighting so we can see your facial expression without shadows.
  • At the beginning of your recording state your name once and what you will sing before each selection.  
  • Do not lip-sync or manipulate the audio recording (adding reverb, splicing, etc.).
  • Above all, before uploading to YAP Tracker make sure that the video and sound qualities are as good as possible.

During the continuing challenges of the post-pandemic, the conditions under which you are auditioning might be difficult; we understand these challenges. Know that at least two of the submitted videos will be reviewed in their entirety by the Artistic Director who will focus on the qualities of your voice, artistry and presentation not on the technical quality of the recording.

YOUR LIVE AUDITION

FOR YOUR LIVE AUDITION:

  • Prepare three selections:  one in Italian, one in English and another in a language of your choice.
  • One selection may be an art song, oratorio or musical theater selection.
  • An experienced accompanist will be provided.  
  • Please bring a résumé and repertoire list — no headshot needed-save your money.

Inspiration Point Fine Arts
16311 US-62
Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Artist inquiries
auditions@opera.org
orchestra@opera.org

General inquiries
info@opera.org

Opera in the Ozarks
P O Box 127
Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632

479-253-8595

Opera in the Ozarks does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. Opera in the Ozarks is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit company.