Due to an increase in the membership of the Opera Company, the Primorsky Stage announces a contest to fill vacancies of soloists including lyric-coloratura sopranos, sopranos, mezzo-sopranos, tenors, baritones, basses, as well as the position of vocal accompanist.
CONTEST TERMS FOR SOLOISTS
Please, send to glushenko@mariinsky.ru:
– your CV that specifies your education, scenic experience (if any) and repertoire;
– your photo; and
– links to audio/video records of your concerts or performances.
CONTEST TERMS FOR VOCAL ACCOMPANIST
Please, send to glushenko@mariinsky.ru:
– your CV that specifies your education, work experience (if any) and repertoire;
– links to audio/video records of your performance of a scene from the opera (without a vocalist-illustrator, the illustration of the vocal part by the accompanist himself is welcome), the accompaniment of an aria from the opera with a vocalist-illustrator.
You should submit your application on or before February 1, 2023. No application submitted after the above date will be accepted. Please, contact Elena Aleksandrovna GLUSHENKO, Director of the Opera Company, for details by +7 914 730 7941 with Vladivostok time taken into account.
According to results of consideration of your CVs and records some applicants will be called for a voice trial in Saint Petersburg. All trial expenses (including travel, accommodation, etc.) should be paid by applicants.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Primorsky Stage does not comment a decision taken upon consideration of any application.
CONTEST PROCEDURE FOR SOLOISTS
The voice trials are expected to be held in St Petersburg on February 6 and February 7, 2023. The exact place and time will be announced additionally.
Any applicant should choose two arias from the following list:
Lyric-coloratura soprano:
2nd Aria of the Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte by W.-A. Mozart
Aria of Gilda from Rigoletto by G. Verdi
Adele's aria from Die Fledermaus by I. Strauss (Act III) in Russian
Cavatina of Lyudmila from Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka
Soprano:
Aria of Lady Macbeth from Macbeth by G. Verdi (Act I)
Aria of Élisabeth de Valois from Don Carlo by G. Verdi
Aria of Liza from The Queen of Spades by P. Tchaikovsky
Cavatina of Gorislava from Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka
Mezzo-soprano:
Aria of Ratmir from Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka
Arioso of Lyubasha from The Tsar’s Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov (Act I)
Aria of Eboli from Don Carlo by G. Verdi
Romance of Polina from The Queen of Spades by P. Tchaikovsky
Tenor:
Thunder scene from The Queen of Spades by P. Tchaikovsky
Romance of Radamès from Aida by G. Verdi
Aria of Calaf from Turandot by G. Puccini
Song of the Duke from Rigoletto by G. Verdi
Baritone:
Aria of Rigoletto from Rigoletto by G. Verdi
Aria of Gryaznoy from The Tsar’s Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Arioso of Mazepa from Mazepa by P. Tchaikovsky
Couplets of Escamillo from Carmen by G. Bizet
Bass:
Aria of Ruslan from Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka
Aria of Filippo from Don Carlo by G. Verdi
Dungeon scene (“Three treasures”) from Mazepa by P. Tchaikovsky
Aria of Prince Gremin from Eugene Onegin by P. Tchaikovsky
The Theatre will render an accompanist’s services free of charge.
CONTEST PROCEDURE FOR VOCAL ACCOMPANIST
The trials are expected to be held in St Petersburg on February 6 and February 7, 2023. The exact place and time will be announced additionally.
Any applicant should choose two fragments from the following list:
1. Aida by G. Verdi. Act I, Scene 2 ("Scene in the Temple").
2. Turandot by G. Puccini. Act II, Scene 2 (Riddle scene. “Straniero, ascolta!.. until the Prince’s remark “Il mio fuoco ti sgela: Turandot!”).
3. Eugene Onegin by P. Tchaikovsky. Closing scene ("Enough, stand up").
4. Mazepa by P. Tchaikovsky. Act I, Scene 1. (Scene of Maria with the girls “I will curl, curl my fragrant wreath).
5. The Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Duet of Lyubasha and Gryaznoy.
6. War and Peace by S. Prokofiev. Scene 1. Scene in Otradnoe.
Reading of the fragment from the sheet proposed by the commission.
