Peach State Opera, Georgia’s premier touring opera company, will hold live auditions on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21, 2023 for its 2023-2024 season. Auditions will be held in the metro Atlanta area.  Under consideration is a touring production of Johann Strauss’  “Die Fledermaus” (Revenge of the Bat).  We will also audition for our scenes program, “Operatizers.”   Help us share the thrill of live opera with small communities in Georgia and beyond!

For Fledermaus, we are auditioning for 9 principals, 4 choristers SATB, and 1 male actor for whom no singing is required.  Music and dialogue rehearsals will be in the Atlanta metro area Fri. evening, Sat. & Sun., on July 28,29,30, with blocking rehearsals scheduled for the week of August 7-12. Performances in the Georgia region are currently being finalized and will occur on select weekends in mid-September through October 2023, and mid-January through mid-March 2024. Singers are paid per performance, and housing is provided for each of the tour weekends. PLEASE NOTE: Peach State Opera does NOT provide travel allowances, nor does it provide housing for the rehearsal periods.

To request an audition, visit https://forms.gle/SvPa35HFu8irFhqY7. All auditionees must submit a non-refundable $22 audition fee through Venmo at the time of application. The application must include a PDF version of the singer’s opera performance resume, as well as a digital headshot. Male actors auditioning for the speaking role of Frosch must include a PDF version of the actor’s performance resume, as well as a digital headshot.  Qualified singers/actors will be invited to audition.  The deadline for applying and paying the audition fee is Wed. May 10.

Audition requirements: All singers must present 2 memorized arias in contrasting styles, one of which must be in English. A pianist will be provided. For singers auditioning for Adele or Rosalinde, at least one of the arias must display high-range flexibility. Also, all singers will be required to do a dialogue reading after singing.  These requirements also serve as “Operatizers” auditions.  Actors auditioning for the role of Frosch must offer a comic monologue from a classic play, no longer than 2 minutes, and do a dialogue reading also.  (No singing will be required of Frosch auditionees.) All singers/actors must bring a hard copy resume and a hard copy 8×10 head shot.