Auditions for Three Decembers

Skylark Opera Theatre and Mixed Precipitation Opera Company will hold unified auditions on January 22nd and 23rd, 2023 for their respective productions:

Dates of the auditions will be:

January 22nd - 7:00-9:20 pm and 
January 23rd - 6:00-9:20 pm
at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 
1465 North Victoria Street
St. Paul, MN 55117

Auditions slots only available through online Registration at:

https://www.theaterforms.com/mixedprecipitation/MPSkylark2023/auditionform/ 

On the audition form indicate which company’s production you are auditioning for.

  1. Skylark is auditioning for its presentation of Jake Heggie’s chamber opera THREE DECEMBERS, in May 2023.
    Performances May 12,13,14, 19, 20,21, 2023 at the Jungle Theater.

  2. Skylark Opera Theatre will be offering performer fees ranging from $2000.00 to $2,250.00.

  3. Please prepare an opera aria AND a musical theater selection, both in ENGLISH.  E.g., Contemporary 20th/21st century American opera and Legit musical theater preferred. (Such as Sondheim, Weill, Golden Age)

  4. The action in THREE DECEMBERS takes place in 1986, 1996 and 2006, as the 3 characters struggle with lies and losses in their efforts to become a loving family.

  5. Cast requirements:

    1. Madeline Mitchell, a Broadway star in middle age; mezzo-soprano

    2. Beatrice, her daughter, a young mother dealing with alcoholism; lyric soprano

    3. Charlie, Madeline’s son, Bea’s gay younger brother, whose partner has AIDS; lyric baritone

  6. Rehearsals will begin @ April 15, 2023 

For Skylark Opera Theatre:

Questions should be addressed to:
Carson Rose Schneider, Music Director/pianist
Gary Briggle, Stage Director
c/o backstage@skylarkopera.org