AOW 2024 edition
09 & 10 May
Yerevan, Armenia
General casting audition
10 May 2024
Evamaria Wieser
Casting Director
Artistic Director
Young Singers Project
Salzburg Festival
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European Casting Director
Chicago Lyric Opera
Evamaria Wieser serves as director of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival and also as Casting Consultant for Chicago’s Lyric Opera since May of 2008. Since 2011 she is Artistic Consultant of the Teatro dell´Opera, she serves as a jury memeber to many competitions such as Operalia, Vinas, CLIP, Debut, Neue Stimmen etc
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From 1976 to 1980, Ms. Wieser worked at the Starka/Ioan Holender Theater Agency in Vienna. In 1980 she became the artistic administration office of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
Beginning in 1989, Ms. Wieser worked in the field of artist management at the Holender/ÖIK Theater Agency in Vienna, and from 1990 to 2001 she served as director of the artistic administration office of the Salzburg Festival under artistic director Gerard Mortier. Since October of 2001, Evamaria Wieser has been head of opera production for the Salzburg Easter under the artistic direction of Claudio Abbado (2002) and Sir Simon Rattle (until 2012).
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Between 2002 and 2004, Ms. Wieser prepared the way for Gerard Mortier to assume the position of director of the Paris National Opera as of the 2004/2005 season. Since 2002 she has been the Consultant for the Osterfestspiele Salzburg.
Philip White
Pianist - conductor
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Head of Opera
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Head of Music
Grange Park Opera
Philip has spent the greater part of his working life in the field of opera working as repetiteur and chorus master both in the UK and abroad. He is currently the Head of Opera at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (since 2017).
He workes as the Chorus Master at Royal Danish Opera (2004–2012), Assistant Chorus Master at Bayreuth Festival (2005-2015), Assistant Chorus Master Moses and Aron, Chorus Master Oedipus Rex, Rossignol, Parsifal (Théâtre du Chatelet), Associate Chorus Master at Radio France, chorus preparation for Deutsche Grammophon recording of Messiaen’s La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Bizet’s Ivan IV, Honegger’s La Danse des Morts, Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini (EMI), Guest Chorus Master at Scottish Opera, Opera de Lyon, Longborough Festival Opera, ENO, and Moses und Aron (WNO).
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Philip prepared the chorus for Tannhauser (Théâtre du Chatelet) and for Sting’s album Sacred Love.
How to apply
The audition will take place on 10 May 2024 at the Aram Khachaturian House Museum in Yerevan.
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED
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Applications must include
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2 recent videos of you singing arias or songs. The videos must be made in the last 6 months.
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Your CV containing information about your date of birth, residency, citizenship and education
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Applications are being accepted between 30 March - 25 April
Age limit 18-35 years old
There is no application fee
The applications should be sent to armoperaworkshop@gmail.com
Preliminary auditions
09 May 2024
The Armenian Opera Workshop is delighted to host the preliminary live audition round of the renowned German international singing competition Neue Stimmen.
The audition will take place on 09 May 2024 at the Aram Khachaturian House Museum in Yerevan.
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THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED!
The deadline for applications is 31 January 2024
There is no application fee
The applications should be submitted to www.neue-stimmen.de