| Auditions
for Park Opera's next fully staged production, Bizet's Carmen,
will take place on Sunday 20 June 2010 from 2.30pm to 5.30pm in
The Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell.
The performances will take place in The Wilde Theatre,
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, on 16-19 February 2011,
with full dress rehearsals on 14 and 15 February. The opera will
be sung in English.
If you have any queries please contact:
Musical Director – Brian Chapman
Tel: 07966 290372 or brian.chapman@akzonobel.com
Producer – Sallie Ward
Tel: 01753 854093 or drjkward@aol.com
Secretary - Sue Lawrence
Tel: 01344 451109 or susan1948@ntlworld.com
The audition pieces below refer to the Cramer score,
which we intend to use in the production, but any edition may be
used for the audition. The pieces should be sung in English.
| Carmen |
Mezzo/Soprano |
Act 2 |
pp. 116-119
|
No 11: Gypsy Air, third verse |
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Act 3 |
pp. 245-248 |
No 19: Card Trio, Carmen’s solo verse |
| Micaela |
Soprano |
Act 3 |
pp. 266-272
|
No 21: Micaela’s Aria |
| Don José |
Tenor |
Act 2
|
pp. 180-183
|
No. 15 The Flower Song |
| Escamillo |
Baritone |
Act 2
|
pp. 131-133
|
No 12: Toreador’s Song, second
verse |
| Dancairo |
Baritone |
Act 2 |
pp. 143-147 |
No.13: Quintet from “For
we allow it as correct” to “Women to have
always at hand” |
| Remendado |
Tenor |
Act 2 |
pp. 143-147 |
As Dancairo, but tenor line |
| Frasquita |
Soprano |
Act 2 |
pp. 248-250 |
No 19: Card Trio, final verse |
| Mercedes |
Soprano |
Act 2 |
pp. 248-250 |
As Frasquita, but second soprano line |
| Zuniga |
Bass |
Act 1 |
pp. 10-13 |
No 2: Morales’ solo line |
| Morales |
Bass/Baritone |
Act 1 |
pp. 10-13 |
As Zuniga |
There will also be short 'reading' auditions to demonstrate spoken
dialogue, body posture, facial expression etc. The readings will
be available at the auditions.
CLICK
HERE FOR A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THE AUDITION PIECES (pdf file)
LOCATION OF SOUTH HILL PARK ARTS CENTRE
South Hill Park Arts Centre is about 7 minutes drive from Bracknell
Town Centre in the Birch Hill area, and is easily accessible from
the M3 (Jct 3) as well as the M4 (Jct 10). It is very well signposted
– look for the brown road signs saying ‘Arts Centre’
or showing a comedy mask.
CLICK
HERE TO VIEW A PRINTABLE MAP OF HOW TO FIND US
or click one of the following links to view and print a street
map showing the location of South Hill Park Arts Centre:
www.streetmap.co.uk
www.multimap.com
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