PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Production Tour) - NYC ECC / Female Singers
Phantom Touring, LLC
AUDITION DATE
Nov 17, 2016 2:00 pm (EDT)
CONTRACT
Production (League)Tour; AEA Production Contract; $1917/week min
SEEKING
Equity singers for possible replacements in the ensemble and to understudy principals in the currently running 25th Anniversary Tour Production. See breakdown
PREPARATION
Please be prepared to sing a 16 bars from legit musical theatre/standard opera or operetta repertoire, preferably in English. Do not sing pop or rock music. Please bring your book of music with you, in case you are asked for a second selection. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a picture and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (519) 519 8th Ave
12th FlNew York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
Producers: Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theater Company in association with NETworks Tours ; Music ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ; Lyrics CHARLES HART ; Additional Lyrics RICHARD STILGOE ; Book RICHARD STILGOE & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ; Based on the novel ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’ by GASTON LEROUX ; Orchestrations DAVID CULLEN & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ; Musical Spvsr: JOHN RIGBY ; GM: Gentry & Assoc. ; Casting: Tara Rubin Casting ; Dir: LAURENCE CONNOR ; Choreo: SCOTT AMBLER
OTHER DATES
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting Choreographer: Scott Ambler Director: Laurence Connor Production overseen by Matthew Bourne & Cameron Mackintosh
OTHER
Currently on tour.
ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Seeking male and female singers for all vocal chorus ensemble positions (tenors, baritones, basses, lyric and coloratura sopranos, mezzos and contraltos)
Women should be sopranos (lyric or coloratura), mezzo sopranos, or contraltos, with strong legit musical theatre or opera voices; a range of character players
Men should be strong legit musical theatre or opera tenors, baritones, or basses. Two of the basses in the chorus must sing to low F; a range of character players
Will also understudy the following principals:
CHRISTING DAAE:
20s: beautiful young singer. Soprano voice that combines elements of classical and pop singing. Sings G below middle C to high E
THE PHANTOM:
30s – 40s: high baritone or tenor (with a strong low range) with a contemporary sound. Able to sustain high G# with ease in full voice and high C# in falsetto. Looking for a truly dynamic actor with excellent acting and singing ability.
RAOUL, VICOMTE de CHAGNY:
20s – 30s: dashing, handsome young aristocratic man who falls in love with Christine. Contemporary high baritone/tenor (2 octave range from A flat to A flat).
MONSIEURS FIRMIN & ANDRE
(FIRMIN - the hard money man – Baritone with high E/F) (ANDRE - charming with artistic temperament – Baritone: high G with ease): 30s – 50ish; the managers of the Paris Opera House. Trying to be elegant, they are slightly befuddled and bumbling. Need good instincts for stylish comedy.
CARLOTTA GIUDICELLI:
30s – 40s; the prima donna of The Paris Opera. A diva in every sense of the word. Coloratura soprano, to high E. Requires opera training.
MADAME GIRY:
Late 30s – early 50s; the Opera’s ballet mistress. An ominous, stern, forbidding figure. Mezzo soprano to high B flat with no discernible break between head and chest
MEG GIRY:
Late teens to early 20s; A young, petite ballet dancer with a strong mezzo soprano to G. Needs strong classical dance technique and excellent pointe work
UBALDO PIANGI:
30s – 50s; the opera’s leading tenor, Italian operatic tenor, companion to Carlotta. Sings to high C. Requires opera training.
BUQUET:
MIDDLE aged to elderly “character man”. The head flyman of the Opera Populaire. Bass baritone but required to sing to E.
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