THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Equity Chorus Call Singers - National Tour Auditions

Call Type
Equity Chorus

Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call / SINGERS
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
10 AM - Equity Male Singers
2 PM - Equity Female Singers

Contract
Production (League)
$1807/week minimum

Location
Pearl Studios NYC 519
519 8th Avenue
12th Floor
New York, NY

Seeking
Ensemble Singers
Men and women, for possible replacements in the currently running 25th Anniversary Tour

see breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare 16 bars from legit musical theatre/standard opera or operetta repertoire, preferably in English. Do not sing pop or rock music. Bring your book of music in case you are asked for a second selection. An accompanist will be provided.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
Currently running on tour.

ECC/Dancers on Tue, 5/6, at Pearl 500 8th Avenue
10am men
2pm women

Other
Casting for The Phantom of the Opera is interracial

Personnel
See breakdown for full creative team

Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
Production Overseen By Matthew Bourne & Cameron Mackintosh

· Chorus rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

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) and to understudy the following:

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 and ANDRE
FIRMAN is the hard money man – Baritone with high E/F. ANDRE is 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:
Should convincingly play 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.


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



Full Creative Team:

Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Lyrics by CHARLES HART
Additional Lyrics by RICHARD STILGOE
Book by RICHARD STILGOE & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Based on the novel ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’ by GASTON LEROUX
Orchestrations by DAVID CULLEN & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Musical Supervisor: JOHN RIGBY
General Manager: Gentry & Assoc.
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
Video & Projection Design by NINA DUNN for Knifedge
Sound Design by MICK POTTER
Lighting Design by PAULE CONSTABLE
Costume Design by MARIA BJÖRNSON
Set Design by PAUL BROWN
Choreography by SCOTT AMBLER
Directed by LAURENCE CONNOR
Production overseen by MATTHEW BOURNE & CAMERON MACKINTOSH