Resource for Students
Be in the know
Auditions coming Fall 2026
Le Nozze di Figaro
Performance Dates
March 5 and 7, 2027
Macky Auditorium
Role acceptance and production information will be emailed to the cast in May/June. Score checkout will begin in August. Principle roles are encouraged to obtain a personal score to begin role preparation over the summer.
To be considered for casting, review the General Schedule and Rehearsal Protocols before committing to an audition. Read and complete all THREE audition tasks listed below.
April 21: Music and Monologue auditions 6-10pm in room S118
April 22: Music and Monologue auditions continued 6-8pm in S118; Movement audition sessions in room S317 between 6-10pm
*jazz shoes only or socks. NO outside shoes*
April 23: Callbacks from 6-10pm
Complete these three steps for ALL who audition for Vixen:
Sign up for an audition music time with correlating dance audition session.
Use this DocuSign link to complete your Audition Sheet. Your Studio Teacher signature is required*. Once finished, you will receive an email confirming the form is received. You will not be allowed to audition without the signed audition sheet.
*If you do not study voice with a CU professor, please use the email address of christie.conover@colorado.edu when asked for a faculty contact.
Audition Repertoire
Callbacks
One 32 bar song cut: Students to prepare one 32 bar song cut and one 1-minute monologue. Auditioners should sing something that reflects the style and tone of the show. Song material may include selections from Sweeney Todd or any other 32 bar song cut that reflects the mood and style of the piece which may include other Sondheim songs.
One-minute monologue cut: Students to prepare either a contemporary dramatic monologue or one from the belle epoque period if they have it (as in Shaw, Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, etc.) with no accents for the general auditions.
** BMMT students ONLY: In addition to your 32-bar cut for your Sweeney audition, BMMT students should also prepare a 32-bar cut of a pop song ranging from the late 1950s to the early 1980s in the styles of Burt Bacharach, The Carpenters, Carol King etc. to audition for the Fall musical revue 'Polyester & Pearls - A 1970s Musical Revue'. Selection may be an MT song as long as it fits the criteria of a song from Sweet Charity or Subways are for Sleeping etc. You can find multiple collections of contemporary songs from these decades on Spotify etc.
If you are called back to be heard for specific roles, you will be notified via email. Please prepare the corresponding side and musical excerpt from the linked folder. Director will want attempted accents for the callbacks if you feel secure doing so. (“If they don't feel comfortable with accents at this point in time, then the attempt at a dialect only gets in the way of their acting the scene truthfully.")
For live auditions, please arrive 15 minutes early to check in with the proctor. Live auditions will be recorded for the audition panel use ONLY.
AUDITIONS
Friday, February 13
CU New Opera Workshop
CU NOW
The Late Signor Zanetti
Public Presentations June 12 and 14, 2026
Composer Fellows' Initiative (CFI)
Performance June 13, 2026
To be considered for casting, review the casting descriptions and Rehearsal Requirements before committing to an audition. Read and complete all THREE audition tasks listed below.
CU New Opera Workshop of
The Late Signor Zanetti
Public Presentations June 12 and 14, 2026
Visiting Composer Alberto Caruso
Visiting Librettist Mark Campbell
CU Boulder alumnus, and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning librettist Mark Campbell—together with Italian composer Alberto Caruso—will workshop “The Late Signor Zanetti,” a comic thriller set in Venice in 1823. When the titular character, a horologist, attempts to repair a pocket watch left in his shop by a mysterious stranger, the activities of his typical evening take a surprising and surreal twist.
PRINCIPAL ROLES
Zanetti, a horologist, tenor
Albertina, his daughter, soprano
Bernardo, his friend, baritone
Cristina, his sister, mezzo-soprano
Daniela, a sex worker and friend, soprano
Aldo, a gondolier, baritone
Composer Fellows' Initiative 2026
Performance June 13, 2026
Participating composers’ short opera scenes develop under the guidance of CU NOW industry titans and are then rehearsed, staged, costumed and performed within the summer festival of CU NOW ... and beyond.
Four singers will be cast: soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone/bass
CFI Composers under the mentorship of Tom Cipullo and Bud Coleman are
Indigo Farmer
Glenda Luck
Leah Porter Tracy
Luka Vezmar
Rehearsals and Requirements
Rehearsals begin May 26, 2026
This is a professional opportunity. CU NOW artists are on a paid 3-week contract. Releases are rare and will only be considered in extreme circumstances. Work/academic conflicts during May 26 to June 14 and between 2p-10p will not be considered.
Those hired must possess a suite of skills including the ability to learn, interpret, and perform music that is being created in real time.
Complete these three steps for ALL who audition for CU NOW:
Sign up for an audition slot on Feb 13.
Use this DocuSign link to complete your Audition Sheet. Once finished, you will receive an email confirming the form is received. You will not be allowed to audition without the signed audition sheet.
Audition Repertoire
Prepare an aria or dramatic song in English from 20/21st Century showcasing dramatic and musical range
IMPORTANT: bring a clean copy in a 3-ring binder to the audition. The pianist is Alaina de Bellevue and she will read from the music you bring to the audition.
For live auditions, please arrive 15 minutes early to check in with the proctor. Live auditions will be recorded for the audition panel use ONLY.