71st Season - 2026-27

Don Carlos Chorus Auditions

Audition Form

Please open and fill out the online audition form before coming to audition.

Audition Piece

You can open and download a pdf of the audition piece here.

You should familiarize yourself with words and music of the voice part you would expect to sing. You don't have to memorize.

Score

For the production, we will be using the Ricordi French language edition vocal score, plate 48553.

Chorus Rehearsal Schedule

Below are the dates for the Don Carlos chorus

Music Rehearsals

(at the Holt Building - 221 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto)

Wed. 12/9  7-10pm

Sat.  12/12 10am-1pm

Wed. 12/16  7-10pm

Sat.  12/19 10am-1pm

Wed. 1/6  7-10pm

Sat.  1/9 10am-1pm

Wed. 1/13  7-10pm

Sat.  1/16 10am-1pm

Wed.  1/20 7-10 pm Stumble-through with conductor and cast

These are in addition to staging rehearsals and performances. 

Here are the tentative dates for staging rehearsals:

Staging Rehearsals

(at the Holt Building)

We likely will not need all these dates, but please reserve.

Fri  1/22 eve

Sat. 1/23 day

Sun. 1/24 aft

Tue  1/26. eve

Wed. 1/27 eve

Fri.  1/29 eve

Sat.  1/30 aft  Designer run

Sun  1/31 aft

Tue  2/2. eve

Staging and Tech Rehearsals

(at the Lucie Stern Theatre - 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto)

Wed 2/3  eve

Fri   2/5  eve

Sat  2/6. aft

Sun. 2/7  aft

Sun. 2/7. eve. Sitzprobe

Mon 2/8.  eve Piano dress

Tue  2/9  eve. Orc dress #1

Wed 2/10. eve  Orch dress #2

Performances & brush-up at Lucie Stern Theatre

Fri 2/12   eve Perf. #1

Sun 2/14  aft. Perf. #2

Wed 2/17. eve brush-up

Sat 2/20   eve Perf. #3

Sun 2/21.  aft.  Perf. #4

If you have other questions, and to sign up for the audition please contact our 

Chorus Manager: Joanne Bogart at

ChorusAuditions@wbopera.org