71st Season - 2026-27
Abduction Chorus Auditions
Audition Form
You can open and download a pdf of the audition form and fill it out before coming to audition.
Audition Piece
You can open and download a pdf of the audition piece
here.
You can either audition with this excerpt or with a German song or aria of your choosing.
If you would like to audition with the excerpt, you should familiarize yourself with words and music of the voice part you would expect to sing. You don't have to memorize.
If you choose to bring your own piece, please bring a copy for the accompanist. It doesn't have to be memorized.
Score
For the production, we will be using the Baerenreiter edition vocal score.
Chorus Rehearsal Schedule
Below are the dates for the Abduction chorus
Music Rehearsals
(at the Holt Building - 221 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto)
Tue 08/25 - 7 PM
Fri 08/28 - 7 PM
Mon 08/31 - 7 PM
Fri 09/04 - 7 PM
Sun 09/06 - 2 PM
Tue 09/15 - 7 PM
Wed 09/16 - 7 PM Stumble through with conductor
These are in addition to staging rehearsals and performances.
Here are the tentative dates for staging rehearsals:
Staging Rehearsals
(at the Holt Building)
Fri 09/18 - Tue 09/28
Please reserve Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings as well as Saturday and Sunday afternoons though the chorus will not be called on all those dates.
Staging and Tech Rehearsals
(at the Lucie Stern Theatre - 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto)
Wed., 09/30 (eve)
Fri., 10/02 (eve)
Sat., 10/03 (afternoon)
Sun., 10/04 (afternoon staging and evening Sitzprobe)
Mon., 10/05 (eve, piano dress)
Tues. 10/06 (eve, orchestra dress #1)
Wed. 10/07 (eve, orchestra dress #2)
Performances & brush-up at Lucie Stern
10/09 - 7 p.m. Friday evening performance
10/11 - 2 p.m. Sunday matinee performance
10/14 - 7 p.m. Wednesday evening brush-up
10/17 - 7 p.m. Saturday evening performance
10/18 - 2 p.m.Sunday matinee performance
If you have other questions, and to sign up for the audition please contact our
Chorus Manager: Joanne Bogart at
ChorusAuditions@wbopera.org
