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1 University of Illinois School of Music Opera Division Eduardo Diazmuñoz Artistic and Music Director Principal Conductor Auditions for the Opera Season Friday, August 30, from 3 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, from 3 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, from 3 to 6 p.m. Dance Call Backs: Wednesday, September 4, from 6:15 to 10 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTE This year auditions will take place in the Foellinger Great Hall and NOT in the Tryon Festival Theatre, KCPA Repertoire includes: Giuseppe Verdi s Falstaff, November 2013 Jacques Offenbach s Orphée aux enfers, March 2014 Audition requirements: 2 Arias or Art Songs: One in Italian and one in French from memory, or For specific roles in both operas, please see the notice posted below, and/or take a look at our webpage right away: A sign-up sheet will be posted on the Open Opera Bulletin Board in KCPA (Level 4) on Monday, August 26 after 12 noon. For further Information please contact: Maestro Eduardo Diazmuñoz: edzmz@illinois.edu Professor Cara Chowning: chownin2@illinois.edu

2 SECOND IMPORTANT NOTE All students must prepare two arias or art songs, one in Italian and one in French from memory, unless you would like to be considered for specific roles, in which case, you should prepare the specific repertoire below. These two arias/art songs will be sufficient to be considered for both productions, and you will be willing to accept whichever role you are assigned to sing, even if you applied for a specific role. Unless indicated on your audition form, you will be considered for both productions. In the specific case of Jacques Offenbach s Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in The Underworld), we have uploaded the requested excerpts with the version we shall be doing (1858) for your convenience. If you happen to be cast in a specific role, then you will have to purchase your own piano/vocal score. Dance call backs for Orphée will be held on Wednesday, September 4 from 7:15 to 10:00 p.m. following the third slot of casting auditions. Thank you.

3 All pages and/or bar numbers refer to the requested Editions Giuseppe Verdi s Falstaff Verdi s Bicentennial!!! 1893 G. Ricordi Edition. Re- printed in Piano vocal score # Fall Production November 14-17, 2013 Artistic Director and Conductor - Eduardo Diazmuñoz Stage Director Kathleen Conlin Sung in Italian with English supertitles Sir John Falstaff From Act I, Scene 1. Pages 36-46: L Onore Ford From Act I, Scene 2. Pages : É sogno? (Fontana) Mrs. Alice Ford - From Act II, Scene 2. Pages : "Gaje comari di Windsor!" Mrs. Quickly From Act II, Scene 2. Pages : "Giunta all Albergo della Giarrettiera" Fenton From Act III, Scene 2. Pages : "Dal labbro il canto" Nannetta From Act III, Scene 2. Pages : Sul fil d un soffie etesio, Pages : Eriam sotto la luna Meg Page (None required) Bardolfo (None required) Pistola (None required) Dr. Cajus (None required)

4 Jacques Offenbach s Orphée aux enfers Boosey & Hawkes Offenbach Edition Keck [OEK] (ISMN M ) 2014 Winter Production February 27 March 2, 2014 Artistic Director - Eduardo Diazmuñoz Conductor - TBA Stage Director Ricardo Herrera Spoken and sung in French with English supertitles Eurydice Nº 1, Chanson. Couplets d Eurydice: Pages L opinion publique Nº 5, Melodrama et Duettino: Pages Coupidon Nº 6, Couplets de Diane: Pages 49-50, from bar 102 to 130 Jupiter - Nº 6, Couplets de Diane: Pages 53-55, from bar 197 to 217, and 225 to 233 Diane Nº 6, Couplets de Diane: Pages 56-58, from bar 240 to 272 Aristée / Pluton - Nº 8, Rondeau des Métamorphoses: Pages 80-82, from bar 29 to 54 Vénus & Minerve Nº 8, Rondeau des Métamorphoses: Pages John Styx Nº 11, Couplets du Roi de Béotie: Pages , from bar 4 to 32 Orphée, Mercure, Bacchus, Mars, and Junon - (None required)

5 For further Information please contact: Maestro Eduardo Diazmuñoz: (217) or Fax: (217) Professor Cara Chowning: (217) or Fax: (217) Principal Coach, Assistant Conductor, and Chorus Master of UI Opera Division.