What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bassoon 2 Auditions position at Arizona Opera?
Arizona Opera announces auditions for the following:
BASSOON 2
27 projected services for 2023/24 Season
2023/24 Season per service rate:
Section Musician: $131.84
Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA
Applications are due on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Bassoon 2 auditions will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.
To apply, please email your resume to orchmanager@azopera.org.
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BASSOON 2 AUDITION REPERTOIRE LIST
Solo repertoire:
- Mozart Concerto for Bassoon in B , KV 191, 1st and 2nd mvts
Orchestra Excerpts: to be selected from the following, parts as marked
- Bizet, Carmen – Act II entr’acte “Les dragons d’Alcala”
- Brahms, Violin Concerto – Mvt. II
- Donizetti, L’Elisier d’Amore – No. 11 “Una furtive Lagrima”
- Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci – Act II #135
- Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro Overture – 1st & 2nd bassoon parts
- Act I, No. 1 Duetto
- Act I, Finale
- Mozart, Così fan tutte – Act I Finale
- Smetana, The Bartered Bride Overture
- Strauss, Salome – “Dance of the Seven Veils”
- Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani Overture – 1st & 2nd bassoon parts
- Verdi, Falstaff - Act II, Part I, reh #49
- Verdi, Otello – Act 1 (2 pages)
- Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture • Wagner, Die Walkure – Act 1 Vorspiel, Scene 1
- Wagner, Siegfried – Act II Vorspiel, Scene 1
Possible Sight Reading
Reports To:
Orchestra Manager
Job Category:
Artistic