Auditions
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PRINCIPAL ROLES AUDITIONS HAVE CLOSED! Cast announcement is below.
DIRECTORIAL TEAM Musical Director: Rod Mounjed Director: Dean Sinclair Assoc. Director & Choreographer: Sarah Pearce PRINCIPAL ROLES The Mikado of Japan Tobias Page Nanki-Poo (His son, disguised) Jareth Norman Ko-Ko (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) Dean Sinclair Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) Joshua Knight Pish-Tush (A Noble Lord) Andrew Pennycuick Go-Get (A somewhat less Noble Lord) Terence Hogan Yum-Yum (A Ward of Ko-Ko) Anne-Louise Harris Pitti-Sing (Her sister) Johanna Knoechel / Lesley Braithwaite Peep Bo (Her other sister) Oksana Popova Katisha (An Elderly Lady of the Mikado's court) Megan Chalmers Understudies Laura Wachsmann (Yum-Yum) Bridget Wood (Peep-Bo) Anthony Henry Smith (Pooh Bah) ===================================================== Orientation for New Chorus members & Rehearsal 1 for all cast will be held on Tuesday 11 June 2019, commencing at 7:30 pm, at the Parish Hall, St Francis Xavier Church, 17 Mackenzie St, Lavender Bay (North Sydney). Rehearsals will then be every Tuesday and Thursday evening. ===================================================== CHORUS ROLES have closed! If you are interested in joining the chorus for 2020, please email us ( info@gsosydney.com.au ) with your details and a contact number. We are always on the lookout for new members in our chorus, especially men of good singing ability (and of course women too!) Those wishing to join the chorus will need to be evaluated for voice type and singing & stage movement abilities. The audition will take no more than about 5-10 minutes. The process may be waived at the discretion of the directors if you are known to them from previous shows. To help you learn the music, audio CDs/USBs of all the chorus parts will be available for all cast members from the start of rehearsals. For more auditioning guidelines, please visit our Auditions page. Rehearsals Rehearsals are held every Tuesday and Thursday evening at the Parish Hall, St Francis Xavier Church, 17 Mackenzie St, Lavender Bay (North Sydney). THE MIKADO - PERFORMANCE DATES & VENUES 2019
7.30 pm, Monday, 23 September Ravenswood Centenary Centre, GORDON (NOTE: This is a private performance for the Killara Music Club) 2pm & 7:30pm, Saturday, 28 September Soldiers' Memorial Hall: Railway Street, BUNDANOON 8pm Friday, 4 October 8pm Saturday, 5 October 2pm Sunday, 6 October 8pm Friday, 11 October 2pmSaturday, 12 October 2pm Sunday, 13 October Smith Auditorium Lyric Theatre: Shore School, NORTH SYDNEY SCHOLARSHIPS This year G&S Opera Sydney will be offering 1-3* Scholarships to students studying voice at a reputable Sydney school. Anyone interested in applying can audition as per normal and make the panel aware that you are interested in the scholarship. |
IMPORTANT FORMS & INFORMATION 2019 Performance Dates & Venues |
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PRINCIPAL ROLE AUDITIONS and NEW CHORUS
The company normally holds closed auditions, this being the preferred choice of the management committee and the directors involved.
If you audition for us and are unsuccessful in obtaining one of the principal roles available, we sincerely hope you will audition for us in the future. When selecting a performer for a particular role, we take into account the performer’s ability to fully project all the characteristics required for that role. We assess the musical ability and dramatic interpretation as well as consider the overall balance of vocal types, ages required for the roles, whether couples complement each other, etc.
Decisions of the Audition Panel are final and we cannot enter into discussions about our choices. We do urge you to consider accepting a re-call if you were unsuccessful the first time, as some of our most valued performers have joined us this way.
Singing in the chorus of one of our G&S productions is a valuable musical experience. Due to our ensemble style of production, our choruses are featured as individuals as well as being part of a group. Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney values the contributions of both principals and chorus as both are vital to the artistic success of a production so, in our company, everyone is “a star”.
What we look for in Auditions:
The company normally holds closed auditions, this being the preferred choice of the management committee and the directors involved.
If you audition for us and are unsuccessful in obtaining one of the principal roles available, we sincerely hope you will audition for us in the future. When selecting a performer for a particular role, we take into account the performer’s ability to fully project all the characteristics required for that role. We assess the musical ability and dramatic interpretation as well as consider the overall balance of vocal types, ages required for the roles, whether couples complement each other, etc.
Decisions of the Audition Panel are final and we cannot enter into discussions about our choices. We do urge you to consider accepting a re-call if you were unsuccessful the first time, as some of our most valued performers have joined us this way.
Singing in the chorus of one of our G&S productions is a valuable musical experience. Due to our ensemble style of production, our choruses are featured as individuals as well as being part of a group. Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney values the contributions of both principals and chorus as both are vital to the artistic success of a production so, in our company, everyone is “a star”.
What we look for in Auditions:
- General level of skill.
- Promise of the specific skill required for the role.
- Willingness to work with directors.
- Teamwork & Good communication skills
- Amiability, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.
- Performers with a well-rounded talent.
- We do not ignore the inexperienced newcomer.