Double Bass // Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

Instrument or role: Double bass
Job category: Performance
Number of positions: 2 open positions
Additional information: BOA is the premier European summer opera festival program providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. The forthcoming OPERNFEST 2025 Summer Festival repertoire includes:

Cendrillon // Massenet
L'incoronazione di Poppea // Monteverdi
Die Fledermaus // Strauss
Die Zauberflöte // Mozart

EARLY CONSIDERATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2025
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2025

Full and partial scholarships available totalling 150,000€

Academy schedule includes:

- A place in BOA's orchestra playing for two or four BOA: OPERNFEST productions
- World-class faculty, currently performing at houses including The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and more
- Chamber music training & concert
- German language courses
- Audition training
- Instrumental masterclasses
- Conducting workshops
- Daily access to practice rooms

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Apply by: March 15, 2025
Application instructions: https://www.berlinoperaacademy.com/orchestra.html#apply-form

Audition repertoire: Repertoire Requirements: Please upload two recordings that best display your musical abilities. We recommend one excerpt from an operatic or symphonic work and one solo or piano-accompanied piece.
General Guidelines:
One video including the required program. Cuts between movements/excerpts are allowed.
The recording should not be older than one year.
Piano accompaniment is not necessary.

Double Bass:
First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto of the applicant’s choice (e.g. Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Tubin, Dittersdorf, Hoffmeister).
Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of the applicant’s choice.

If using Youtube, please ensure your videos are uploaded as either Unlisted or Public videos (not Private).