Opera at Western Auditions

2025-26 Performances

Così fan tutte

W. A. Mozart
Performances in mid November
Chamber Orchestra
Paul Davenport Theatre

An Opera Gala

Performance in late January
Early Music Studio
von Kuster Hall

Sweeney Todd

Stephen Sondheim
Performances in March
Chamber Orchestra
Paul Davenport Theatre

Opera auditions during the 2025-26 academic year will be held on the evenings of September 8 and 9. Please prepare one aria or song and you must provide your own accompanist. Audition sign-up information will be available early August. For any questions regarding auditions please contact Professor Torin Chiles, Acting MPS Chair via email at tchiles@uwo.ca.

An Opera Gala | 1 performance
Jan 31, 2026 | 8pm

The Audition Panel will hear your audition and will cast all roles for Così fan tutte, the Gala and Sweeeney Todd.

Audition Panel

Voting Members

Conductor/Music Director of each production
Director of the production being cast (if available)
Head Coach of Opera at Western
Full time Voice Faculty Members who hear ALL the auditions

Casting Guidelines

All principal roles will be cast by simple majority vote of the panel.
Once casting is made, cast combinations will be at the discretion of the director and music director with input from the head coach.
Any member of the audition panel that has a student involved in the audition process cannot vote for their student but may abstain from that vote.
Each member of the audition panel must view all the auditions, or their vote will not be recorded.

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