Careers & Auditions
Job Openings
Position: Assistant Stage Manager
Department: Production
Reports to: Production Stage Manager
Status: Full-Time Seasonal/Exempt
Summary: Assistant Stage Manager will assist and work directly with the Production Stage Manager and assigned show stage managers during rehearsals, tech, and performances of each production. Duties will include setup, tear down, note taking, tracking props and costumes, and maintaining safety. ASMs will also work closely with other theatre professionals on other aspects of the production when needed.
Read full position description here.
Position: Patron Services Representative
Department: Marketing & Communications
Reports to: Patron Services Manager
Status: Part-time, non-exempt
Hours: Monday – Friday, some nights and weekends, 15-25 hours/week
Hourly Wage: $11.50
Summary: This entry-level, part-time position provides excellent customer service to all Minnesota Opera patrons via multiple channels (inbound and outbound calls, email, mail, in person) and supports daily Patron Services operations. Patron Services Representatives will possess expert knowledge of Minnesota Opera performances and events, and will go above and beyond to ensure an extraordinary customer experience, both at the Opera Center in Minneapolis and at the Ordway in St. Paul.
Internships
There are no internship openings at this time.
Auditions
2019-2020 Chorus
The operas that include chorus next season are:
Elektra, The Barber of Seville, Edward Tulane (World Premiere), and Don Giovanni
Audition dates:
- Tuesday, May 7 – 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Wednesday, May 8 – 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Saturday, May 11 – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Monday, May 13 – 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Audition requirement:
One aria or art song, preferably in Italian or German.
How to apply:
Click here to access the application and fill out all of the fields in the form. (You will need to sign into a Google account in order to upload your headshot and resume.)
Resident Artist Program
One of North America’s premier training programs, the Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program offers a full season of employment for talented artists beginning their professional careers. From late August through May, Resident Artists gain valuable experience in assignments ranging from ensemble, understudy, and comprimario, to principal roles in main stage productions. Resident Artists also perform at concerts, donor functions, and education and outreach events.
The singer application for the 2019-20 Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program is closed. We are currently not accepting applications from pianists, conductors, and directors for the 2019-20 season.
The singer application for the 2020-21 season will be posted in August 2019.
Questions? Email rap@mnopera.org.
Extra Opportunities
Light Walkers
Light Walkers are volunteers who assist the lighting designer by standing in for the singers onstage while the designer creates the lighting cues for the opera. Light Walkers are important to the design process because light can look very different on a human being than it looks on an empty stage. Light Walking sessions occur during the daytime in the week prior to opening night. Light Walkers are needed for every production. No training is required for this opportunity, but Light Walkers must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
Additional benefits of Light Walking opportunities:
- Visit the stage and see the sets prior to the production opening – a true “behind the scenes” experience!
- See designers and crew at work and gain an understanding of the production
- Meet staging staff and designers
Supers
Have you ever dreamed of performing in a Minnesota Opera production onstage at the Ordway? Apply to become a “super” – a non-singing actor – and your dream just might come true! Your responsibilities may include interacting with the principal artists, chorus, or dancers, moving props or furniture around the stage, and even playing characters that help move the action along. Whatever your specific tasks, supers are an integral part of an opera production! Our super needs vary from show to show, but at different times we need men, women, boys, and girls, of all ages, shapes, and sizes.
Project Opera
Project Opera is Minnesota Opera’s youth training program for talented young singers. The group performs one opera a year that is for kids and by kids. Project Opera students also serve as the children’s chorus in Minnesota Opera main stage productions. For more information, visit the Project Opera page. To schedule an audition, email us at projectopera@mnopera.org.
Minnesota Opera is an Equal Opportunity Employer.