Careers & Auditions
Job Openings
Position: Relationship Marketing Associate
Department: Marketing & Communications
Reports to: Associate Marketing Director
Status: Full-time, non-exempt
Hours: 40 hours/week, some night and weekend hours required
Summary: The Relationship Marketing Associate is responsible for supporting and coordinating marketing & communications initiatives around audience development to drive ticket sales, achieve annual giving goals, reach new communities, and deepen relationships with existing audiences. This position will focus heavily on programs aimed at diversifying audiences in the areas of age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic as outlined in MN Opera’s strategic plan/diversity charter.
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
Project Opera 2018-2019 Auditions
Are you looking to take your singing to the next level? Audition for Minnesota Opera’s acclaimed youth opera and vocal training program Project Opera and experience what it’s like to be a professional singer. In addition to concerts and recitals, the program presents a fully-staged opera sung entirely by students. Rehearsals run September – April on Saturdays.
Who: Students in grades 4-12.
When: Monday, August 27 from 6pm-8:30pm
Where: Minnesota Opera Center (620 North First Street, Minneapolis, MN 55410)
What: Please bring one song to sing for your audition. (No jazz or pop music.) A pianist is provided.
How: Click here for more information or to register online for an audition time.
If you have any questions, please contact Project Opera Music Director Matthew Abernathy
mabernathy@mnopera.org
612.342.9597
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 now live. Please note that application deadlines vary for each city. We are currently not accepting applications from pianists, conductors, or directors.
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.