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Assistant Conductors
BYO's Summer Season productions offer two positions for Assistant Conductors. Applicants should be at the start of their careers, have a particular interest in opera and have previous experience of orchestral conducting and working with singers.
Each of our two Summer Season productions requires an Assistant Conductor, who works with a professional Conductor during rehearsals and acts as Conductor for cover performances.
Assistant Conductors' responsibilities include:
- attending all music and production rehearsals and assisting the conductor as required.
- training the chorus, depending on chosen repertoire.
- rehearsing the cover cast, together with the Assistant Director.
- conducting the cover cast in the cover showing, a selection of scenes from the opera lasting 60 to 75 minutes, which is performed on stage with orchestra.
- giving pre-performance talks at the Peacock Theatre together with the Assistant Director
For Summer Season productions 2012
Rehearsals in London from 23 July for one production and from 6 August for the other production.
Performances at the Peacock Theatre, London until 15 September
Repertoire to include:
- Smetana
- The Bartered Bride (in English)
- Weir
- A Night at the Chinese Opera
To apply, please download the application form and return it with your CV and covering letter to marcella@byo.org.uk.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 26 March.
Interviews will be held in London on 3 and 5 April.
Applicants are not asked to prepare any specific repertoire but may be asked by the panel to give evidence of score-reading ability,.
Video recordings are NOT required.
British Youth Opera is the UK's premier company for training new and emerging operatic talent. It offers valuable opportunities for young singers to receive professional training in all aspects of opera through workshops and masterclasses, and to take part in rehearsals and performances in its annual Summer Season of opera at the Peacock Theatre in London.
BYO's primary purpose is to offer operatic experience to those who have a serious aim of pursuing careers in opera performance, are at the start of their careers, and are new to the profession.
BYO is a training organisation; successful candidates do not pay to participate in the Summer Season (for which a contribution towards subsistence will be given).
British Youth Opera regrets that it is unable to provide feedback on interviews or auditions and reserves the right to alter the proposed repertoire.
