Auditions and Employment
Detroit Opera is an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. Detroit Opera is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, programs, and activities.
Auditions
Announces the following audition:
Interim Concertmaster | May 16, 2024
Detroit Opera seeks highly qualified individuals for the position of Interim Concertmaster. Position to begin October 2024 through May 2025, and possibly through the 2025-2026 season. Concertmaster pay and benefits are negotiable and commensurate with qualifications.
This application is now closed.
Please apply only if you are serious about attending the audition.
Audition Excerpts
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PLEASE NOTE:
Winning applicants must be legally eligible for employment in the United States. If an applicant secures a contract, valid immigration status and work authorization must be secured before applicant’s expected start date. Maintaining valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment with Detroit Opera will be the responsibility of any winning applicant.
Detroit Opera audition committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions. Musicians of the Detroit Opera Orchestra are members of the A F of M, Detroit Local 5. Detroit Opera is an equal opportunity employer.
The Detroit Opera Orchestra performs approximately 4-6 productions per season: a combination of opera, ballet and concerts with an average of 7 services per production. The Detroit Opera Orchestra has a minimum service guarantee of 45 services per season. The Detroit Opera season typically runs from October to December and March to May.
Detroit Opera 2023-24 Season Rates
$193.55/Rehearsal
$209.65/Dress rehearsal
$257.25/Performance
Principal Premium 25%
Doubling 20%
A.F.M. pension fund 11.99%
Announces 2024-2025 Season Chorus Auditions
Detroit Opera announces chorus auditions for its 2024-2025 season. Auditions will be held at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226 on:
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Saturday May 18, 2024
The Detroit Opera Chorus is a professional group of diverse classical vocal artists of all professions and backgrounds. For more information about Detroit Opera Chorus, please visit:
INFORMATION FOR DETROIT OPERA AGMA CHORUS MEMBERS
La traviata - Verdi
Performances October 19-27, 2024
Così fan tutte - Mozart
Performances April 5-13, 2025
AUDITION DETAILS: must include two arias. One in English and one in a foreign language. Music must be memorized. Operatic repertoire is preferre, but standard oratorio selections will be accepted. Sight reading may be requested. Singers are required to bring their own music in the correct key. Detroit Opera will provide an accompanist.
TO APPLY: Singers who wish to be considered for an audition should email a PDF resume & photo to Detroit Opera at auditions@detroitopera.org
Please include CHORUS AUDITION in the subject line of your email.
Following a review of your vocal resume you will be contacted about audition availability.
The following small roles will be cast from the Detroit Opera Chorus:
La Traviata: Giuseppe, Tenor | Messenger, Bass | Flora's Servant, Bass
Vocalists of the Detroit Opera Chorus are members of
the American Guild of Musical Artists
Detroit Opera is an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. Detroit Opera is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, programs, and activities.
Come and Sing!
We are inviting young singers to audition for the 2024-2025 Detroit Opera Youth Chorus.
The 2024-2025 season will start in September with rehearsals primarily on Monday evenings at the Detroit Opera House. DOYC is open to singers ages 8 through seniors in high school.
DOYC will perform A Winter Fantasy Concert on December 15, 2024 and a fully produced youth opera on March 8, 2025.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR AN AUDITION
Future Auditions
Auditions for the 2024-2025 Detroit Opera Resident Artist Program are now closed. Please check back in early summer 2024 for information regarding auditions for the 2025-2026 Season!
Detroit Opera is an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. Detroit Opera is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, programs, and activities.
Open Positions
Department: Safety and Security
Classification: Part-Time, Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: This position maintains a flexible work schedule, and is part of a pool of Crowd Managers, who work various performances/events at the Detroit Opera House.
Salary: $18.00 - $19.00/hr.
How to apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume by email to employment@motopera.org. Please include how you learned of this position.
Position Summary:
Detroit Opera (DO) is southeast Michigan’s premier venue for opera and dance, and is a contemporary cultural-corner stone of the City of Detroit. Located in the heart of downtown, near Comerica Park, Detroit Opera offers a dynamic work environment. DO Crowd Managers work with the Security Team to provide services designed to ensure the safety of Detroit Opera and the Detroit Opera House patrons, visitors, performers during performances and other events. Through working cohesively with the DO Security and Events teams Crowd Managers work to secure the safety of patrons, visitors, and performers by regulating traffic control, maintaining access to entrances and emergency exits, and performing security screenings—when required.
Responsibilities:
- Regulate traffic by managing the movement of activities and guests
- Monitor entrances and exits to ensure proper egress, in accordance
- Observe crowds in order to keep vigilant watch for signs of danger
- Correspond with the Manager on Duty, Director of Security, and the Manager of Venue Operations to adequately provide emergency care within the existing security plan framework.
- Ensure security and safety of patrons, visitors, performers, and staff, through adherence to DO security policies
- Ensure security and safety of the venue, and perform security screening when required
- Interact with guests attending events, provide information and direction in a positive and friendly manner
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Ability to pass state background check
- Minimum 1 year of experience as a crowd manager or related events management experience
- Demonstrated customer service skills
Desired Qualifications:
- Security experience
- Law enforcement experience
- Crowd control/venue management certification
Essential functions/physical demands:
- The person in this position works evenings and weekends, in accordance with the events schedule.
- The person in this position navigates stairwells, hallways, and other areas of the Detroit Opera House.
- The person in this position stands for up to 3 hours at a time.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the DO mission.
Work Schedule: Weekend and evenings required, variable schedule dependent on the performance calendar.
Pay Rate: $20/hr.
How to Apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume and cover letter to employment@detroitopera.org
Position Summary:
The Box Office Associate (BOA) is responsible for assisting patrons with all ticketing and purchase needs of Detroit Opera (DO) and the Detroit Opera House (DOH). Possessing strong customer services skills, the BOA serves patrons efficiently, accurately, and politely at all points of contact. The BOA acts as a steward of DO and helps convey DO’s season and the company’s mission to patrons and the interested public. The BOA understands and ensures the highest level of patron satisfaction.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Work during theatre box office hours and show times, selling tickets, answering phones and service internal and external customers.
- Greet and serve all patrons in a positive, supportive, friendly, and polite manner in accordance with DO’s patron-centered culture of excellence.
- Sell subscription and single tickets to all Opera and Dance events by phone and in person in the box office.
- Work with Box Office Manager to monitor sales.
- Assist customers with questions regarding internet ticket purchases.
- Perform data entry of phone/mail/telemarketing/ ticket orders using box office ticketing system.
- Manage patron concerns on behalf of DO, assuring each patron a timely and thoughtful response, and escalate complaints or concerns to other box office staff when necessary.
- Assist with printing will call tickets prior to show time.
- Monitor the box office phone system for both internal and external guests.
- Through positive working relationships with staff, maintain knowledge of current and recent DO events and activities.
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, both in person and by phone, in order to effectively communicate with patrons, staff members, volunteers, performers, other DO constituents, and the general public.
- Demonstrated customer service skills.
- Possess the ability to work well in an extremely fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
- Ability to problem-solve and think quickly on one’s feet.
- High degree of flexibility in response to daily shifting priorities.
- Ability to understand diverse perspectives and acknowledge the significance of differences and complexities in background, cultures, values and viewpoints as the foundation for an inclusive environment.
Desired Qualifications:
- 1-year or more of box office or ticket sales experience.
- Experience with Tessitura and/or Ticketmaster preferred.
- Experience working in an opera or ballet company, or knowledge of standard opera and dance repertoire highly preferred.
Essential functions/physical demands:
- The person in this position works a flexible schedule, including some weekends and holidays, in accordance with DO’s box office needs.
- The person in this position speaks on the telephone for long periods of time.
- The person in this position remains in a standing position for periods of time.
Application Deadline:
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Additional Information:
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the MOT mission.
About Detroit Opera:
Founded in 1971, Detroit Opera (DO) is the premier multi-disciplined producer and presenter for opera, musical theatre, and dance in the Great Lakes Region. Based in the city of Detroit, the organization engages artists of national and international stature for stellar main stage and outreach performances, and provides compelling cultural enrichment programs for the diverse audiences and communities that it serves, making it one of Detroit’s pillars of arts and culture. DO is among a select few opera companies nationwide to own its theatre, the historic 2,700-seat Detroit Opera House, which is located in the heart of downtown Detroit.
DO is seen as the most innovative opera company in America. DO garnered great critical and popular acclaim during the pandemic for its socially distanced, drive-thru production of Twilight : Gods, an adaptation of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Brainchild of new Artistic Director Yuval Sharon, Twilight : Gods was performed across multiple levels in DO’s own parking structure and provided performance opportunities for local cast and orchestra members, in addition to international opera stars. Lauded for past projects such as his reverse chronological staging of Puccini’s La Bohème, Sharon in July premiered a high-tech reimagining of a Wagner opera.
For more information, please visit https://detroitopera.org
Department: Safety and Security
Classification: Part-Time, Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: This position maintains a flexible work schedule, and is part of a pool of Event Medics, who work various performances/events at the Detroit Opera House.
Salary: $20.00/hr.
How to apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume by email to employment@motopera.org. Please include how you learned of this position.
Position Summary:
Detroit Opera (DO) is southeast Michigan’s premier venue for opera and dance, and is a contemporary cultural-corner stone of the City of Detroit. Located in the heart of downtown, near Comerica Park, Detroit Opera offers a dynamic work environment. DO Event Medics work with the Security Team to provide services designed to ensure the health and safety of Detroit Opera and the Detroit Opera House patrons, visitors, performers during performances and other events. Event Medics work to secure the safety of patrons, visitors, and performers by providing immediate medical care to any and all individuals who fall ill, to be vigilant of individuals displaying signs or symptoms of illness, to call for or facilitate communication with emergency first responders, and provide crowd management services for the safety of patrons, visitors, employees and artists.
Responsibilities:
- Immediately respond to all medical emergencies in accordance with the relevant procedures and policies.
- Observe crowds in order to keep vigilant watch for symptoms and early signs of illness or medical emergencies.
- Treat symptoms of minor injuries, such as small cuts/scrape, dizziness, nausea, headaches, contacting emergency medical services as needed.
- Correspond with the Manager on Duty, Director of Security, and the Manager of Venue Operations to adequately provide emergency medical care within the existing security plan framework.
- Participate in traffic control duties for large events, as needed.
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Ability to pass state background check
- EMT-B license
- Demonstrated ability to work ethically and dependably
Desired Qualifications:
- EMT-I license or EMT-P license highly preferred
- Nursing/other health care experience
- Security experience
- Crowd manager experience
Essential functions/physical demands:
- The person in this position works evenings and weekends, in accordance with the events schedule.
- The person in this position navigates stairwells, hallways, and other areas of the Detroit Opera House.
- The person in this position stands for up to 3 hours at a time.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the DO mission.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000
How to Apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume and cover letter to employment@detroitopera.org
Position Summary:
Detroit Opera (DO) is southeast Michigan’s premier venue for opera and dance, and is a contemporary cultural-corner stone of the City of Detroit. Located in the heart of downtown, near Comerica Park, Detroit Opera offers a dynamic work environment. In order to continue a tradition of excellence, the facilities team takes pride in ensuring that Detroit Opera’s historic facilities are kept spotless, pristine, and up-to-date. The Facilities Manager is responsible for and supervises the maintenance, care, and efficient operation of all equipment and facilities used by the organization.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Oversees the daily workflow, scheduling, and assignments of the equipment and facilities department.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Inspects and performs maintenance on assigned equipment and facilities.
- Ensures assigned facilities and equipment are ready for regular business and special events.
- Maintains files of warranties, records, licenses, inspections, service agreements, and contracts for various pieces of equipment.
- Maintains the inventory, storage, and distribution of equipment.
- Provides recommendations for purchases of new equipment.
- Collaborates with other appropriate management staff to prepare and implement budget.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Basic understanding of or ability to quickly learn the equipment and facilities to be maintained.
- Ability to maintain basic records and warranties.
- Ability to understand written directions in manuals and on manufacturer websites.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software as required to complete and maintain records.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Ability to understand diverse perspectives and acknowledge the significance of differences and complexities in backgrounds, cultures, values and viewpoints as the foundation for an inclusive environment.
- One year's experience with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion with highly sensitive and confidential information
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
- Demonstrated multi-tasking skills and ability to organize workload
- Strong customer service, interpersonal and communication skills are critical.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience managing the company’s type of facilities, equipment, and events preferred.
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the facilities.
- Must be able to access all parts of the company equipment.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Additional Information
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the DO mission.
About Detroit Opera:
Founded in 1971, Detroit Opera (DO) is the premier multi-disciplined producer and presenter for opera, musical theatre, and dance in the Great Lakes Region. Based in the city of Detroit, the organization engages artists of national and international stature for stellar main stage and outreach performances and provides compelling cultural enrichment programs for the diverse audiences and communities that it serves, making it one of Detroit’s pillars of arts and culture. DO is among a select few opera companies nationwide to own its theatre, the historic 2,700-seat Detroit Opera House, which is located in the heart of downtown Detroit.
DO is seen as the most innovative opera company in America. DO garnered great critical and popular acclaim during the pandemic for its socially-distanced, drive-thru production of Twilight : Gods, an adaptation of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Brainchild of new Artistic Director Yuval Sharon, Twilight : Gods was performed across multiple levels in DO’s own parking structure, and provided performance opportunities for local cast and orchestra members, in addition to international opera stars. Lauded for past projects such as his reverse chronological staging of Puccini’s La Bohème, Sharon in September 2022, premiered a high-tech reimagining of a Wagner opera.
For more information, please visit https://detroitopera.org
Department: Safety and Security
Classification: Non-Exempt
Work Schedule, Shifts Available:
Sat.-Sun., 3-11 PM (16 hrs./week)
Sat.-Sun., 9 PM-9AM (24 hrs./week)
Sat.-Sun., 9 AM-9 PM (24 hrs./week)
Salary: $20.00/hr.
How to apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume by email to employment@detroitopera.org. Please include how you learned of this position.
Position Summary:
Detroit Opera (DO) is southeast Michigan’s premier venue for opera and dance, and is a contemporary cultural-corner stone of the City of Detroit. Located in the heart of downtown, near Comerica Park, Detroit Opera offers a dynamic work environment. Through a meticulous security strategy, Detroit Opera Security Officers provide services designed to ensure the protective security of Detroit Opera staff, patrons, visitors and performers; and the Detroit Opera House buildings and grounds. Incumbents in this position will secure premises, personnel, patrons and guests by patrolling property; monitoring surveillance equipment; patrolling and inspecting buildings, equipment, and access points; permitting entry and checking credentials. During performances and other large events with visiting attendees, Security Officers monitor crowds, and provide crowd management services for the safety of visitors, employees and artists.
Responsibilities:
- Patrol and secure the Detroit Opera House.
- Monitor and analyze CCTV camera footage.
- Protect company assets relative to theft, assault, fire and other safety issues; guard valuables in a secure area
- Respond to alarms and emergencies, communicate any irregularities with management
- Keep a thorough incident report record; follow procedures for various initiatives including fire prevention, traffic control and accident investigations
- Check visitors in and out of the Detroit Opera House, and escort visitors around the premises.
- Guard valuables in a secure area
- Ensure compliance with government regulations
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Ability to pass state background check
- Clean driving record
- Minimum 1 year of relevant security experience
- Demonstrated ability to work ethically and dependably
Desired Qualifications:
- First aid/CPR-certified
- Customer service experience
Essential functions/physical demands:
- The person in this position navigates different areas through the building including stairwells, work areas, parking structure, and patron areas as part of building security checks.
- The person in this position ascends and descends stairwells multiple times during a shift, as part of building security checks.
- The person in this position stands for up to 3 hours at a time.
- The person in this position occasionally lifts heavy objects up to 60 lbs.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the DO mission.
Department: Education and Community Engagement
Work Schedule: June 24, 2024 - August 16, 2024; 25 hours per week
Stipend: $3,000
How to Apply: Qualified applicants should submit their resume and cover letter to employment@detroitopera.org
Position Summary
Detroit Opera (DO) is pleased to offer a summer internship in partnership with Applebaum Family Philanthropy. The Applebaum Internship Program (AIP) is a unique opportunity to enhance leadership, networking, and work skills in a student cohort experience. Students will receive a stipend to participate in an internship with Detroit Opera and engage in a series of educational, interactive and leadership roundtables.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assist admin and directors with planning, organizing, scheduling, creating documents, responding to emails during Detroit Opera's Summer Programs:
- Create and Perform: July 8 - July 19
- Operetta Remix: July 25 - August 9
- Assist Education staff during Open Spot residency at Detroit Opera: August 12-16
- Note taking, typing, copying, aid in creating memorabilia for DO's summer program
- Provide assistance with projects related to the department to which the intern is assigned.
Required Qualifications/Abilities:
- Eligible participants are undergraduate/college students currently enrolled in schools based in Southeast Michigan.
- Students must be in their sophomore year or higher (equivalent).
- Experience in the theatrical and musical arts preferred: opera, musical theater, instrumental, theatre, vocal and dance
- Working knowledge of either music, dance, musical theatre, opera, and operetta
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Computer literacy, with an emphasis in Word, Excel, and Microsoft outlook.
- Ability to operate a computer and perform office duties i.e. copying, filing, and emblemizing and organizing music books for students.
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Ability to work in theatre and office environments
- Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds at times.
Application Deadline :
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
Additional Information :
For additional information please visit the following link: Applebaum Fellows | Applebaum Family Philanthropy
Detroit Opera is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the DO mission.