What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Principal Bass Auditions position at Arizona Opera Company?
Arizona Opera Announces Auditions For The Following
Assistant Principal Bass (24 svcs*)
Assistant Principal Bass: $152.61*
Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA
Assistant Principal Bass auditions will take place on Monday, January 26, 2026 in The Roma and Raymond Wittcoff Black Box Theater at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.
Applications are due Monday, January 19, 2026. To apply, please email your resume to orchmanager@azopera.org.
Required excerpts are marked with brackets on azopera.org and at the audition.
Solo
Orchestra Manager
Job Category
Artistic
Assistant Principal Bass (24 svcs*)
- projected services for 2025/26 Season
Assistant Principal Bass: $152.61*
Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA
Assistant Principal Bass auditions will take place on Monday, January 26, 2026 in The Roma and Raymond Wittcoff Black Box Theater at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.
Applications are due Monday, January 19, 2026. To apply, please email your resume to orchmanager@azopera.org.
- Click here to download audition sheet music. -
Required excerpts are marked with brackets on azopera.org and at the audition.
Solo
- A dance movement from any cello suite by J.S. Bach (No preludes, no repeats)
- Exposition of the first movement from any of the following concerti:
- Bottesini Concerto No. 2
- Vanhal (C major OR D major)
- Koussevitzky
- Dittersdorf
- Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, Overture: Measures 1 - 58
- Rossini - The Barber of Seville, Overture
- Measures 64 - 80
- Measures 123 - 150
- Measures 238 - 264
- Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier, Act 2: Rehearsal #154 - 4 measures after Rehearsal #156
- Strauss - Salome: Rehearsal #140 - Rehearsal #142
- Verdi - Falstaff, Act 3, Parte 1, Beginning: 8 measures before Rehearsal #1 - Rehearsal #3
- Verdi - Othello, Act 4: Soli with mute
- Verdi - Rigoletto
- Act 1: Vivace
- Act 2: Solo
- Wagner - Die Walküre, Act 2, Vorspiel: Rehearsal #3
- Wagner, Die Meistersinger, Act 1, Scene 3
Orchestra Manager
Job Category
Artistic
Salary : $153