Audition Notice: Little LOON Elixir of Love
July 2025 Audition Notice
Audition for Lyric Opera of the North’s touring company, Little Opera of the North, and tour northern Minnesota as a teaching artist!
Little LOON is casting singers and pianists for its upcoming tour of the Opera for the Young adaptation of The Elixir of Love.
Touring company will be cast from video submissions only. Singers, please send resume and video with one aria in English, plus the excerpt for the role for which you are auditioning, to info@loonopera.org. Audition excerpts and accompaniment recordings can be found at loonopera.org/auditions. Pianists, please contact us directly at info@loonopera.org for more information. Submission deadline is Sunday, August 31.
Little Opera of the North is the touring program from Lyric Opera of the North, based in Duluth, MN. During the coming school year, LOON anticipates visiting nearly 40 schools throughout the Arrowhead Region and across northern Minnesota. Little LOON uses the brilliantly adapted scores and teaching materials from Opera for the Young, based in Madison, Wisconsin. The 45-minute adaptation will double cast for Miss Addy (soprano), Dr. Dulcamara (mezzo), Jimmy Reno (tenor), and Sgt. Bill Corey (baritone).
Cast members (four singers and one pianist) drive the tour van, load and unload set pieces, and train student performers for 7 – 10 shows per week. Compensation is $80 per show plus $40 per diem during out-of-Duluth days. Travel and lodging are provided while on tour. Each artist receives lodging and $550 for the mandatory rehearsal period.
Rehearsal Week – All Artists Called: January 25-30, 2025.
We anticipate 5 full weeks of touring: four weeks in February, plus one week of March, 2025. The tour is double cast, therefore each artist will tour 2 or 3 of these weeks.
Detailed information provided upon audition request.
Opera for the Young’s Adaptation of The Elixir of Love
Source music from Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore
Score adapted and arranged by William Lutes
Original libretto by Diane Garton Edie
Stage direction by Cal Metts
Lyric Opera of the North
506 W Michigan St
Duluth, MN 55802
218.464.0922
info@loonopera.org / www.loonopera.org
Please contact us with any questions.