Opportunities

Deadline: Received By Mon Mar 17, 2025

Materials Required: Please ensure materials are received no later than 5:00 pm CDT on Monday, March 17, 2025. Late applications will not be considered.

For audition consideration, singers must submit:
Current résumé
Headshot
Letter that states your first, second and third preferences of audition dates
Contact information for two references of recognized musical authority with whom you have worked. Please ensure your references are notified that Lyric may contact them.

Audition Information
Audition Locations and Dates:
Chicago, IL USA: Mon 24th Mar 2025 - Wed 26th Mar 2025
Chicago, IL USA: Fri 28th Mar 2025 - Sat 29th Mar 2025
Chicago auditions will take place at the Lyric Opera House (20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago) on the following dates:

Monday, March 24, 2025 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Friday, March 28, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm & 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Saturday, March 29, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Applicants must sing a preliminary audition to be considered for a callback audition. Please note that callback auditions are not always requested of singers in consideration for contracts.

Callback Auditions: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Audition Requirements:
Successful applicants must be prepared to present two, memorized opera arias in different languages.

Pianist Provided: Unknown

Opportunity Information:
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Season Information: 2025-2026

Program Dates:
The 2025/2026 performance season runs from October 11 through November 23, 2025 (with rehearsals beginning in August) and the week of January 5 through April 19, 2026. A full (tentative) schedule of rehearsals and performances will be provided prior to the commencement of rehearsals.

Program Information:
Lyric Opera of Chicago is holding chorus auditions in all voice categories for singers who are prepared for professional careers. Positions in the Core Supplementary Chorus are available.

Compensation:
Payment is provided
Lyric Opera of Chicago employs a professional chorus under an AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) contract and pays competitive wages.

Contact Information
choraud@lyricopera.org

Chorus Auditions Coordinator
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N Wacker Drive, Suite 860
Chicago, IL 60606

Lyric Opera audition hotline: (312) 827-3548