Opera Singer: Soprano
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet is looking for an Opera Singer (Soprano)
for two (2) fixed-term employment relationships for 5.8.2024-31.5.2025 or as agreed.
You work as an opera singer at the Vocal Department of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. Your duties mainly include choir duties and, depending on the needs of the repertoire, possible soloist and assistant roles. The job description also includes performing at audience outreach events. We offer you an interesting and challenging job in a unique work community. The working languages are Finnish and English.
Salaries and terms of employment are determined in accordance with the collective agreement for opera singers of the Finnish National Opera.
We kindly ask you to submit your application, information about audition arias and a link to a video of no more than four (4) minutes in length, no later than Mon 15.4.2024 in the electronic recruitment system on the website of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (www.oopperabaletti.fi). In the video, you must perform an optional opera aria with piano accompaniment from the soprano repertoire without a recitative. The video must be shot with one camera in front of the singer so that the singer is fully visible in the image at all times. Post-processing of sound and image is prohibited.
After the video selection, we will invite some of the applicants to audition, which will be held at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet on Wed 15.5.2024. It is possible to use a pianist of FNOB or your own pianist for the audition.
First round of audition:
- Optional opera aria
Second round of audition:
- Another opera aria of your choice (different genre than in the first round)
- Finnish song, with piano accompaniment
- An ensemble assignment sent by email to those invited to audition
- Sight-reading exercise
- Two-octave scale
- Choreographic stage exercise task with a choreographic assistant
- Interview
Head of Vocal Department Arna Bertin will provide further information on the position on Thursday 4.4. between 13.00–14.00 and on Thursday 11.4. between 9.00–10.00, tel. +358 40 5043834.
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The chorus of the Finnish National Opera is the only full-time professional choir in Finland and consists of about fifty opera singers. The artistically ambitious and developing chorus plays a major role in many operas, both musically and at the stage. The composition of the chorus varies from production to production. In operas requiring a larger ensemble, the chorus is supplemented with additional choir singers.
The chorus’ artistic supervisors are Chorus Master in charge Marge Mehilane, Assistant Chorus Master Tatu Erkkilä and the Artistic Director of the Opera Thomas de Mallet Burgess in collaboration with Chief Conductor Hannu Lintu. The administrative supervisor is Arna Bertin, Head of Vocal Department.
Apply between 21 March 2024 and 15 April 2024 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)
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We offer opera and ballet performances and other events to people of all ages. Thanks to visiting performances, school operas, recordings and live broadcasts as well as television and radio broadcasts, the experiences we create can be enjoyed everywhere in Finland and around the world.
In terms of personnel, we are a mid-sized opera and ballet company. We have approximately 550 people on our monthly payroll from 32 countries. This includes 53 opera singers in soloist and choral roles, 74 dancers (additional 14 dancers in the Youth Company), and 111 orchestra musicians. Besides this, a considerable number of Finnish and foreign guest performers contributes to our performances. What’s more, the Opera House is home to a wide variety of highly skilled artisan professionals from cobblers to metal workers.
