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 Opera Orchestra Repetoire
Author: Keil 
Date:   2003-04-21 19:45

What pieces are one likely to see on an audition list for an opera orchestra?

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 Re: Opera Orchestra Repetoire
Author: Jennifer 
Date:   2003-04-21 22:28

Metropolitan Opera audition list for clarinet:
Verdi - La Forza Del Destino overture plus clarinet aria - act II
Rossini - Barber of Seville, Act I
Verdi - La Traviata, Act II
Verdi - Luisa Miller Overture
Puccini - Tosca, Act III
Verdi - Vespri Siciliani, Ballet
Wagner - Gotterdammerung, Act I, Scene II
Rossini - Semiramide Overture
Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte, Act II
Smetana - The Bartered Bride Overture
Wagner - Siegfried, Act II, Scene II "Forest Murmers"
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier, excerpts from all 3 acts
Wagner - Die Meistersinger, Act II, Scene II

In addition most of the above cuts, these were asked by Houston Grand Opera recently:
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito - "Parto, Parto"
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo.

Not often asked, but one to look out for - Berg's opera, Wozzeck.

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 Re: Opera Orchestra Repetoire
Author: diz 
Date:   2003-04-22 04:56

Having just listened to the Metropolitan Opera's (delayed) broadcast on Sunday night (we get them a month behind the US/Europe). The opera in question was La Traviata - a wonderful performance, indeed. Boy the orchestra is certainly highly polished ... and that fiendish clarinet part (two clarinets) in 6/8 came out effortlessly - who are the met's clarinets?

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 Re: Opera Orchestra Repetoire
Author: R13A 
Date:   2003-04-22 14:03

Keil

Ben Armato, retired clarinetist of the Met Opera, has a studies book of Operatic excerpts for Clarinet. It is sold thru several of the WW.org sponsors/retailers.

regards
dennis

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