AUDITIONS: John Philip Sousa's "Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" / Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Rockville, MD

Audition Announcement
for semi-staged opera in concert:
John Philip Sousa's
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp 

The story of a young man from Connecticut who buys Aladdin's lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help see his love, Fanny, who is sequestered in a school for girls.

Music Direction by Joseph Sorge
Concert Staging by Debbie Grossman
Performances: Sept 8 & 9 at 8pm, Sept 10 at 2pm at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville, MD

Auditions (by appointment only): For those interested in principal roles and those new to The Victorian Lyric Opera Company. Current and former VLOC members may sign up for chorus using the audition sign up form. Dates are:

• Thursday, July 13, 7pm-10pm
• Friday, July 14, 7pm-10pm

Audition Location: Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 7611 Clarendon Road, Bethesda, MD

Click here to sign up for an audition slot.

Callbacks: Sunday July 16, by invitation only.
Callback Location: Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Parish Hall, 4902 Berwyn Road, College Park, MD

Audition information: Please prepare one verse of a song in English and bring sheet music in the appropriate key for the provided accompanist. You will be asked to provide your scheduling conflicts for the rehearsal period of July through September.
Rehearsals: All rehearsals will be at Holy Redeemer, with a combination of Sunday afternoons and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings.

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Principal Roles Available

• Chris Wagstaff, a ‘boy about town’..… mezzo-soprano
• Fanny Wiggins, star pupil at the Prisms Academy….. soprano
• The Genie, the original slave of the lamp….. baritone/tenor
• Miss Prisms, Principal of the Academy….. soprano
• Scotty Jones, Boy-of-all-work at the Academy….. tenor
• Aladdin, the mythological character….. tenor
• Mr. Lovemoney, a New England money lender (Act I) / The Grand Vizier (Act II).…. bass/baritone
• Mr. Pettingill, auction bidder (Act I) / Al Khizar, chief of the secret police of Etheria (Act II)…. baritone/tenor
• Auctioneer…(Act I) / Captain of the guard (Act II).... baritone/tenor
• Katie Clancy, maid-of-all-work at the Academy (Act I) / Amine, a talking doll (Act II)….. soprano/mezzo-soprano

Audition Announcement 7/16-17: Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Rockville, MD

Audition Announcement

for opera in concert:

Michael William Balfe's 

The Bohemian Girl

Music Directed by Joseph Sorge

Concert Staging by Debbie Grossman

Performances: 10/14 & 10/15 at 8pm, 10/16 at 2pm at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville, MD

NOTE: Likely change of performance dates to 10/7-9 plus venue change.

Auditions (by appointment only): For those interested in principal roles and those new to The Victorian Lyric Opera Company. Current and former VLOC members may sign up for chorus using the audition sign up form.

• Saturday, July 16, 12pm-3pm
• Sunday, July 17, 7pm-10pm

Click here to sign up for an audition slot.

Callbacks: Monday, July 18, 7-10-pm, by invitation only.
Location: Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Parish Hall, 4902 Berwyn Road, College Park, MD

Audition information: Please prepare one verse of a song in English and bring sheet music in the appropriate key for the provided accompanist. You will be asked to provide your scheduling conflicts for the rehearsal period of August through October.

Rehearsals: Generally scheduled on Sunday afternoons, and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in August. Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday in September.

Principal Roles:

• Count Arnheim (baritone) - Governor of Presburg
• Thaddeus (tenor) – a Polish soldier
• Florestein (tenor) – nephew of the Count
• Devilshoof (bass) – Chief of the Gypsies
• Arline (soprano) – daughter of the Count
• Queen of the Gypsies (mezzo) 
• Captain of the Guard (and narrator) (baritone)