Assistant Principal Viola Auditions

Arizona Opera Orchestra (performing in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ) announces auditions for the following:

Assistant Principal Viola (27 svcs*)

Audition date: Monday September 28, 2026 
Resumes due Monday, September 21, 2026

*Projected number of services for 2026/27 Season

2026/27 Season per service rate*: 
Assistant Principal Viola: $160.24 
Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA. Contact Orchestra Manager for details.

Assistant Principal Viola auditions will take place on Monday September 28, 2026 at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.

Applications are due Monday, September 21, 2026. To apply, please email your resume to orchmanager@azopera.org.

Audition Materials List:

Click here to download audition excerpts

Required excerpts are marked with brackets on azopera.org and at the audition.

Solo

• A dance movement from any cello suite by J.S. Bach (No preludes, no repeats)
• Exposition of the first movement from any of the following concerti:

• One of the following concertos:

  • Bartok – Viola Concerto, first movement, beginning to m. 54

  • Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher, first movement, beginning to reh. L

  • Walton – Viola Concerto, first movement, beginning to reh. 8

AND

• One movement of the candidate’s choice from the Bach Cello Suites

Orchestra Excerpts

• Donizetti – The Elixir of Love: Act I, #33 to 6 after #35
• Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Overture measures 139 – 171
• Puccini – La Bohème:
  • Act II, 10 before #20 to #20
  • Act II, 7 after #25 to #26
• Puccini – Tosca: Act II, #59 to #60
• Verdi – Don Carlo: Act II, Pt. 2, No. 3, 3 after M to end (end of Elisabetta/Eboli/Rodrigo terzettino)
• Verdi – Rigoletto: Act I, No. 7, C to 10 after D
• Verdi – La Traviata: Act II Finale (Coro di Mattadori), 23 after #21 to 1 before #22