Buxton International Festival is holding auditions for the 2025 company.

All company members will sing in the chorus for Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet. Some performers will combine this with principal roles in chamber productions including Trouble in Tahiti (which shall transfer to Norwich Theatre), or as covers in Hamlet; some performers may sing in our flagship ‘new work’ commissions Opera Shorts. There will be various other performance opportunities during the Festival.

Contract dates: 2 June – 27 July 2025 (plus transfer, if applicable)

Full production rehearsals will take place in London from June 2 – 27 June 2025.

Technical rehearsals shall be in Buxton between 30 June – 11 July.

Festival performances will be in the Buxton Opera House between 12 – 27 July 2025 with a transfer for those cast in Trouble in Tahiti w/c 2 September 2025.

Fee plus Expenses as follows:

Accommodation allowance in Buxton (and any transfer dates) only, we do not cover accommodation in London; return travel to/from Buxton.

Production location:

London and Buxton, United Kingdom

Producer:

Buxton International Festival

Casting details:

Please send a copy of your cv with headshot in the first instance to: programming@buxtonfestival.co.uk

Please make sure your phone number and email address are on your cv.

Please ensure the subject line of your emails follows this format “BIF25 CHORUS/YOUR NAME/VOCAL TYPE” i.e. BIF25 CHORUS AUDITIONS/JOE BLOGGS/BARITONE

Please do not apply if you are not interested in a chorus place. Principal mainstage roles at the Festival are not cast through general auditions. We regretfully cannot offer feedback after auditions as we are a small team with limited capacity.

The deadline for applications is Monday 19 August by 5pm

Please do not wait until the deadline to apply as we will begin offering slots to performers once applications are live. We really appreciate the time it takes to apply to call outs. We ask that any singer that has sung for the company recently or on many occasions need not apply again.

Auditions will take place Saturday 7 September in London

Please prepare two arias and make sure you bring the music with you for our pianist to play.