Pocket Opera announces auditions for our 2027 Season

Auditions will be held Friday, August 14 (6-10pm) and Saturday, August 22 (12-4pm) at 469 Bryant Street in San Francisco. We are only seeking Bay Area based singers for these auditions. Pocket Opera does not provide housing or transportation, and we like to offer as much opportunity to local singers as possible.

Show #1 | Madame Butterfly

This is a reprise from last season and is already cast. We are not hearing people for positions in this opera.

Show #2 | Rigoletto

All roles currently available – Rehearsals Mid March to Mid April; Performances April 16, 18, 26

Show #3 | Scalia/Ginsberg

All roles currently available – Rehearsals early May to early June; Performances June 4, 6, 13

Show #4 | The Magic Flute

All roles currently available – This is a coproduction with Mercury Theater in Petaluma. They rehearse and perform in May/June; then Pocket Opera performances are July 9, 11, 18.

Pay ranges from $1200 total – $2500 total. There are 4 sponsored artist positions that may be paid more. These may be pulled from auditions, or may be additional talent sought out by Pocket Opera to fill gaps in the audition pool for specific roles.

Please email auditions@pocketopera.org to set up an audition time. We have limited slots for each voice type – sending a recent video of your singing can be helpful to ensure you get an audition slot. Each singer gets no more than 5 minutes of audition time, so plan you audition accordingly. Singing an aria in English is required, and singing from our season in our translation is ideal. We can send you a link to the scores. Please allow us a few days to compile answers before we respond.

Phone Number
415-972-8934
M-F | 12-4PM

Mailing Address
469 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

A Pocket Opera Magic Flute

The NEA joins our Lead Production Sponsor, Ruth Reznikoff, along with Opera America, in helping to bring this project to life.

This first-of-its-kind project brings the wondrous world of Mozart’s The Magic Flute to life as never before, in Pocket Opera’s own English translation by Donald Pippin. We are so grateful to the NEA for seeing the merits in the project and supporting it!