Principal Oboe Auditions

Arizona Opera Company

Phoenix (AZ)

On-site

< USD 1,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Arizona Opera Orchestra in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ, announces auditions for Principal Oboe for the 2026/27 season. Audition date: Monday, September 21, 2026. Resumes due Monday, September 14, 2026.

Times will be announced prior. The 2026/27 Season per service rate is $192.79 for Principal Oboe, plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA. Audition will take place at the Arizona Opera Center on September 21, 2026.

Job description

Principal Oboe (27 svcs*)

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

Audition date: Monday, September 21, 2026

Resumes due Monday, September 14, 2026

Projected number of services for 2026/27 Season

2026/27 Season per service rate*:

Principal Oboe: $192.79

Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA. Contact Orchestra Manager for details.

Principal Oboe auditions will take place on Monday, September 21, 2026 at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.

Audition Materials List

Solo

Mozart – Oboe Concerto, first movement, exposition only - beginning to m. 97

Orchestra Excerpts

Beethoven – Fidelio: Act II, No. 11: Poco Allegro (F Major): mm 89-139
Mozart – Così fan tutte: Overture: (play bracketed sections)
Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Act I: (play bracketed sections)
Rossini – La Scala di Seta: Overture: (play bracketed sections - Articulation at
player's discretion)
Rossini – Italian in Algiers: Overture (Play bracketed sections - Articulation at
player's discretion)
Strauss – Rosenkavalier:

Act I: 1m before Reh 8-4m after Reh 9;
Act I: Reh 271-274;
Act II: Reh 34, m2- Reh 38