Houston Grand Opera Orchestra Substitutes and Extras Audition Material

2016

Section Flute

Solo Repertoire Mozart Concerto in G Major, mvt. 1, exposition Flute 1 Excerpts Bellini Norma

Strauss Der Rosenkavalier

Flute 2 Excerpts

Britten Peter Grimes

Verdi Aida

Section Piccolo

Britten Peter Grimes

Dvorak Rusalka

Puccini Suor Angelica

Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri

Verdi Aida

Section Oboe Solo Repertoire solo of choice Excerpts Brahms Violin Concerto, mvt. II

Mahler Symphony No. 3, Tempo di menuetto

Strauss Don Juan

Verdi Aida

Section English Horn

Dvorak Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”, mvt. 2 solo

Section Clarinet

Solo Repertoire Mozart Concerto: mm 57-98 ONLY Excerpts Puccini Tosca, Act III

Rossini Barber of Seville, Cavatina Figaro

Strauss Die Rosenkavalier, Act III

Eb Clarinet Excerpts

Britten Peter Grimes

Strauss Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils

Bass Clarinet Excerpts

Verdi Aida, Act IV

Wagner Gotterdammerung

Section Bassoon Solo Repertoire Mozart Concerto in B-flat, exposition of mvt. 1 Excerpts Bizet Carmen, entr’acte

Mozart The marriage of Figaro, Overture

Verdi I vespri Siciliani

Otello

Wagner Tannhäuser, Overture

Contrabassoon Ravel Mother Goose

Concerto for the Left Hand

Strauss Salome

Section Horn

Solo Repertoire Mozart Exposition of Mozart Concerto 2 or 4 Excerpts Beethoven Fidelio, overture, Horn 2 Puccini Tosca, Act III, opening R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Act I Verdi Don Carlo Falstaff Wagner Die Walküre

Section Trumpet

Solo Repertoire Haydn Concerto, mvt. 1

or Hummel Concerto, mvt. 1

Excerpts Beethoven Leonore Overture #3 Bizet Carmen Leoncavallo Pagliacci Verdi Un ballo in maschera Wagner Lohengrin

Tannhäuser

Section Trombone

TENOR TROMBONE Solo Repertoire David Concertino Excerpts Mozart Tuba Mirum from Requiem Rossini William Tell, Overture Verdi Otello Wagner Die Walküre BASS TROMBONE Solo Repertoire Lebedev Concerto No. 1 in one movement Excerpts Rossini William Tell, Overture Verdi Falstaff Otello Wagner Das Rheingold Lohengrin

Tuba

Solo Repertoire Vaughn-Williams Concerto, mvt. 2 Excerpts

Berlioz March from The Damnation of Faust Verdi Aida

Rigoletto

Wagner Lohengrin Die Meistersinger Die Walküre

Strings Subs and Extras Audition Material

Audition date: 2016

Violin Solo Repertoire One concerto movement of applicant’s choice including cadenza Excerpts Mozart Marriage of Figaro, overture

Puccini La bohème, Act III R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Acts I and II

Viola Solo Repertoire One concerto movement of applicant’s choice Excerpts Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite 2 R. Strauss Don Juan

Cello Solo Repertoire Exposition of concerto of choice

Excerpts Mozart The Magic Flute Overture Puccini Tosca, Act III Verdi Aida acts III & IV Bass Solo Repertoire One concerto movement of applicant’s choice Excerpts Handel Overture to Giulio Cesare

Verdi Falstaff, Act III Verdi Otello, Act IV Verdi La traviata, Act I