INO Chorus and Studio Auditions for the 2025/26 Season

1. INO Company Chorus

The INO Company Chorus forms a crucial part of Irish National Opera’s artistic backbone. Its 16 members are engaged on a season-by-season basis to perform across INO’s main-scale productions. The aim of the INO Company Chorus is to provide increased predictability and stability in employment for singers as well as to build artistic and performance expertise within the company.

We are currently looking to fill the following position in the INO Company Chorus for the 2025/26 season:

• 1 Mezzo-soprano position

INO Company Chorus members will be required to perform in approximately 3 productions, equating to about 17 weeks’ work across the 2025/26 season. INO Company Chorus contracts are offered on a season-by-season basis and members must reaudition every 2 years.

Please note, success in these auditions will not preclude an application to the INO Studio. It will be possible to be a member of both the INO Company Chorus and INO Studio.

2. INO Studio (Singers)

The 2025/26 INO Studio will commence in September 2025 to provide training, mentoring and high-level professional engagements for Irish opera artists as they develop their careers.

The 2025/26 INO Studio will involve four singers. Successful candidates are likely to be those that have completed Masters level training and are in the early stages of their careers.

The INO Studio is only open to applicants who are either Irish or based in Ireland at the point of application. This restriction does not apply for chorus applications.

INO Studio activities for singers may include:

• Regular vocal coaching with top Irish and international vocal coaches

• Covers of principal roles in INO productions where appropriate

• Masterclasses and workshops

• Language coaching

• Performance opportunities
  

More information on the INO Studio can be found here.

Applications for other studio positions (conductor, director, répétiteur) will be advertised at a later stage if positions are open for 2025-26 season.

Potential répétiteurs may wish to consider applying for the joint INO / TU Dublin scholarship. Further information on the programme can be found here.

3. Extra Chorus

Singers of all voice types (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass) are invited to audition to join the pool of freelance singers from which Irish National Opera engages extra chorus members to augment the INO Company Chorus on an opera-by-opera basis.

If you have auditioned for or performed with the company in the last 2 years there is no need to re-audition. Please note that the number of singers on our Extra Chorus list always exceeds the number of contracts offered in any one season and acceptance onto the Extra Chorus list is not a guarantee of work.

SCHEDULE

Audition dates:
Monday 24 March & Friday 28 March 2025

Location: Dublin City Centre

Répétiteur: Richard McGrath

Requirements

• For Company Chorus and Extra Chorus, please present two arias of contrasting style in their original languages.

• For INO Studio please prepare 5 contrasting arias. You won’t be expected to sing them all. On the day we will ask you to sing one aria and then pick another from your list.
  

How to Apply

• To apply for any or all of the opportunities listed above, please complete and upload the required documents at our ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.

Applications should be received by 5pm on Friday 28 February 2025. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Shortlisted applicants will be notified by Friday 7 March 2025.

Irish National Opera welcomes and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and ethnicities and is committed to equal opportunities, access and diversity in our recruitment process. If you foresee any additional requirements for an in-person audition for the INO Studio, do please highlight these as part of your application and we will do our best to accommodate. Such requirements will not have an impact on the success of your application.

If you have any questions about the application process, please email info@irishnationalopera.ie Please note that applications must not be submitted by email, but via the online application form linked in ‘How to Apply’ section of this webpage.