Janiec Opera Company

Term: June 16–August 10, 2008

Application Deadline: February 1, 2008

The Janiec Opera Company offers repertory experience representing the important middle step between college training and the professional world.

The Janiec Opera Company has served literally hundreds of singers now employed by major and regional companies throughout the world. Operatic skills are applied directly in an intensive production format. This season, the Company presents three major productions; these are staged, conducted, and choreographed by recognized professionals. An important goal of the Company is to have every role in every production performed by students.

Dance and movement play an important role in many productions. Opera scenes programs are presented in some seasons.

Arrival date for members of the Janiec Opera Company is Monday, June 16, 2008.

Only students who have completed at least one year of college by that date are eligible to apply.

See the Auditions page for general audition information and the Opera Auditions page for a schedule of national auditions and audition requirements for 2008.

2008 Productions

  • Mozart - The Magic Flute
  • Gilbert and Sullivan - The Mikado
  • Adamo - Little Women

Other performing opportunities include

  • Two evenings of opera scenes, one with full orchestra
  • Orff - Carmina Burana

The Janiec Opera Company is named for Henry Janiec, former artistic director of the Brevard Music Center who founded the Company in 1965.