Nashville Opera

Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program (2025-2026)

This application closed on Monday October 28, 2024.

The 2025-2026 Mary Ragland Emerging Artists will perform comprimario and lead roles in the mainstage season productions of Jason Powell’s Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The Schoolgirls of Doom, and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Roles to include: Sandy (Soprano, Fortuna), Berta (Soprano, Barber), Candy (Mezzo-soprano, Fortuna), Police Sergeant (Tenor, Barber), Fiorello (Baritone, Barber).

They will also be featured in lead roles in the spring education tour production (TBD) and various recital and concert appearances. Cover roles are also available for The Barber of Seville.

The accompanist serves as the Tour Coordinator for the education tour production, and is the accompanist for the education performances in addition to being the rehearsal pianist for the mainstage production of The Barber of Seville.

This season we will also be providing the Mezzo-Soprano Emerging Artist with an accompanying 3-week Arts Administration Internship during the Barber of Seville portion of the program. We will only be offering this to the Mezzo-Soprano Emerging Artist at this time. If applying to the Mezzo-Soprano role, please be prepared to submit a separate resume with work experience in addition to a performance resume.

Please contact Hannah Marcoe at hmarcoe@nashvilleopera.org with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

Personal Information

First Name*

Last Name*

Please select your voice type or instrument type. Please be aware that we will only be taking the following voice parts: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone/Bass-Baritone*

Date of Birth*

MM/DD/YYYY Format. We do not have age restrictions, but generally our artists are in their mid to late 20's to their early 30's

Contact Information

E-mail address*

Address line 1*

Address line 2

City*

State/Province*

Please use the standard two letter state abbreviation where applicable (TN, NY, FL, etc)

Zip/Post Code*

Country*

Phone*

No spaces, dashes etc. phone number fields

Audition Video Samples

Audition Video Samples*

PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR FILES AS A YOUTUBE LINK. Please choose what you believe represents you best after reviewing the roles we are offering this season. These do not have to be same selections if you are chosen to audition live. If you are chosen for a live audition and either are unable to make it in-person or end up needing to cancel, these videos will count as a virtual audition. Number of selections required: 2.

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References

Professional References*

Please list name, title, company or school, email address, and phone for each. Number of selections required: 2.

Selection 1

Selection 2

Headshot

Please include a headshot*

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Resume

Please Include a (1) Page Performance Resume*

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Mezzo-Soprano Resume for Arts Administration Internship

Only offered to the Mezzo-Soprano role, this is separate from performance resume submitted above, this should be a resume with listed work experience relevant to administration. Please see opportunity details for more information, or email Hannah Marcoe (hmarcoe@nashvilleopera.org) with any questions regarding this.

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Live Audition Availability

A pianist will be provided for singers in all live auditions. Live auditions are NOT guaranteed. The first round of audition notices will be sent out the week of November 4th.

Live Audition Location Preference*

Dependent on availability, might not recieve location preference.

NYC

(Dec. 9 & 10)

Nashville

(Dec. 5)

Virtual (my videos submitted above will count for this)

It is highly recommended that you try to make an-person audition work if at all possible. We will still review your materials if you have a conflict or are ill on the audition day.

NYC Audition Date Preference

Please make a selection even if you prefer to audition in Nashville. No preferences are guaranteed.

Monday, December 9, 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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Payment Details

Payment Instructions

Please pay with credit card. We have lowered the application fee to $5 to cover the cost of YAP Tracker fees per application. If you might be in need of financial assistance, please email Hannah Marcoe (hmarcoe@nashvilleopera.org) to recieve Financial Aid form before submitting this application.

Amount: $5.00 (USD)

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Please note: all application fees are non-refundable.