CALL FOR OPERAS

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Fresh Squeezed Opera is pleased to announce a Call for Chamber Operas to be performed, fully staged, in summer 2024. 

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We do not require a fee to submit, but we kindly ask each composer to consider making a donation of $10. (Donations will not affect final decisions). 

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The selected composer will receive an honorarium of $500.

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RULES and GUIDELINES

• Open to composers of any nationality and age.

• Pieces must have been written within the last 5 years

• Works must be a minimum of 45 minutes, and a maximum of 120 minutes

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  Instruments and voice types available include: piano/keyboard, violins, viola, cello, bass, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion (no available timpani or marimba), electronics;

• soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone. 

• Please note, works do not have to include all of these, but we cannot accommodate works with instrumentation outside of those listed. 

• Please note, you can use doublings/multiples of voices/instruments of the types listed, eg. 2 flutes, or 2 sopranos.

• Each composer may send up to 2 different works

• Works-in-progress are acceptable (and encouraged!)

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Please send submissions via this form only.

1. Score (vocal and full if available),

2. Recording of at least 10 minutes of the piece (MIDIs are acceptable),

3. Brief (200-300 words) bios of composer and librettist

4. Brief (200-300 words) summary of plot and major themes of opera

5. Scene by scene breakdown of opera

6. Performance history of opera

7. Detailed list of voices and instrumentation

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DEADLINE: July 29, 2022. Results will be announced on or before September 1, 2022. 

Please email jflexner@freshsqueezedopera.com with any questions

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