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<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black">Cleveland Opera
Theater</span></b><span style="color:black"> is auditioning</span><font color="#990000"> <b>Singing Actors
with roots in the Cleveland area</b></font><span style="color:black">, and those who reside in the </span><font color="#990000"><b>greater Cleveland
/ North East Ohio Area</b></font><span style="color:black"><b>.</b> </span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Date</span></b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">:</span><span style="color:black"> Saturday,
April 30, 2016 </span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Time</span></b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">:</span><span style="color:black"> 10:00am - 6:00pm by
appointment</span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Location:</span></b><span class=""><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"> Cleveland Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Ave,
Cleveland, OH 44115</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Auditions are being held for the following</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><b>Roles in:</b> Opera UpClose, New
Opera Works and Outreach productions (Auditions for Mainstage leading role
are not being held)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><b>Chorus</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><b>Young Artist</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 6pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Free Parking on-site. Warm up room on-site</span></p>
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available</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Fees</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> to cover the cost of the on-site professional accompanist:</span></p>
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Outreach</span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Cash or check</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> made payable to “Cleveland Opera Theater” on site at the
audition check-in table</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">There is <u>no fee</u> if
you bring your <u>own accompanist.</u></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Audition
Application</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> form on opera website: </span><a href="http://www.clevelandoperatheater.org/"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">www.clevelandoperatheater.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Click on Contact: Auditions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Please fill out your
information in the form to request an audition time. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">All Audition Application
Materials <u>must be received</u> by <b>April
20, 2016</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">In addition</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, please email your resume and headshot to: </span><a href="mailto:cwilson@clevelandoperatheater.org"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">cwilson@clevelandoperatheater.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 6pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">1 File containing your headshot and resume (this can be multiple
pages)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 6pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Titled in the following format:
YourLastname_Firstname_COT_Spring_2016</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">You'll be <b>notified via email</b> with your confirmed time by <b>April 25, 2016</b> and provided additional information at that
time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Cliff Wilson</div><div>Artistic Administrator </div><div>Cleveland Opera Theater</div><div><a href="mailto:cwilson@clevelandoperatheater.org" target="_blank">cwilson@clevelandoperatheater.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Upcoming Production: </font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df83ab_12152cc95cf84f90b1c599ce195cf22e.jpg/v1/fill/w_263,h_395,al_c,lg_1,q_80/df83ab_12152cc95cf84f90b1c599ce195cf22e.jpg" width="133" height="200"><br></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="6" color="#cc0000"></font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="6" color="#cc0000"><a href="http://www.clevelandoperatheater.org/#!la-boheme/cmgt" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">La Bohème</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight:normal">Revel in the soaring melodies and b</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;font-weight:normal">e transported to 1830's Paris, France for the timeless love story </span><span style="font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">of Giacomo Puccini's most celebrated opera!</span></font></h6><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></h6><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:18px">Cleveland Masonic Auditorium</span></font></h6><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:normal"><span><span>Friday, April 29, 7:30pm, 2016</span></span> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;background-color:transparent"><span><span>Sunday, May 1, 3:00pm, 2016</span></span></span></h6><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:18px"><br></span></font></h6><h6 style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch:normal;background:transparent"><font face="garamond, serif"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:18px"> </span></font></font></h6></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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