Contracted musicians with the Arizona Opera are paid on a per-service basis. A travel stipend and per diem are provided based on City of Residence per the CBA. Single occupancy hotel rooms or a housing stipend are provided for only select and limited dates per the CBA. There is an anticipated minimum of 21 services in the 25-26 season. Tenure may be offered after one year of work. AZO has a string section production guarantee of at least two opera productions per season.
Solo Repertoire: Exposition of a major romantic or standard concerto for violin with cadenza.
Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3, 4 or 5. First movement with cadenza.
Excerpts: Gounod - Faust: Act 3, No. 12 Cavatine – solo line only
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro: Overture, m. 108-171
Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Beginning through 5 after Reh 3
Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Act 1 Reh 129- 2 after Reh 132
Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Act 3, Reh 10 - Reh 13
J. Strauss II - Die Fledermaus: Overture, as bracketed in provided excerpts
Strauss - Salome: Tanz, Reh F to 3rd of Reh H, and 9 before Reh Q to Reh V
Verdi - La traviata: Top of Prelude to end of Prelude
