Resident Artist
Training Program

IMMEDIATE HIRE: Baritone Position for Season Residency in Training Program

Tri-Cities Opera announces the immediate need for a baritone for our 2023–24 season. The contract dates are as follows:

August 26–October 27, 2023
December 3–17, 2023
January 22–May 26, 2024

Applicants should be available for the entire season as outlined above.

The baritone track includes the following roles:

A weekly stipend of $400 and housing is provided. Artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from Binghamton and while in town. Transportation is provided for educational program tour performances.

Application Requirements

1) Completed application form via YAP Tracker
2) Current résumé in PDF format
3) Recent high-resolution headshot
4) Two (2) video recordings of pieces in contrasting styles, preferably one opera aria in Italian, and one musical theatre selection

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TCO offers opera singers in the early stages of their professional careers a unique blend of instruction and practical experience.

Most Resident Artists have completed both a Bachelor’s and Master of Music Degree. Resident Artists are featured throughout the season as leading, featured, and/or supporting roles in mainstage productions. Performances occur at the Forum Theatre, our rented 1,500-seat performance venue, and the recently-renovated Savoca Hibbitt Hall at the Tri-Cities Opera Center.

Resident Artists receive practical experience as they rehearse and perform in:

Resident Artists also hone their acting, stagecraft, movement, diction, role interpretation, and audition skills. Instruction occurs at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, in the private studios of our artistic staff, and the Forum Theatre and includes:

Founded in 1949 as a singers workshop, TCO enters it’s 76th season under the creative direction of Artistic Director Patrick Hansen and Music Director Giovanni Reggioli.

We are no longer accepting applications to the Resident Artist Program for the 2025/26 Season. Look for our audition announcement for the 2026/27 season coming in July of 2025!
Applications to the Resident Artist Program for the 2026/27 Season are now being accepted. Applications are due by SEPTEMBER 14, 2025.

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2025/26 Resident Artists

Kate Johnson

Soprano

Jason Gonzalez

Tenor

Darya Narymanava

Mezzo-Soprano

Michael Segura

Baritone

MM Opera Students

at Binghamton University
Emma Jones

Mezzo-Soprano

Grant Shields

Tenor

Juan Tello

Tenor

Alejandra Toledo

Soprano

Noah Unser

Tenor

Tri-Cities Opera + Binghamton University

Tri-Cities Opera is proud to have a collaborative relationship with Binghamton University, providing auditioned and selected students with professional stage experience. Since 1979, Tri-Cities Opera has collaborated with Binghamton University’s Master of Music in Opera program to create a unique and exceptional program combining the professional expertise that Tri-Cities Opera can offer with the academic and practical studies provided by Binghamton University. The teaching artists bring a vast experience of long and continuing careers in opera to the program. Students complete a minimum of 35 graduate credit hours in music courses, including masterclasses, studio voice, theory, history, lyric diction, coaching, vocal literature, movement, and acting.