DESCRIPTION OF MATERIALS FOR SALE
MODEL LETTERS TO OPERA HOUSES
These are form letters which have your return addresses at the top,
the opera company's address underneath, and the date (which you can omit if you wish to be
flexible about when you want to send the material). The opera letters (281 letters in total) will be addressed to the right contacts in the right language. (The contacts are
updated yearly from our personal research and from data collected from reliable standard
music industry source publications.) The letters are in the following languages:
- German if sent to Germany, Austria, the German section of
Switzerland and Belgium and the Eastern block countries such as Romania, Hungary, The
Czech Republic, Poland etc....(since they are more familiar with German
than with English)
- English if sent to Great Britain, Ireland,
Scotland the
Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands), Greece and
Spain.
- French for French
speaking countries such as France, Monaco, Luxembourg, parts of Belgium and Switzerland.
- Italian if sent to the Italian countries.
The letter itself will state that:
- you are a singer of a certain fach
- your résumé and photograph are included
- you will be in Germany/Europe for a certain amount of time, and
contactable at your return address at the top of the letter
- you are interested in auditioning for them, and that you will contact
them again once you are in Europe.
MODEL LETTERS TO AGENTS
These letters (173 in total) follow the same format as the opera
house letters. The agents selected are agents with
important and well-known reputations, ones we have personal knowledge of, and agents in
major cities.
ALL MODEL LETTERS WERE
WRITTEN WITH THE EXPERTISE OF A NATIVE LANGUAGE COACH IN THE SPECIFIED
LANGUAGE BEING WRITTEN AND ARE GENERAL ENOUGH TO SATISFY ALL OFFICIAL
OPERA HOUSE OR AGENT REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY CHANGES
(AN ADDITIONAL NEW SENTENCE OR PARAGRAPH) ON THE MODEL LETTERS MUST BE
EXECUTED BY THE CLIENT.
MAILING LABELS TO ALL OPERA
HOUSES
These are all Avery #5160 labels to all the right contacts in all
the opera houses in 28 countries.
These are all Avery #5160 labels matching all the select agents in
the model agent letters in 28 countries.
These are all Avery #5160 labels with your return address. You can
choose to use your American address as a contact but we advise you to use a European
address. Once in Europe it will be costly to call home to find out if you have received
any mail or faxes. However, we can help you to find a European place of residency, a
contact address and voice mail box for your three month stay.
AN AUDITION ORGANIZER
BOOKLET WITH ALL AGENT/OPERA HOUSE ADDRESSES
Once you have mailed all your materials you are going to want to
keep track of:
- who you mailed to and when
- when your auditions are or were
- how the auditions went
- who you sang for
- what you sang and what you wore for the audition
- your personal comments on the agent or opera house
This audition organizer booklet is laid out in three
columns:
| Agency |
Date Contacted |
Comments |
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- The first column is titled Agency or Opera house and
has the address, telephone etc. of the Agency/Opera house
- The second column is titled Date Contacted for you to
fill in when you wrote/called the agent or the opera house, and the date of your audition.
- The third column is titled Comments for you to fill in
your ideas on how the auditions went, who you sang for, what you sang and what you wore
for the audition and other relative information.
GERMAN BUSINESS LETTER
VOCABULARY TRANSLATIONS
This is a vocabulary list of the most common German business letter
vocabulary found in the typical return letter from a German opera house or agent regarding
an audition or job opening. In addition to saving you a lot of time translating response
letters, you will be learning the German language.
SPECIAL BONUS: FAXES TO
ALL INTERNATIONAL SINGING COMPETITIONS AND COMPETITION ORGANIZER BOOKLET
While you are in Europe you might want to audition for some
international competitions, so, as a special bonus, we have included 39 fax letters to the
appropriate international vocal competitions. Additional countries such as Japan
are included in this list. Each letter states when you will be in
Europe, your return address in Europe and the U.S., and requests an application and/or
information about the competition. You may choose to fax ahead of time either from the
U.S. or while you are in Europe. In addition, we also have included a table formatted
competition booklet similar to the agent/opera house booklets. In this booklet, however,
the comment column is filled with pertinent information about the competition, including
age limits, deadlines and repertoire requirements.
HOW OFTEN IS THE DATA/MATERIAL
UPDATED?
The greatest efforts have been made to insure the
accuracy of all contacts and addresses. All materials are updated on a
continual basis through personal research and from data collected from
reliable standard music industry source publications. Since these music
source publications are only printed once a year there may be some
limitations to their accuracy as occasionally an agent may go out of
business or will have changed their address within the working year. We
are not responsible for any occasional errors or omissions that might
occur in these materials. MATERIAL HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR 2007.
On another note, we would like to state that these
materials that you have purchased are for your use only and are fully
protected under copyright law. Any duplication or private sale of these
materials would be a copyright infringement.
MAILING ADVICE / WHEN TO MAIL?
Once you receive your materials all you have to do is sign your
letters, stuff your envelopes with the letters, résumés and pictures, and stick your
labels on the envelopes.
If preparing for the fall audition season:
You should mail your materials to Europe by mid August, September or October at the
latest, or June or July at the earliest.
If preparing for the Spring audition season:
You should mail your materials by January or February, and by March at the latest.
Please contact us as soon as possible before these deadlines to
make your audition tour as smooth as possible.
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY IN EUROPE?
Since so many people ask this question, we decided to offer our
information for free regarding possible services that can assist you in finding a
temporary apartment, mailing address or phone service.
For a temporary mailing address:
1. Take a look at this web page and or write to the
other organization below.
www.knecht-und-partner.de
2. Baxter & Weithaus, B & W Services, Henkestrasse 34 91054
Erlangen, Deutschland
Tel: (49) 9131 202506
For a temporary apartment:
1. Contact this web
page to find temporary housing or write to the address below.
http://muenchen.homecompany.de
2. City Mitwohnzentrale, Lämmerstrasse 4, 80335 München, Deutschland
Tel: (49) (89) 19430, Fax: (49) (89) 19420
LOOKING FOR A EUROPEAN/AMERICAN CELL PHONE?
There are several shops that will sell you this kind
of multi cell phone. One is on 85th and Columbus Tel: (212)
496-3137. The other is at T-Mobile phone store in the 70s in
Amsterdam. The model number is Motorola V601. This phone has a
smart chip which you can replace with a European one when you arrive in
Europe. When you purchase your phone here in the US you purchase a
one year contract and are assigned a phone number. When you arrive
in Europe they will give you a "leave of absence" for up to three months
where you will pay only $10 a month instead of your monthly contract fee.
You will purchase a smart chip in Europe for about $65 with some free
minutes thrown in. They will assign you a European phone number; you
will not be charged for incoming calls as you are in America.
LOOKING FOR FREE TRAVEL/AUDITION ADVICE?
To make your planning easier we offer a half hour of free
travel/audition advice once you purchase the package.
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