Frequently Asked Questions

Audition Oracle is designed for singers interested in opera, classical music and choral performance.

Whether you’re studying, building your career or already working professionally, Audition Oracle brings together auditions, young artist programmes, competitions, training opportunities and more in one place.

Anyone can create a free Audition Oracle account. AO Premium Membership unlocks full access to opportunities, enhanced profile features and personalised filtering tools.

AO Premium Membership is available in two flexible payment options:

Annual Membership
£119 per year

MOnthly Membership
£15 per month

Both options include exactly the same features. The only difference is how you choose to pay.

New users can enjoy a 30-day free trial before their paid membership begins.

New users can try AO Premium Membership free for 30 days.

You’ll be asked to enter your payment details when you start your trial, but you won’t be charged until your trial ends.

If you decide Audition Oracle isn’t right for you, simply cancel before the end of your trial and you won’t pay anything.

If you continue, your chosen membership will begin automatically with no interruption to your access.

A free account includes:

• A searchable singer profile with:
  • Name
  • Primary skill
  • Professional headshot
  • Biography
  • Secure messaging
• Employers can contact you through your profile.
• Access to masterclasses, training courses and selected opportunities.
• Browse the Auditions Board, with limited information available for selected opportunities.
• Daily bulletins of unpaid opportunities.
• A 30-day free trial of AO Premium Membership for new users.

AO Premium Membership includes everything in a free account, plus:

• Full access to opportunities listed on the Auditions Board.
• Unlimited experience credits.
• Unlimited media uploads, including audio, video and images.
• Unlimited education, awards and review credits.
• Enhanced searchability through your experience credits.
• Advanced Auditions Board filters.
• Personalised email bulletins tailored to your preferences.
• Save your preferred Auditions Board filters.
• Mark opportunities as saved, applied for or hidden.

If you cancel your membership, you’ll continue to enjoy all AO Premium features until the end of your current billing period.

After that, your account will automatically revert to a free Audition Oracle account.

Your profile will remain on Audition Oracle, but it will revert to the features available with a free account. This means:

• Your profile will display only the features included with a free account.
• Information available for selected opportunities will become limited.
• Advanced Auditions Board filters will no longer be available.
• Personalised email filtering and urgent alerts will stop.
• You’ll continue to receive the free daily bulletin of unpaid opportunities (if you’ve chosen to receive it).

You can upgrade to AO Premium Membership again at any time.

Every new singer profile is reviewed by the Audition Oracle team before it becomes visible on the site.

This helps us maintain the quality and integrity of the directory for both singers and employers.

Before your profile goes live, you can choose whether it is:

• Public
• Private
• Private and password protected

This means you always remain in control of who can see your information.

The Auditions Board is where you’ll find opportunities from across the opera, classical and choral world.

These include:

• Opera auditions
• Choral auditions
• Young Artist Programmes
• Competitions
• New works
• Operetta and Gilbert & Sullivan
• Classical musical theatre
• Training courses
• Masterclasses
• Teaching opportunities
• Many other professional development opportunities

Simply browse our database of singers using the search facilities to help find the singers you are looking for. Profiles contain sound files and videos, and you can contact all singers c/o Audition Oracle.

If you are looking for Opera, Choral, New Works, Operetta, G&S and Classical Musical Theatre jobs to audition or to cast, post your opportunity to the Audition Oracle Auditions board to quicckly receive suitable replies.

Audition Oracle can be used by anyone who requires classical singers for roles, solo, chorus, or cover opportunities in opera, oratorio, concerts, musicals, weddings, funerals, church deputy opportunities and more.

It is free to advertise your audition/opportunity on the Audition Oracle Auditions board.

Yes, companies can also post information about competitions, masterclasses, young artists programmes, teaching posts, opera courses and more.

Fill in the online form to upload your audition/opportunity to the Audition Oracle Auditions board – just pick the Add New option at the top of the page.

Choose with whom you want the opportunity shared – singers, singers with agents, or both.

Press send, and your audition/opportunity will quickly be sent to Audition Oracle for assessment. If approved, then you’ll receive responses via the contact method you’ve chosen.

Yes. You can choose to hide your email contact on the form by selecting the appropriate box. Singers will then click on a link that will forward their message and CV/webpage to your given email address, but your contact will not be disclosed publicly to them.

Please email us to discuss adding an opportunity to the Audition Oracle Auditions board.