Jobs

Thank you for your interest in working with Garsington Opera. There are currently no vacancies. For future opportunities please check back as all opportunities to join the Garsington Opera team will be advertised here.

Thank you for your interest in working with Garsington Opera. There are currently no vacancies. For future opportunities please check back as opportunities will be advertised here.

As a seasonal festival, each year there are various opportunities to work at Garsington Opera both on and off the stage in a wide variety of roles. To find out more about how to apply for these opportunities, please see our Seasonal Roles page.

Opera Assistant Stage Manager

Garsington Opera is seeking an experienced Opera ASM to join our team on this year’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades.

Post: Opera Assistant Stage Manager
Reporting to: Stage Manager
Self-employed / freelance position with fixed fee: £7,080.00
Application deadline: 12 noon on Monday 27th January 2025
Interview date: February
Fixed term contract: 14th April – 4th July 2025

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter in PDF format, to rowan@garsingtonopera.org

Find out more in the job description linked below.

If you have any questions about the role, please email Rowan at rowan@garsingtonopera.org

Job Description

Applications for our 2025 Chorus and Young Artists’ Programme have now closed.

If you would like any further information please email auditions@garsingtonopera.org or explore our Young Artist page via the button below:

Young Artists

Each year, we offer a week of intensive work experience for a limited number of young people between the ages of 16 and 18.  It’s a great chance to find out how a producing theatre works and to highlight the many career opportunities in producing and making shows, in our case particularly opera.

This intensive experience covers a full range of departments across the organisation, offering the opportunity to learn how a theatre/opera business works and how all departments contribute to the company’s overall delivery of Opera.  There will be opportunities to shadow various departments: Marketing, Development, Box Office, Learning & Participation, Company / Artist Management and backstage technical departments.

As part of this opportunity you will:

• Connect with creative industry professionals across various roles in the sector
• Discover the extensive range of career opportunities within a theatre/opera company
• Understand and learn the key skills required in the workplace: listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, teamwork and staying positive

If you are interested in joining us for a week of introduction in opera, please complete the online form, and we will be in contact in due course. Closing date for our 2025 work experience offering is 31^st January 2025.

Apply here