Chorus Auditions: Glyndebourne Festival 2026

Find out how to join the Glyndebourne chorus

We are now accepting applications to audition for the Glyndebourne Chorus in the 2026 Festival. Please download and complete the application form and submit it via the form below including your current CV, recent headshot, and an online link to a recent recording of operatic repertoire. Recordings should preferably be within the last year.

The deadline for applications is 17 August 2025. Auditions will take place in London on the following dates:

Tuesday 16th September
Thursday 18th September
Friday 19th September
Tuesday 23rd September
Wednesday 24th September
Tuesday 30th September
Thursday 2nd October
Monday 13th October

Please specify which dates you are available for (as many as possible).

Please ensure that you have submitted the application form, current CV, recent headshot and video/audio and that your name is included in the filename of all documents that you are submitting. We are unable to process incomplete applications.

If you have any queries please email Hannah Cooper (chorusauditions@glyndebourne.com).

Glyndebourne is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Registered Charity. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for vacancies, including ethnically diverse candidates and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds who are currently under-represented in our sector.

To help us monitor the effectiveness of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and our supporting policies and procedures, we ask all job applicants to complete our anonymised and confidential Equal Opportunities monitoring form.

Here you can see the Chorus in action in Handel’s Saul:

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