Finally Heard. Transforming Audition Experiences Through Transparency
Share your anonymous audition feedback to help create a more transparent and supportive opera community.
Take the Survey Now Please only complete the questionnaire after the outcome of your audition is known. View Results Anonymised and unverified reviews; full disclaimer available in the results table and website footer. Best viewed on a larger screen.Read a summary of our first 50 results here
Our Mission
At Audition Reviews, we're giving performers a voice. Our anonymous review platform collects data about audition experiences with an aim to increase transparency and transform industry standards. By sharing both positive and negative experiences, you can help fellow performers know what to expect and encourage better practices.
Who We Are
Audition Reviews was created by an international collective of opera industry professionals and supporters who understand the challenges of the audition circuit. We share a genuine commitment to improving the audition landscape for everyone.
How It Works
Complete our anonymous questionnaire about your recent audition experiences
We compile the data, while ensuring complete confidentiality
Results are shared via a moderated results table and updated regularly (disclaimer applies)
With continued growth, we'll build an interactive website
Why Your Participation Matters
Reviews are needed to strengthen our collective voice. Some audition processes have become more about profit than discovering talent, with basic courtesies often overlooked. By highlighting both exemplary practices and areas for improvement, we can work together to create audition environments that better serve everyone in the opera community.
Privacy Commitment
Your privacy and security is our top priority.
Anonymity Measures
- We never collect your name, email, or contact information
- We review submissions to eliminate any identifying information about you or others (e.g. strip out role-specific comments that might reveal who you are)
Safe Data Sharing
- Certain fields (audition year, audition type, and individual comments) won't appear in the public spreadsheet
- Our future interactive site will only present data in a summarized form. Your comments will be displayed under specific houses or agents but will not be linked to data from individual reviews.
Our Vision
By creating transparency through anonymous reviews, we're working toward a future where singers can speak openly about their experiences without fear of repercussion. The fact that anonymity is currently necessary speaks volumes about existing power structures in the performing arts. With your help, we can gradually shift this dynamic toward a more equitable industry.
As the dataset grows, we plan to work with trusted partners across the sector, including research, industry, and safeguarding organisations - to develop evidence-informed reports, guidance, and best-practice resources that support fairer audition standards.
If you’re interested in collaborating or exploring how this work could be developed further, we welcome you to get in touch.
Feedback
We're still in our pilot phase and value your input on how to refine our questionnaire and make the platform more useful.
Help Us Grow
Excited by this initiative? Help us reach more people by sharing our platform with your colleagues and completing a review!
Follow Our Progress
Follow us on Instagram @auditionreviews to stay updated.
For those who feel comfortable showing support publicly, thank you. Every follower helps us demonstrate the importance of this initiative.
Disclaimer
Audition Reviews shares anonymous, self-reported audition experiences. Submissions are not independently verified and may contain subjective opinions or interpretations.
Audition Reviews moderates content to remove identifying or inappropriate material but does not verify the accuracy of any statement and does not endorse or make any representation regarding any organisation or individual named or implied.
These data are shared in good faith for transparency, reflection, and research purposes only, to promote wellbeing and constructive improvement within the performing arts sector.
Use of data & external collaboration
Audition Reviews may, from time to time, share anonymous datasets or aggregated insights with trusted third parties, such as researchers, charities, or sector organisations - for purposes including research, education, advocacy, or the development of guidance and resources.
Complaints & Corrections Policy
If you believe a submission could identify you (or another individual), contains personal data, or includes content that is inappropriate or unsafe, please contact us via Instagram @auditionreviews or through our feedback form. We will review requests in good faith and may redact or remove content where appropriate to protect privacy and safety.
We also welcome contact from agents, houses, or other organisations who believe content is materially inaccurate, misleading, or unfair. We may correct, redact, add context, or remove content where appropriate. Publication does not imply endorsement of any allegation.
Safeguarding & reporting
Some submissions may describe experiences that are distressing or involve alleged unsafe, abusive, or unlawful behaviour. Audition Reviews does not investigate allegations, determine factual accuracy, or act as a reporting or enforcement body.
If you believe an experience raises safeguarding concerns or may constitute criminal behaviour, we strongly encourage you to report it directly to an appropriate organisation or authority in your country.