The all-in-one Casting Software for Ballet and Opera
Performing arts theaters manage complex casts, overlapping productions, manual auditions, scheduling conflicts, and siloed communication that strain creative teams and delay casting decisions on rotating ensembles—from characters and performers to hosts and specialty acts.
Managing auditions, seasonal contracts, schedules, and ongoing performance evaluations becomes overwhelming without a dedicated system.
Why Ballet and Opera productions need Casting42
Performing arts productions rely on precision, timing, and trust. Casting42 centralizes talent, streamlines casting, and supports complex rehearsal and performance workflows without disrupting artistic processes.
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Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
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Manage high volumes of profiles
Store and organize detailed profiles for dancers, singers, musicians, understudies, and guest artists.
Filter by voice type, role history, repertoire, physical requirements, contracts, and availability across seasons and productions.
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Automate emails, messaging, and notificationsSend automated audition invites, rehearsal calls, schedule updates, and performance notices. Ensure timely communication with cast and creatives while reducing manual emails during busy production and touring periods.
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Post casting callsPublish internal or external casting calls for productions, tours, covers, or guest roles. Define artistic requirements, availability windows, and contract terms so qualified performers can respond efficiently.
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Track availability & schedulingTrack rehearsals, performances, tours, and rest periods across multiple productions. Avoid conflicts and understaffing by aligning availability with rehearsal plans, stage calls, and performance calendars.
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Integrate auditions & approvalsCollect audition videos, scores, resumes, and notes directly in the platform. Enable artistic directors and casting teams to review, comment, shortlist, and approve talent collaboratively.
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Coordination across teamsConnect artistic directors, production managers, casting teams, and administration in one system. Maintain role-based access while ensuring everyone works from accurate, up-to-date casting and schedule information.
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Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Manage high volumes of profiles
Store and organize detailed profiles for dancers, singers, musicians, understudies, and guest artists.
Filter by voice type, role history, repertoire, physical requirements, contracts, and availability across seasons and productions. -
Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Automate emails, messaging, and notifications
Send automated audition invites, rehearsal calls, schedule updates, and performance notices. Ensure timely communication with cast and creatives while reducing manual emails during busy production and touring periods. -
Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Post casting calls
Publish internal or external casting calls for productions, tours, covers, or guest roles. Define artistic requirements, availability windows, and contract terms so qualified performers can respond efficiently. -
Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Track availability & scheduling
Track rehearsals, performances, tours, and rest periods across multiple productions. Avoid conflicts and understaffing by aligning availability with rehearsal plans, stage calls, and performance calendars. -
Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Integrate auditions & approvals
Collect audition videos, scores, resumes, and notes directly in the platform. Enable artistic directors and casting teams to review, comment, shortlist, and approve talent collaboratively. -
Features that support Ballet and Opera talent & casting workflows
Coordination across teams
Connect artistic directors, production managers, casting teams, and administration in one system. Maintain role-based access while ensuring everyone works from accurate, up-to-date casting and schedule information.
Invite your own Talent
Unlike public marketplaces where everyone has access to the same talent and your clients can bypass you entirely, Casting42 empowers you to create a private, secure, and customized database of talent. It's like having your own exclusive network!
The Dutch National Opera & Ballet
"Before, our casting process for thousands of yearly applications at the National Opera and Ballet was a labor-intensive system of emails and Excel sheets.
I was amazed that we were able to implement a new system in just one week. It has completely optimized our process, standardized all applicant data, and provides a much more professional experience for our candidates, who can now manage their own accounts . "
Leon - Head of IT - National Opera & Ballet
Your data secured
Protect sensitive performer data with secure access controls and GDPR-aligned handling. Maintain clear records for contracts, approvals, and documentation across productions and seasons.
Purpose built cloud native, monitored 24/7, penetration testing security audits, 2FA, data protection and encryption in transit & at rest. Our top of the bill cloud-based casting platform does all the structuring, securing and presenting data for you.
At the same time we do all the data integrity, updates and maintenance. As a result, you can completely focus on what you do best: successfully completing yet another exciting casting project.
Need more security info? Lets get in touch we can share our security brief or book a meeting
"Ditch chaotic spreadsheets"
Professionalize your internal casting process with Casting42. Our platform allows you to build a centralized and organized overview of all staff willing to participate in productions, moving beyond chaotic spreadsheets and manual back and forth over email.
Instantly confirm who is available for specific shoot dates with automated availability checks, and conduct entire casting rounds remotely by having staff submit video auditions directly from their iPhones.
Crucially, all of this happens within your own private, walled-off, and secure environment, ensuring complete confidentiality for your team.
Ditch spreadsheets, Casting42 is build for Casting Pro's from day one. Signup forms, self audition, tapes, setcards, video sharing, stakeholder, communication, availability checkers, talent proposals, talent presentations generation, talent update reminders, booking confirmations its simply all there.
A proven, ready-to-use platform with industry-standard structures for talent profiles, client management, and project workflows. While still having plenty of customization, preventing you from having to change the way you work now! Our platform offers a simple UI allowing you to onboard your team in no time.
Powering corporate productions for a diverse range of industries across the globe. From major technology firms in the United States and leading retailers in Europe to creative agencies in Singapore, our platform has become the go-to solution for international brands. These global corporations trust Casting42 to build and manage private talent pools of employees, customers, and brand ambassadors, ensuring they can cast authentic, on-brand individuals for their campaigns with speed and efficiency, no matter where in the world their production takes them.
Casting42 is engineered for growth, eliminating platform limitations so you can scale without hesitation. Whether you're nurturing an exclusive database of 500 specialized talents or executing a massive campaign that onboards 100,000 new faces in a single day, our infrastructure is built to handle the demand. Our flexible subscription model is designed to grow with your success.
This ensures you always have ample storage for high-resolution media, the appropriate number of user seats for your expanding team, and the capacity for a limitless talent pool, so you can focus on seizing opportunities, not managing technical constraints.
Opera and Ballet Casting - Add-ons
Ditch spreadsheets, Casting42 is build for Casting Pro's from day one. Signup forms, self audition, tapes, setcards, video sharing, stakeholder, communication, availability checkers, talent proposals, talent presentations generation, talent update reminders, booking confirmations its simply all there.
Working in Casting? Changes are time is a luxury you do not have. Our product experts and we will do the heavy lifting. Getting you to cast people in no-time.
We will provide you with a dedicated Casting42 expert, trough remote video-session to seamlessly guide the configurations of Casting42 to your agency's requirements, and settings for workflow success.
Professional services to prepare and import your existing talent data from databases, spreadsheets, and/or other applications into our platform. We have seen it all before, old archaic legacy systems to online non-purpose build tools or simply excel sheets, we will import your data full service.
Hands-on training sessions for admin users covering best practice usage of Talent, Casting and Guest Access functionality.