Voice students age seven and older are invited to audition for Operatunities, the University of Regina Conservatory’s youth opera performance company. Auditions for the company’s second production, Queen for a Day, will take place Thurs., Dec. 7 and Sat., Dec. 9. Audition requirements include singing O Canada, one verse of a short piece of the singer’s choice (no pop music) and some pitch matching. Rehearsals will be on Wednesdays starting at 7 p.m. and the performance date is May 25, 2007. Contact Michelle Nye at the Conservatory of Performing Arts at 585-5849 for an audition time or for more information.

Queen for a Day takes place in the ancient Balkan city of Volcania. Newly ascended and completely crazy King Vlassic has announced that he will take a new bride every day and have her executed the following morning. The Grand Vizier’s daughter, Scheherazade, develops a courageous plan to use her unparalleled talents as a storyteller to save the women of Volcania, and perhaps to change the very nature of her problematic society. Operatunities’ artistic director for this year is Edward Willett.