2023 PROGRAM LINE-UP
Week 1 (June 12-June 17)
CAROL VANESS: World-Renowned Soprano; Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
LUISELLA GERMANO: Master Vocal Coach; Vienna State Opera, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
ALAN FISCHER: Award-Winning Dramatic Acting Coach & Stage Director; The Governor's School for the Arts, Prelude to Performance
Week 2 (juNE 19 - JUNE 24)
NELLY MIRICIOIU: World-Renowned Soprano; Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
BRUNO NICOLI: Master Vocal Coach; Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Accademia del Teatro alla Scala
JOSE MARIA CONDEMI: Internationally Acclaimed Stage Director; San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Opera
Week 3 (June 26 - July 1)
CHERYL STUDER: World-Renowned Soprano; Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, University of Music in Würzburg
TIM RIBCHESTER: Master Vocal Coach; Staatsoper Berlin, Cape Town Opera, Trentino Music Festival
PAUL CURRAN: Internationally Acclaimed Stage Director; Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Santa Fe Opera
PROGRAM DETAILS
Voice Lessons: Fine tuning the key to your craft with some of the world’s best vocal technicians. Intense vocal work which is expertly applied to the repertoire in very specific ways; increasing the longevity of your career. Learning invaluable technical skills that you will bring back to your primary teacher and incorporate as you both best see fit.
Coachings & Role Preparation: Working your repertoire with extraordinary répétiteurs who are fluent in all of the core rep and languages.
Diction: Working to improve the language, phonetics, and diction for speaking and singing, thus refining pronunciation, expression, and understanding. Sessions to incorporate your specific needs and operatic repertoire.
Masterclasses: A wonderful open setting where the entire program interactively learns from each other and the Master Teacher.
Acting & Dramatic Coachings: Building all aspects of your stagecraft and interpretive acting skills. Creating an environment of trust in which to explore all dimensions of yourself in order to find the inner voice of your character. Practical methods for combining believable acting with expressive singing.
Career Consultations: World-Class Artist Managers provide consultations and masterclasses, giving guidance on how to ‘break into the business.’ Discover what is unique about your talent, and then learn how to best showcase that in order to maximize your potential for success while pursuing your career.
Mock Audition & Feedback: We will reserve one day for our virtual mock professional auditions with immediate live feedback, helping to maximize your audition preparedness and performance for the future.
Live Professional Casting Audition: We will reserve one day for a select group of artists who participate in a total of three weeks of the program, to be chosen to sing a live virtual audition for a group of international opera house casting directors, agents, and directors of young artist programs and conservatories.
Branding & Social Media Workshop: What story do you want to tell and how can you most effectively communicate it? Gain insight into creating and fine tuning your brand, as well as how to workshop your website, resume, bio, and other materials, that will be your calling card in career promotion. How to maximize your success and reach on social media; discovering how to monetize all of your talents and interests as secondary sources of income during your career, thus developing you as a well rounded entrepreneurial minded professional.
Special Guests: Each week there will be at least one internationally acclaimed special guest to offer a Masterclass that you will be selected to sing in!
Weekly Chat & Cheers: A toast and check-in with roundtable chat to end each week.