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| JANE
BAKKEN KLAVITER Founder Artistic and Executive Director |
| KAREN KELSO Administrative Director |
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| John
H. Haley President |
| Rolf
Liebergesell Treasurer |
| Lena
Marley* Vice President |
| Mark
Elyn Vice President |
| David Holloway |
| Kenneth Kane |
| James Koenig |
| César Ulloa |
| Jane Upton |
| * In memoriam |
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| Licia Albanese |
| John Ardoin* |
| Roberto Benaglio* |
| Karen Clauss Cooper |
| Ellen Faull |
| Judith Haddon |
| Håkan Hagegård |
| Barbara Hocher |
| Dimitri Kavrakos |
| Alfredo Kraus* |
| David Lloyd |
| Anna Moffo* |
| Edoardo Müller |
| Leo Nucci |
| Paul Plishka |
| Nicola Rescigno |
| Gianna Rolandi |
| Lee Schaenen* |
| Frederica von Stade |
| Deborah Voigt |
| Ruth Welting* |
| * In memoriam |
In memory of Luigi Ricci |
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el Canto Institute, founded in 1987 by Metropolitan Opera Prompter and Assistant Conductor Jane Bakken Klaviter, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization whose purpose is to perpetuate, teach and keep alive style and tradition in 19th and 20th Century Italian opera. These goals are achieved through a Summer Program and Youth Division Summer Program for singers and coaches where they are immersed in the study of style and tradition by means of performance classes, private coachings, private voice lessons, Italian language classes, lectures, and performances. Florence, the heart of Italy's Tuscany region, is the setting for this program, which is dedicated to the late Maestro Luigi Ricci, Ms. Klaviter's long time mentor and friend.
