| Bel 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, 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. |
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