The Bel Canto Institute Summer Program and Youth Division Summer Program will be held in Florence, Italy. Singers and coaches will be chosen by means of audition to participate in the program which will not only encompass the musical aspects of style and tradition, but other essential historical and cultural elements which influenced the entire era. The artists will receive coaching sessions, voice lessons and performance classes on style and tradition. In addition to performance classes, participants will perform in one or two concert performances in public venues in Florence. Italian language classes will be taught through La Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. Participants will be housed with families, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths. Single rooms are available at additional cost. Breakfast and dinner will be provided by host families. Participants age 21 and over may be housed in apartments, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths. No meals are included if staying in an apartment. All music classes and Italian diction classes will be held at Il Trillo music school, a short walk from La Scuola Leonardo da Vinci.
2023 Vocal Summer Program Details
July 3 – July 22, 2023
The three-week summer program will be in residence in Florence, Italy.
Each participant will receive:
- 6 private coachings
- 6 private voice lessons
- 24 hours of Italian language instruction
- Italian language books (dictionary not included)
- 4 hours of Italian diction
- 12-15 performance classes on tradition and style in operas and songs of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini
- 1 lecture: “Keeping Your Voice Healthy”
- 1 lecture: “Road to College, Road to a Career
- 1 or 2 concert performances in public venues in Florence
- Breakfast and dinner daily (provided by host families), and a special farewell dinner on the final evening. If staying in an apartment, no meals are included.
| Faculty (subject to change) | ||
| Eva Hess Thaysen (voice) Royal Academy of Music (Copenhagen) Danish National Opera Danish Lied Society Jane Bakken Klaviter (coach) Metropolitan Opera (retired) Joshua Greene (coach) Metropolitan Opera Mannes School of Music Katherine Ciesinski (voice) Eastman School of Music Metropolitan Opera |  Italian language classes will be taught through La Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. All participants will be housed with families, double and triple occupancy rooms, shared baths. Single rooms are available at additional cost. Breakfast and dinner will be provided by the host families. All music classes will be held at Il Trillo music school, a short walk from La Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. | Leonardo De Lisi (voice) Opéra de Nice Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Conservatorio di Firenze Maria Giallombardo (coach) Teatro La Fenice Stefano Fantini (coach) Accademia Musicale di Firenze Stephen West (voice) University of Michigan Metropolitan Opera Ulla Casalini (coach) Teatro Comunale di Firenze Conservatorio di Firenze |
| Guest Lecturers | ||
| Dr. Youngnan Jenny Cho Dr. Anthony F. Jahn |
ACCOMMODATIONS
All participants will be housed either with families, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths, or in apartments, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths.
Single occupancy rooms are available at an additional cost of $600.
Participants age 21 and over may request to be housed in apartments, double occupancy rooms, shared bath. No meals are included if staying in an apartment. Limited availability.
FEE
The cost of the program is $6,000.
AIRFARE IS NOT INCLUDED. Transfers to and from airport are NOT included. Taxis are readily available.
(Program subject to cancellation)