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Vocal Youth Division Summer ProgramIN MEMORY OF LUCIANO PAVAROTTI(ages 15, 16 and 17)

The Bel Canto Institute Summer Program and Youth Division Summer Program will be held in residence 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 and voice lessons and performance classes on style and tradition. In addition to performance classes, participants will perform in one concert performance in a public venue in Florence. Italian language classes will be taught through La Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. All participants will be housed with families, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths. 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.


2019 Vocal Youth Division Summer Program Details
June 29 – July 25, 2020
The four-week summer program will be in residence in Florence, Italy.

Each participant will receive:

  • 8-9 private coachings
  • 8-9 private voice lessons
  • 30 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
  • 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.

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Faculty (subject to change)
Jane Bakken
Klaviter

(coach)
Metropolitan Opera (retired)

Ulla Casalini
(coach)
Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Conservatorio di Firenze

Steven Crawford
(coach)
Metropolitan Opera
Greater Miami Opera

Leonardo De Lisi
(voice)
Opéra de Nice
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conservatorio di Firenze

Juliana Gondek
(voice)
UCLA

Nicoletta Maggino
(voice)
Teatro La Scala
Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Scuola di Musica Il Trillo

Roger Malouf
(coach)
Metropolitan Opera
New York City Opera
Mannes College of Music

Robert Morrison
(coach)
Metropolitan Opera

Robert Myers
(coach)
Metropolitan Opera
(retired)

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.
Joana Pons
(coach)
Teatro Principal
de Menorca
Washington Opera

Mary Elizabeth Poore
(voice)
Westchester Conservatory
of Music
Mercy College

Andrea Secchi
(coach)
Den Norske Opera og Ballett
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Eva Hess Thaysen
(voice)
Royal Academy
of Music
(Copenhagen)
Danish National Opera
Danish Lied
Society

Eduardo Valdes
(voice)
Metropolitan Opera

Stephen West
(voice)
University of Michigan
Metropolitan Opera

Cynthia Hoffmann
(voice)
Juilliard School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
Guest Lecturers
Dr. Youngnan Jenny Cho

Dr. Anthony F. Jahn


ACCOMMODATIONS

All participants will be housed with families, double-occupancy rooms, shared baths.

Age Limit
15, 16 and 17 years of age.
Youth Division participants must have a cell phone which functions in Italy and is kept on at all times (except in classes). These may be purchased inexpensively in Italy. The phone MUST be in “PHONE” mode, not text mode.

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)

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Bel Canto Institute 2021 Summer Programs in Florence, Italy are in a fluid state due to the pandemic. This means we are not accepting applications for 2021 at this time. With the United States Department of State advisory ‘Reconsider Travel to Italy’ and the current conditions in Italy and the United States, we are not able to move forward at this time. Safety of participants is always a major concern to this organization. Please check this site after January 1 for updates. We are hopeful.