Training

VAL 5. Experience in an opera production: assistant stage direction

(Title to be announced)

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

From 1 March 2024 to 30 April 2024

(Easter holidays from 29 March to 8 April 2024)

Description of the EOA module:

  • Specific training working in the preparation of a fully staged opera production (title to be announced).
  • This includes:
    • Spanish language training
    • Working with the scenic director, set designer, costume designer, lighting designer, and the producer, as well as the singers, pianists and the choir
    • Ensemble rehearsals with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
    • Dress rehearsal with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers

Opera performances in our Auditorium and other venues

Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses:

Valencia is a major cultural centre and encourages immersion into the professional opera and music scene:  Palau de les Arts Opera House, concerts and presentations by major international musicians,..

In addition, there are many events and festivals throughout the year (i.e. Las Fallas). With a rich history in modern architectural masterpieces (City of Arts and Sciences), Valencia’s deep, multicultural roots, cosmopolitan flavor, and warm climate to make it a true Mediterranean gem.

Also, Valencia is one of Spain’s (and Europe’s) most affordable cities for student accommodation.

Names of the professors of this module: 

  • Stage director: Jaume Martorell
  • Costume designer: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
  • Producer: TBA
  • Set designer: TBA
  • Lightning designer: TBA

Possible extras besides the module:

Masterclasses

Participation in other projects:

  • “Ópera sofa”: Concerts of highlights from operas performed in other venues.

Attending opera performances at Palau de les Arts

Exchange and collaboration with other students of the Conservatory working on the same production

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module: 

Teaching: The first 8 weeks

  • Spanish language training
  • Working with the scenic director, set designer, costume designer, lighting designer, and the producer, as well as the singers, pianists and the choir

Production: The following 4 weeks

  • Ensemble rehearsals with piano, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
  • Ensemble rehearsals with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
  • Dress rehearsal with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers

Opera performances in our Auditorium and other venues

Number of ECTS: 

25 ECTS

Entrance examination:

Contact the coordinator:

Charo Vallés

master.opera@csmvalencia.es

The materials to submit with your application are:

  • CV
  • Repertoire
  • Two Videos (it can be a link to YouTube or any other platform)

Deadline:

  • 1st deadline: 1 June  2023
  • 2nd deadline: 15 September 2023

Date for expected answers:

  • 1st deadline: 15 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 30 September 2023

Description of the final Examination:

Public performance of a fully staged chamber opera at the Concert Hall of the Conservatory Superior of Music

Teaching language:

Spanish, English, Italian, French and German

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

  • Free for students in Erasmus Programme
  • Module is available within an Erasmus exchange
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VAL 4. Experience in an opera production: strings

(Title to be announced)

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

  • From 15 January 2024 to 30 April 2024 (Easter holidays from 29 March to 8th April 2024)

Open for: 

String players: 

  • Violins
  • Violas
  • Violoncellos
  • Double-Basses

Description of the EOA module:

  • Specific training working in the preparation of a fully staged opera production (title to be announced).
  • This includes:
    • Spanish language training
    • Working with the orchestra and conductors
    • Ensemble rehearsals with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
    • Dress rehearsal with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers

Opera performances in our Auditorium and other venues.

Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses:

Valencia is a major cultural centre and encourages immersion into the professional opera and music scene:  Palau de les Arts Opera House, concerts and presentations by major international musicians,..

In addition, there are many events and festivals throughout the year (i.e. Las Fallas). With a rich history in modern architectural masterpieces (City of Arts and Sciences), Valencia’s deep, multicultural roots, cosmopolitan flavor, and warm climate to make it a true Mediterranean gem.

Also, Valencia is one of Spain’s (and Europe’s) most affordable cities for student accommodation.

Names of the professors of this module:

  • Conductor: Jesús Cantos, Juan Pablo Hellín
  • Stage director: Jaume Martorell

Possible extras besides the module:

Masterclasses

Participation in other projects, with concerts at several venues:

  • Symphony orchestra
  • Chamber orchestra
  • Chamber music ensembles
  • Contemporary ensemble

Attending opera performances at Palau de les Arts

Exchange and collaboration with other students of the Conservatory working on the same production

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module

Teaching: The first 8 weeks

  • Spanish language training
  • Working with the orchestra and conductors in different projects
  • Working with the opera orchestra and conductors as well as the singers and choir

Production: The following 4 weeks

  • Ensemble rehearsals with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
  • Dress rehearsal with the orchestra, stage director, conductor, choir and singers
  • Opera performances in our Auditorium and other venues

Number of ECTS: 

25 ECTS

Entrance examination:

Contact the coordinator:

Charo Vallés

master.opera@csmvalencia.es

The materials to submit with your application are:

  • CV
  • Repertoire
  • Two Videos (it can be a link to YouTube or any other platform)

Description of the final exam:

  • Public performance
  • Permanent Artistic Evaluation

Teaching language: 

  • Spanish
  • English

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price

Free for students in Erasmus Programme

Module is not available without an Erasmus exchange

Deadline:

  • 1st deadline: 1 June  2023
  • 2nd deadline: 15 September 2023

Date for expected answers:

  • 1st deadline: 15 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 30 September 2023
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POR 1 B. Preparing Operatic Roles: Acting for Singers in the Preparation of Operatic Roles

Preparing Operatic Roles

A.Vocal Performance with Technical Supervision

Methodology: Improvisation, Movement, Vocality and E-Motion Arousal as a Body and Vocal approach to Opera Singing and Opera Making

Period of the EOA module in 2022-2023:

8 October 2023 to 28 January 2024

 

The aim of this section of the module POR 1 is to facilitate the student’s artistic autonomy in methodological processes and the consolidation of an artistic identity. Through an organization of their knowledge and skills (creative, sensory and cognitive) the student will be able to develop interpretative operatic roles taking in account previous dramaturgic assumptions for the purpose of live performance.

  • Master a variety of techniques of movement and acting.
  • Develop somatic and emotional body-mind approaches to performance practice
  • Increase awareness of the poetic universe of the performer
  • Develop the singular nature of each opera singer during live performance and during collective interaction.

The main purpose of this module is to consolidate the performer skills, giving a particular focus to the work on stage in the interaction with the director and the maestro. Issues of scenic presence in relation with the scene/stage will also be explored. Scenic experimentation through body movement, improvisation, vocality and the arousing of emotion will bring the student a new approach to Opera and Opera making. This module will enable the student to experience a live performance in front of an audience.

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Claire Bynion
  • António Salgado
  • Claudia Marisa
  • António Durães

Minimum and maximum number of EOA students

1-3 vocal students

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module

10-12 hours of individual tuition & 45 hours of group work

Number of ECTS within master accreditation

20 ECTS

Entrance examination

Video recording or link to video recording

Description of final examination

Public performance on stage with piano

Teaching language

English – level 3

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PAR 4. Piano Accompaniment and Opera Coaching (Pianists, Traineeship for pianists)

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

ERASMUS students (STT) may choose mobility of a minimum 3 – maximum 6 months during the academic year 2023-2024

Content:

This module offers an entirely specific traineeship for piano accompaniment of voice and opera scenes, designed for pianists who consider a future in the world of opera by adding to their curriculum a first work experience in this various and challenging environment. Trainees will accompany singers on the piano in different settings:

  • singing lessons,
  • scenic interpretation lessons,
  • staging
  • preparation for exams and concerts and during public performances. This always under supervision of a tutor.

The goal is to improve the knowledge of opera repertoire and to practice the specific skills requested.

The trainee will receive weekly tasks from the coordinator of piano accompaniment.

A module for professional pianists who wish to broaden their knowledge of the operatic repertoire in compliance with all the specific attitudes. With a full immersion into Italian opera together with the opportunity to develop the best practice in Italian language applied to opera. To exercise, develop and improve their skills as a pianist in accompanying different voice parts. 

Speciality of this module, in comparison with other courses in Europe

A full immersion into Italian opera and the opportunity to develop the best practice in the Italian language applied to opera. Choice of repertoire (title and characters) according to student’s needs. Exchange and collaboration with other students of the Conservatory (from all over the world) working on the same repertoire.

A unique opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the rich operatic music culture of the territory, attending places of unique musical interest within the Conservatory (Musical Section of Libreria Palatina, Boito’s Studio and Toscanini’s Studio) or in the immediate nearby of it (the Library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani, the Museo dell’Opera, the Casa della

Musica etc).

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Nicola Mottaran (Coordinator of Piano accompaniment) Fabio Ferrucci (Tutor)
  • Teaching staff  (Piano Accompaniment Teachers)  from the Singing and Music Theatre Department of the Conservatory.

Possible extras in addition to this module:

Upon request a little tour of the main “music treasures” of Verdi’s land: the birthplace of Verdi and Villa Sant’Agata, the Toscanini Museum, the world-renowned Teatro Regio, the beautiful Teatro Farnese (17th century), the Casa del Suono, etc. Opportunity to join Italian Course level A2+B1 in the first semester or English Course level B1 or B2 in second semester. October is the month of the Parma Verdi Festival. Facilities are offered to enrolled students who want to experience a show at the Teatro Regio and/or other planned locations.

Minimum and maximum number of EOA students

1-5 (no max limit)

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module

  • Semester 200 hours (about 10 hours per week)

Number of ECTS within master accreditation

Depending on the effective number of hours

Entrance examination:

Online examination through the Application, that needs to include

  • CV
  • Repertoire
  • Videos
  • Motivational letter (optional)

Final examination:

30-minute performance in piano accompaniment of voice (and/or opera scenes)

Teaching language/Required level of language

Italian (min A2 to be improved) and English (B2)

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price

Erasmus students (SMS) only. No extra fees.

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023
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LOD 1. CPL – Contemporary Performance Laboratory

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

  • 15 Feb – 31 May 2024

Module allows to use all potential of vocal and kinaesthetic art in the area of contemporary music including performative arts like improvised singing, dancing and acting. Module is strongly connected with expanding voice and body abilities during an artistic creation. Inspired by postulate of Jerzy Grotowski and his Laboratory Theater the module will give to the young artist an extraordinary way of creating a role by using all the gamut of stage expression. The module is dedicated to singers and dancers. The module is based on discovering an archetypical primeval intentions and visions as a main factor in creating an artistic performance.

Module includes singing and dance lesson, musical improvisation, movement and dance improvisation, performative arts laboratory, working with piano coach, full breath&body&mind workshop, history of modern music educational programme.

EOA students will be offered a tailor-made programme:

Singing and dancing lessons.

Performative actions including improvised singing, dance and acting in the area of contemporary music

Names of the professors of this module:

  • Urszula Kryger
  • Beata Zawadzka-Kłos
  • Anna Werecka
  • Piotr Miciński
  • Przemysław Rezner
  • Agnieszka Łuczyńska
  • M. Barczak

Minimum and maximum number of students:

2 – 6 max

Kind of voice and role:

Every kind of voice

Every type of dancer (classical, modern)

Deadline for application and requirements:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023
  • Recordings (DVD, YouTube), application form, artistic CV

Description of the final examination

  • Public performance of opera fragment/s

 Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

  • Module is available within an Erasmus exchange (SMS or SMP).

Note! Please, contact your Erasmus office as early as possible in order to be qualified in time for Erasmus scholarship.

  • Module could be also available as postgraduate studies. The fee is then approx. 2000 EUR (travel and living costs not included).

Number of ECTS:

25 ECTS

Student: 

Singer

Language: 

English, Italian, German

Activity:

Training / Operatic practice / Performance

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FLO 1. A room with a view on the Italian Belcanto

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

  • 1 February 2024 – 4 May 2024

Meet the Italian Belcanto tradition in the town that hosted the first operatic creation. An all-Italian experience on the operatic repertoire from Baroque to Verdi and Puccini. Voice lessons on style and technique, repertoire study with vocal coaches, Italian language and diction class, Opera class with acting and staging seminars, final concert with semi-staged performance of full operatic scenes.

Study repertoire:

  1. One leading role from an Opera in Italian
  2. A group of 3-4 arias in Italian, including recitativos and/or cabalettas if present and full scenes and ensembles from operas

Participants:

All voice types

Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses in Europe

We give the participants the possibility to develop their skills in the Italian language and diction in a very practical approach. We will concentrate on interpretation and performance of the most important Italian belcanto styles, from the early baroque “recitar-cantando”, the classic recitativo secco, accompagnato and virtuoso arias, to the Romantic “solita scena” (scena, aria and cabaletta) until the declamatory style of the late XIX composers (Verismo), depending on each singer vocal and musical needs. Our teachers and coaches have a long experience in the tuition of international students, as in our Vocal studies Faculty more than 50% of singers are from all the continents. Being in Firenze (Dante’s home town) allows you to absorb the good “reference” Italian diction directly from the people you will meet in the street, as the Florentine language is the basis of the modern Italian language.

Additionally, a production on stage with full scenes and costumes (with piano and small chamber group accompaniment) of DONIZETTI’s L’elisir d’amore at Teatro Niccolini (Firenze), at the end of March 2024, with the participation of the EOA students as either soloist or choir (singers).

Name(s) of the professor(s)

  • Voice teachers: Ester Castriota, Donatella Debolini, Gianni Fabbrini, Nemi Bertagni, M. Costanza Nocentini, Roberta Invernizzi
  • Repertoire coaches: Antonella Bellettini, Ulla Casalini, Anna Toccafondi, Elisabetta Sepe, Andrea Severi, Daniela Freschi
  • Opera class / Acting: Francesco Torrigiani
  • Italian Diction: Francesco Torrigiani, Leonardo De Lisi
  • History of Opera: Guglielmo Pianigiani
  • Baroque vocal ensemble: Santina Tomasello
  • Chamber music & vocal ensembles: Leonardo De Lisi

Possible extras:

Masterclass with renown singers and opera directors.

Free entrance to rehearsals at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

A short programme (incl. city tour) concentrating on special ‘musical’ aspects of the city: Palazzo Pitti (where Peri’s “L’Euridice” was created), Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori (historic pianos), Museo degli Uffizi, Galleria dell’Accademia, etc.

Minimum and maximum number of EOA students:

4/12

Number of teaching / production hours:

Up to 20 hours/week

Number of ECTS within master:

3-month Module will award 24 ECTS

  • “Vocal technique and repertoire” 1-to-1 lessons, 6 ECTS
  • “Repertoire coaching with pianist” 1-to-1 lessons, 3 ECTS
  • “Opera class” (opera scenes staging), 3 ECTS
  • “Italian Diction for singers” lecture, 3 ECTS
  • “History of Opera” lecture, 3 ECTS
  • “Chamber music & vocal esemble” group, 3 ECTS
  • “Baroque vocal ensemble” group, 3 ECTS

ONLY Erasmus mobilities for studies or traineeship from EOA partners will be accepted

Entrance examination:

Before 8 May, 2023, by email erasmus@consfi.it only:

  1. Please, send a link to a recent performance of yours (from not more than 1 year ago) including at least: 2 operatic arias/scenes in Italian from Baroque to Puccini (it also includes concert arias in Italian)
  2. A brief curriculum and a complete list of studied (or performed) vocal repertoire / roles in Italian (only word or pdf file, please, or link to personal artistic website)

NOTE: Singers willing to be selected as soloists for the production of Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” in March need to provide the following arias in their application:

  • ADINA – “Benedette queste carte… Elisir di sì perfetta” + “Prendi, per me sei libero”
  • NEMORINO – “Quanto è bella, quanto è cara” + “Una furtiva lagrima”
  • BELCORE – “Come Paride vezzoso” + another aria in Italian by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti
  • DULCAMARA – “Udite, o rustici” + another aria in Italian by Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti

By 8 June 2023, candidates will receive a response about selection. If successfully selected, students must confirm their choice before 22 June 2023.

Description of the final Examination:

  • Module: semi-staged operatic scenes and recital with arias/songs in public concerts at the end of the module
  • Erasmus mobility: each class will award a note of evaluation by the teacher and ECTs

Teaching language/ Required level of language:

  • Italian (main)
  • English (secondary)
  • We require that EOA students have a minimum B1 Italian language level.

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included / excluded in this price:

Erasmus mobility: no tuition fee

Students must provide their own accommodation, meals and traveling costs.

Contact person:

Prof. Leonardo De Lisi

e-mail: erasmus@consfi.it

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GEN 3. So Baroque!

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

From 19-02-2024 to 19-04-2024

Open for:

1-4 vocal students (choir)

Content:

This module, in collaboration with the Department of Ancient Music of the Haute École de Musique de Genève is built around the production of St. John’s Passion by J.S. Bach conducted by Ton Koopman.

It gives the opportunity for singers to sharpen their skills on the baroque repertoire through vocal coaching, baroque coaching, seminars and participation in the choir for this project of St John’s

Passion.

The students will take individual lessons with internationally renowned artists and pedagogues focusing on style, ornamentation and baroque vocality.

The seminar “Music, Education, Society: Bach’s St John’s Passion” will serve as a preparatory session for the St John Passion project conducted by Ton Koopman, which will take place in March 2024. Two internationally-known Bach scholars will join us for a day of in-depth presentations and discussions, focusing on the life and times of J.S. Bach. Special emphasis will be placed on the musical architecture of St John’s Passion and recent research into an historically-informed approach to this repertoire.

Kind of voice and role:

All voices

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Ton Koopman, conductor
  • Stephan MacLeod, vocal coaching
  • Andreas Wolf, vocal coaching
  • Franck Marcon, baroque coaching
  • Elizabeth Dobbin, seminars

Number of ECTS:

24  ECTS

100 hours

Entrance examination: Required repertoire:

General entrance examination requests. Check the Application form.

Description of the final examination:

Progress examination

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

Communication language:

French, English

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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GEN 2. Action! Audition training and singing for the camera

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

  • From 05 to 09 February 2024

Open for:

  • 1, max. 5 vocal students

Content:

This short-term module gives the singers insights in the art of auditioning and producing an audition video.

It consists of daily workshops in which subjects such as choice of repertoire, presentation, projection and artistry of the spoken voice, professional attitude with the pianist and mental preparation are addressed. Each session ends with a simulation of a professional audition and feedback on it.

The other component of this intensive week concerns the camera. Daily workshops address the following subjects:

How to create and project an authentic character while playing for a camera? How to bring subtlety and honesty to one’s performance? 

The singers will be introduced to the Stanislasky method through exercises adapted to the operatic repertoire.

On the final day the singers join specialists in a round table on “The singer and marketing in the professional world” followed by the final audition in front of a professional jury.

The online component will provide guidance on technical aspects on filming an audition video oneself.

Kinds of voice and role:

All voices

Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses in Europe:

Intensive and condensed module to give a quick insight to the art of auditioning.

 

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Heidi Brunner, audition training, vocal training
  • Jay Natelle, Stanislasky method, acting for a camera
  • Topi Lehtipuu, moderator of the round table
  • NN, jury of the final audition
  • NN, vocal coach, pianist

Possible extras:

  • Possibility to film an audition video

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module:

30-36

Number of ECTS within master accreditation:

3 ECTS

Entrance examination: Required repertoire:

General entrance examination requests. Check the Application form.

Description of the final examination:

Progress examination

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

Communication language:

French, English, German

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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GEN 1. So French!

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

    • From 08 January to 08 March 2024

    Open for:

    • Pianists and Singers
    • Min. 1, max. 3  students

    Description:

    This module gives the opportunity for singers and pianists to build up and perfect their repertoire in French. It addresses both operatic as well art song repertoire with a particular focus on Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, a production which will take place at the end of February.

    Specific stress is given to the stylistic aspects – what actually makes French vocal music so uniquely French? The participants will receive language tuition for the pronunciation of both sung and spoken French in order to familiarise themselves with the phonetic approach of the language. They can participate in a master class of French repertoire and receive coaching in basic repertoire and role studies of French music.

    Kind of voice:

    All voices

    Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

    • Clémence Tilquin, vocal studies
    • Sacha Michon, French phonetic coaching
    • Nina Uhari and James Alexander, French Art Song repertoire and role studies for singers and pianists
    • Stage director TBA

    Possible extras:

    • Possibility to assist to rehearsals at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
    • This module can be combined with the 2nd module of Geneva: Action! Especially interesting for pianists who want to develop a profile as a repetiteur.

    Number of ECTS: 24 ECTS

    Entrance examination:

    Required repertoire:

    • If the participant would like to audition for the production/scenic project, he/she should send a good-quality video with a French aria by 8 May 2023.

    Description of the final examination:

    • Progress examination
    • and final public performance (only in Full time module)

        Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

        • Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

        Communication language: English and French

        Deadline for application:

        • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
        • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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        FLO 2. The Maestro Collaboratore (Vocal coach)

        Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

        • 1 February 2024 – 4 May 2024

        Meet the Italian Belcanto tradition in the town that hosted the first operatic creation. An all-Italian experience on the operatic repertoire from Baroque to Verdi and Puccini. Piano accompanying lesson on style and technique, repertoire study with vocal coaches, Italian language and diction class, Opera class with acting and staging seminars, final concert with semi-staged performance of full operatic scenes.

        Study repertoire:

        1. Two Opera vocal scores in Italian, from Mozart to Puccini
        2. A group arias in Italian, including recitativos and/or cabalettas, if present
        3. A group of Italian Art songs

        Participants:

        Pianist / vocal coach

        Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses in Europe:

        We give the participants the possibility to develop their skills as a vocal coach (maestro collaboratore). Our teachers and coaches have a long experience in the tuition of international students, as in our Vocal studies Faculty more than 50% of students are from all the continents. Being in Firenze (Dante’s home town) allows you to absorb the good “reference” Italian diction directly from the people you will meet in the street, as the Florentine language is the basis of the modern Italian language.

        Additionally, a production on stage with full scenes and costumes (with piano and small chamber group accompaniment) of DONIZETTI’s L’elisir d’amore at Teatro Niccolini (Firenze), at the end of March 2024, with the participation of the EOA students as either soloist or choir (singers) and accompanists (maestro collaboratore).

        Name(s) of the professor(s):

        • Piano and Vocal Coaching Teachers: Andrea Severi, Antonella Bellettini, Ulla Casalini, Anna Toccafondi, Elisabetta Sepe, Daniela Freschi, Marco Bargagna, Elisabetta Sepe
        • History of Opera: Guglielmo Pianigiani
        • Art song practise/ Italian diction for coaches: Leonardo De Lisi

        Possible extras:

        • Masterclass with renown singers and opera
        • Free entrance to rehearsals at Teatro del Maggio Musicale
        • A short programme (incl. city tour) concentrating on special ‘musical’ aspects of the city: Palazzo Pitti (where the first opera ever was staged in 1600, Peri’s “L’Euridice”), Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori (historic pianos), Museo degli Uffizi, Galleria dell’Accademia,

        Minimum and maximum number of EOA students: 1/6

        Number of teaching/production hours: Up to 20 hours/week

        Number of ECTS within master:

        3-month Module will award 24 ECTS

        • “Piano accompaniment lessons” 1-to-1 6 ECTS
        • “Repertoire practice lessons” 1-to1 3 ECTS
        • “Conducting techniques for opera coaches” 3 ECTS
        • “Italian Diction for singers/coaches” 3 ECTS
        • “History of Opera” 3 ECTS
        • “Art song practise” 6 ECTS

        ONLY Erasmus mobilities for Studies or Traineeship from EOA partners will be accepted

        Entrance examination:

        Before 8 May 2023, by email erasmus@consfi.it only:

        1. Please, send a link to a recent performance of yours (from not more than 1 year ago) including at least:
        • ONE piano solo piece of free choice or TWO Lieder (or Art Songs) accompanying a singer
        • ONE operatic aria or scene, accompanying a singer
        1. A brief curriculum and a complete list of studied operatic vocal scores in Italian (only word or pdf file, please, or link to personal artistic website)

        By 8 June 2023, candidates will receive a response about selection. If successfully selected, students must confirm their choice before 22 June 2023.

        Description of the final Examination:

        • Module: Semi-staged operatic scenes and recital with arias/songs in public concerts at the end of the module
        • Erasmus mobility : each class will award a note of evaluation by the teacher and ECTs

        Teaching language/ Required level of language:

        • Italian (main)
        • English (secondary)
        • We require that EOA students have a minimum B1 Italian language level.

        Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included / excluded in this price:

        Erasmus mobility: no tuition fee

        ONLY Erasmus mobilities for studies or traineeship from EOA partners will be accepted

        Contact person:

        Prof. Leonardo De Lisi

        e-mail: erasmus@consfi.it

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