I'd like to introduce the Lotte Lehmann Academy's first monthlong summer session from August 3 to 29 in Perleberg, an intensive summer program for opera singers (advanced students and young professionals) in the heart of a beautiful medieval town in Brandenburg, Germany, halfway between Hamburg and Berlin.
In addition to receiving daily lessons in vocal technique, coachings, body work such as Alexander Technique, and intensive language training (German, Italian, French), the program offers weekly Masterclasses by worldclass professionals, workshops in stagecraft & acting, diction, weekly formal performance opportunities in historical venues, resume/CV workshops, audition workshops, agent showcases, and seminars all specially designed for exceptional singers pursuing a career in Europe. Participants can also choose to take advantage of top-notch professional photoshootings & demo-recording-days arranged by the academy at a reduced rate.
The program has no age limit, and welcomes singers undergoing fach and repertoire changes. The website will be up sometime next week. The cost of the program is 3,500 to 3,900 Euros (half-board inclusive) depending on single/double/triple occupancy.
Deadline for applications is June 1, 2009. Please write angelo.raciti @ lottelehmann.de for an application.
Confirmed faculty for Summer 09 (this is a partial list, updates will be posted):
KS Karan Armstrong (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Paris)
Janet Williams (Berlin State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opéra de Paris)
Mary Mills (Berlin State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Stuttgart State Opera)
Merlyn Quaife (Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Opera House, The Kennedy Center)
Ann Rodiger (Balance Arts Center NYC, The Julliard School)
Lawrence K. Bakst (Opéra de Marseille, Teatro dellOpera di Roma, Liceu Barcelona)
Kathryn Wright (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Metropolitan Opera, Dresden State Opera)
Claudio Rizzi (Reykjavik Opera, Stuttgart State Opera)
Maria Husmann (Teatro alla Scala Milan, Dresden State Opera, Hamburg State Opera)
Denis Combe-Chastel (Opéra de Lyon, Theater Bielefeld)
William Girard (Stuttgart State Opera)
Scott Curry (Staatstheater Stuttgart, Komische Oper Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin)
Martin Struckmeyer (University of Performing Arts Frankfurt, University of Theater and Music Rostock)
Fred Berndt (Dresden State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Berlin State Opera)
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