Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy

The Program is open to young, upcoming opera singers who are interested in deepening their knowledge of the specific opera roles offered in our 2022-23 Season, and who are ready to perform these roles on stage. For each role we shall not be accepting more than 3 participants. Our mission is to pay particular attention to every and each and every participant and to ensure that at the end of this program, not only have they had an important debut, but are also ready to be a part of a professional, fast-passed world of opera.

Candidates should submit their application between December 20th and January 15th, 2022 by emailing us at:

cameratabardivocalacademy@gmail.com.

Please provide us with your first and last name, type of voice, role that you are interested in, voice teacher of your choice, nationality, education and the link to a recent YouTube video of yourself. For complete list of our voice teachers, please refer to the Faculty page.

REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR YOUTUBE VIDEO:

>Video must not be older than 1 year

>We do not accept Dropbox submissions

The Artistic Direction reserves the right to invite candidates to a Live or via Zoom audition.

THERE IS NO APPLICATION FEE

TUITION AND FEES

THE TUITION INCLUDES:

Our tuition is $2950 that includes: >All one-on-one voice lessons and coachings.

>Targeted role mentoring program

>All Industry Development Seminars which will focus on valuable career insights such as Self-Marketing, selecting the right social media practices, networking , self-filming, branding, and overall professional presentation.

>Italian Diction coachings

>Branding workshops

>Accommodations in double occupancy (Hotel or Airbnb, TBD) when outside of NY/NJ .

TUITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AIRFARES.

>Registration Fee| There is no registration fee.

>Payment schedule | Tuition payments are divided in two equal parts. The first payment the first day of your admission and the second payment at the first day of the program.

>Refund policies and disclaimers | Camerata Bardi International Academy commits to contracts to secure faculty, production stage director, creative crew and housing for our participants. Therefore, once paid, tuition and fees are non-refundable. There are no exceptions to this policy. Performances have already been booked with our partner-companies and plans are being laid out for full staged performances.

>Contracts | This is a small boutique program. All our participants will be offered performances and contracts.

> Force Majeure | Camerata Bardi International Academy shall have no liability whatsoever to the Artist if the Performance cannot go forward because of circumstances beyond the Producer’s reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, pandemic, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, blackouts, labor difficulties, war or civil unrest. However, Camerata Bardi International Academy will do its best to reschedule such performances.

WE ARE ACCEPTING A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. WE BELIEVE THAT BY DOING THAT, WE CAN PROVIDE A MORE PERSONALIZED APROACH, TAILOR MADE TO EACH SINGER.

DURING THE 8 WEEKS LONG COURSE EACH PARTICIPANT WILL GET:

INDIVIDUAL

>3 hours of individual voice lessons with the voice teacher of your choice.

>4 hours of individual coaching on specific roles

MASTERCLASSES

>4 hours of targeted role mentorship with an opera star known for each the specific role.

>15 hours of Italian diction coaching

>4 hours of Social Media Practices with opera influencer Eugenia Forteza, 360 Degrees of Opera

>3 hours of Self Filming Practices with David Salazar, OperaWire

>10 hours of Audition Feedback from and opera agent and an international casting director

>10 hours of branding

>6 hours of self marketing with Ambra Sorrentino from Opera Co-Pro

>10 hours of Audition Training

> 5 hours of Yoga for Singers training

> Housing during production

ADDITIONAL

>Individual piano accompaniment base to practice your part