Baroque vocal academy 2022

August 1-21st, 2022

As part of the 1st Baroque Vocal Academy from 1.-21. August 2022 there will be several musical themes: operatic arias by Handel and Vivaldi , as well as continuo-accompanied repertoire . We are happy to help with the selection of the repertoire on request.

Fortunately, George Frideric Handel's operas have now found a wide audience and have also found their way into the regular opera business. Handel wrote the singer parts for the most outstanding singers of his time: Senesino, Farinelli, Faustina Bordoni, Francesca Cuzzoni, Margherita Durastanti, Anna Strada del Pò, … vocal agility, sensitive restraint, a perfect messa di voce, sparkling trills, virtuosically decorated Da capi and exciting cadences - all of this also poses great challenges for today's performers.

Vivaldi is in no way inferior to Handel as far as the demanding use of musical means is concerned. Not all of his operas have been edited yet and promise many astonishing discoveries.

On the one hand, vocal baroque chamber music makes vocal demands on the singers that are similar to those in opera. On the other hand, far more responsibility for the composition of the works rests on the shoulders of the singers. Because you have to get by, so to speak, without the supporting timbres of the orchestra and "do everything yourself". Linguistic and musical rhetoric is of great importance here. Exploring them and conquering the freedom to deal with the musical material is a goal that we would like to recommend to our participants. And our wish is to support the young singers in a motivating way.

Therefore, our curriculum is supplemented by lectures and workshops from musicology, performance training, baroque dance and baroque gestures, ornamentation practice and much more in close integration of theory and practice. As part of public concerts, the course participants have the opportunity to present themselves to an audience with an affinity for early music!

concerts

7.8. 2022

Handel Gala, direction: Konrad Junghänel

August 14, 2022

Purcell and German baroque songs, direction: György Vashegyi & Elisabeth Scholl

August 21, 2022

Sacred music by Handel and Vivaldi, conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli

(Subject to change, e.g. due to Corona)

application

NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE

Due to the Corona situation and the associated difficulties for live auditions, the

application deadline has been extended to March 10, 2022 .

The BVA is aimed at young singers, usually no older than 30, whose level of training allows them to deal with interpretative questions at an excellent level in terms of content and style. We would like to promote the personality of young artists and support them in networking in professional life. Musical curiosity, enthusiasm and openness to repertoire, sometimes off the beaten track, are therefore welcome!

Are you interested?

Then you will find the application form HERE (as PDF) .

Repertoire for the pre-selection via video (uncut and unedited! Please upload to Youtube.):

2 baroque arias in two languages

??1 German baroque song

Repertoire for the live audition or video-only application

2 Baroque arias (opera, cantata, oratorio)

1 German Baroque song (at least 3 stanzas)

1 solo madrigal or 1 early Baroque solo motet

in at least two languages, including German and Italian

( Pre-selected pieces may be repeated.)

Please submit applications with a video link by February 10, 2022. You will be informed promptly about participation in the live audition.

Application fee: €60

The auditions will take place in

Mainz: Friday, March 11, 2022 from 1 p.m.; University of Music, Jakob-Welder-Weg 28, 55128 Main

In view of the corona development, we recommend the video-only application!

If live auditions are not possible due to corona, the decision on active participation in the program will be made on the basis of the video recordings submitted.

Financial Conditions

The participation fee for the singers admitted to the three-week academy is €900. The registration fee will be charged.