Opera Seme

Program Features

4 full weeks on site, including 29 days lodging at the Hotel Casa Volpi in

Arezzo Breakfast daily and dinner weekdays (20 days)

Two organized, guided weekend excursions to:

The Italian seaside on the Tyrrhenian coast (Argentario, Grosseto)

Florence

Curriculum: Voice Program

All singers accepted into the program are guaranteed to perform an entire mainstage opera role in a fully staged production.

Track I:

Two voice lessons each week with an exceptional voice teacher

One vocal coaching each week with a native Italian opera coach

Track II:

Two vocal coachings each week on audition repertoire and role preparation

One vocal coaching each week with a native Italian opera coach

4 weeks of Italian language classes at the Alpha British Center in Arezzo

90-minutes, 5 days a week

Optional 4 credit hours of Italian I or Italian II through Friends University

Twelve masterclasses on vocal technique, audition techniques, and career preparation

Weekly special topics workshops on acting technique, Commedia dell’arte, voice science, Bel Canto repertoire and style

Opera Seme summer 2024 season roles still available:

Il matrimonio segreto - Cimarosa

Elisetta - Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano

Geronimo - Buffo bass

Count Robinson - Baritone

La corona - Gluck

Meleagro - Soprano

Climene - Coprano

Il parnaso Confuso - Gluck

Apollo - Soprano

Melpomene - Soprano

Most roles are already single cast. Roles are no more than double cast. Open until filled.