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Masterclass for conductors

International Opera Masterclass in Czech Republic

The Orchestra of the South Bohemian Theatre

30 July - 07 August 2023

This intensive summer training course is aimed to improve the vocal technique of participants and provide them with highly professional advice in interpreting Classical and Romantic opera pieces.
The main goal is to help opera singers with studying and recording the main arias, duets, and scenes of one or several operas selected from the masterclass repertoire list (see the masterclass repertoire below).
The course is intended for professional opera singers, students of musical colleges and academies, as well as for high-level non-professional singers wishing to strengthen their skills in the opera repertoire.
Participants will work with leading opera singers, coaches, and conductors of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Prague National Theatre, the Slovak National Theatre, guest soloists of the New York Metropolitan Opera (see information below).

The course offers individual voice lessons, interpretation lessons, rehearsals and a concert with the orchestra as well as interactive talks on choosing repertoires, conductor-singer communication and common singers' mistakes at auditions. Participants are expected to attend all lessons and rehearsals.

Voice and interpretation lessons will be focused on enhancing voice stability in higher registers, vibrato, quality legato, and correct breathing to optimize the resonance. Special attention will be paid to controlling muscular activity in a balanced breathing process. Tutors will work on improving singer's pronunciation (if necessary), expression of music phrases, appropriate style interpretation and expressive artistic gestures.
A complete analysis of works and comprehensive approach to your singing act will guarantee a successful path to singer's auditions and future performances!
Tutors answer the main question HOW to get the best result!

10 the best singers will have the opportunity to demonstrate their enhanced skills at the final concert with the orchestra of the South Bohemian Theatre in Budweis.
All participants will have an opportunity to record selected pieces for your portfolio in rehearsals with the orchestra.
All orchestra rehearsals and concerts will be video recorded and participants will receive edited videos via online transfer two weeks after the masterclass. Unedited videos will be available immediately and can be copied on your USB memory stick.
A certificate of participation will be issued to all participants who have completed this master class.
We welcome applicants aged 18 or over. Selected singers from the Online audition will be invited to take part in the masterclass as Active participants.

REPERTOIRE

Please, select from this repertoire list and prepare 5-6 arias, duets or scenes from one or several different operas. Please make a notice of your selection in your application.

W.A.Mozart
- The Magic Flute
- Don Giovanni
- The Abduction from the Serail
- The Marriage of Figaro
G.Rossini
- The Barber of Seville
G.Verdi
- Troubadour
- Rigoletto
- Aida
- Traviata
- Othello
- La Forza del Destino
G.Puccini - La Bohème
- Tosca
- Turandot
B.Smetana - The Bartered Bride
A.Dvořák - Rusalka.

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra singing

The Orchestra of the South Bohemian Theatre.

VENUE OF THE MASTERCLASS

The master class will be held in the South Bohemian Theatre. Dr. Stejskala 424/19, 370 47 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

CONCERTS

The Final concert takes place at the South Bohemian Theatre in Budweis on 7 August at 19.00.

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LANGUAGE

The course will be taught in English. Our tutors will provide additional explanations in German, French, Italian, Czech and Russian.

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the participants.
Feel free to stay in any hotel in Budweis.
If you need cheaper accommodation, we can offer you a single room with a bathroom in a conservatory dormitory for the price of 15 EUR per night. Breakfast costs 5 EUR. The dormitory is situated in the centrum of Budweis directly in the conservatory. You can practice there if necessary.
Please, email the masterclass manager for any questions.

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CONTACT

Please, email the masterclass manager:
conductingmasterclasses.eu@gmail.com  
Phone number: +420 608 917 903

TUTORS

Leading opera singers, coaches, and opera conductors of the National Theatre in Prague, the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg Mariinsky and the Slovak National Theatre.

Peter Mikuláš

bass
Voice lessons & interpretation.
Italian, German, Russian & Czech repertoire

Peter Mikuláš - bass, frequent Guest soloist at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Berlin State Opera and Teatro dell'Opera in Roma, the resident soloist with the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava since 1978, Guest soloist of the National Theatre of Prague and the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. He has given concerts in the Wiener Musikverein and Royal Albert Hall in London.

Маrina Shaguch

soprano
Voice lessons & interpretation.
Italian, German & Russian repertoire

Маrina Shaguch - the leading soprano at the Mariinsky Theatre since 1990, soloist at the Metropolitan Opera (1995 - 1996), Professor of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory (2008 - 2011), cooperates with IMG Artists and Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI). She has recorded for the Philips, BMG, Conifer, Capriccio, Chandos, Octavia, Supraphon and Hänssler labels.

Mark Pinzow

opera coach
Operatic coaching & interpretation.
German, Italian, French, Czech and Russian repertoire

Head vocal coach and pianist of the National Theatre of Prague, Head of Opera Music Preparation, Education and Voice Advisor of the National Theatre of Prague, professor Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has been a coach and conductor in many opera houses and served as Studienleiter at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Oper Leipzig, Oper Frankfurt, Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen.

Martin Bárta

baritone
Voice lessons & interpretation.
German, Italian, French, Czech repertoire

Martin Bárta - baritone, soloist of the State Opera in Prague since1997, the Opéra National du Rhin, the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, the National Theatre in Brno and others. He has performed in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, South Korea and the USA. Since 2006 he has taught solo singing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Richard Hein

conductor
operatic coaching & interpretation.
German, Italian, Czech and Russian repertoire

Richard Hein - conductor of the State Opera Prague and National Theatre Prague. He has been involved as both interpreter and educator in a project entitled Toujours Mozart, staged concurrently in Salzburg, Austria, and in Prague. He has been a conductor of the National Theatre Opera. Since 1999 Richard Hein had conducted the Opera Mozart summer festival season mounted annually at Prague´s Estates Theatre.

Conductor

Lior Shambadal

Conductor

Lior Shambadal - Principal Conductor of the Berliner Symphoniker (1997-2019), the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá in Columbia (since 2008), the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in Llubljana (2000-2003), Musical director of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern (1993- 2000), the Haifa Symphony Orchestra ( since1980), Musical director of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern (1993- 2000), the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra (1986- 1993), the Haifa Symphony Orchestra ( since1980). Maestro gives masterclasses in Canada, Italy, Germany, and Czech Republic, teaches critical aspects of conducting, studying the score, musical analysis, conducting technique and principals of working with singers.

Kostiantyn Tyshko

pianist

Kostiantyn Tyshko works at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts as an accompanist and also at National Opera Theater Brno as an assistant conductor and pianist. Kostiantyn Tyshko had performed concerts in Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic. He has won the „Musica be sienu“ competition. He made recordings for Czech National Radio. As a soloist, Kostiantyn played with Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and “Chordata Brno” orchestra.

Alexander Khaindrava

Conductor

Alexander Khaindrava, Principal Guest Conductor of the Klaipeda Music Theatre in Lithuania, is one of the most prominent Georgian conductors. At the Klaipeda Music Theater he, among others, conducted a new production of Iolanta together with Lithuanian stage director Raimondas Banionis and was acclaimed by both critics and audience for this work. Founder and Music Director of the Georgian State Chamber Orchestra (Tbilisi), he led this company to the international level and toured with it to Germany, Baltic Countries, Chili. Prepared the Tbilisi Opera Orchestra for the concert with Placido Domingo and deserved a great recognition for this job.

OPERA SINGING MASTERCLASS FEES

There is no registration/application fee.
Active participant fee is 1300 USD (1150 EUR).
Daily visitor's fee is 35 EUR per day.

Payment schedule:
- 30 % of the participant fee has to be paid as a deposit via bank transfer two weeks no later than two weeks after the confirmation of your participation. Participants cover all the associated banking transfer costs.
- the rest of the fee has to be paid via bank transfer one month before the master class starts.
The deposit is 100% refundable in case of cancellation of the masterclass by the organizer.
Please contact the masterclass manager for any additional information. 
conductingmasterclasses.eu@gmail.com  

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Tutors

Ch. Olivieri-Munroe
Alexander Polyanichko
Lior Shambadal
Alim Shakh
Martin Sieghart

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