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OPERA LIRICA A ORVIETO*
For Young Professional & Pre-Professional Singers

 

Susan Ormont, Artistic Director

Faculty:
Susan Ormont Program Director, Voice and Auditions Consultant
Dr. Claudia Novack Voice and Language Specialist
Nyela Basney Conductor and Coach
Glenn Morton Coach, Pianist, and Diction
Tara Emerson Coach

Performance Opportunities

Young Professional Program
Scheduled Concerts (Arias and Ensembles) in Orvieto, Porto Ercole and Porto S. Stefano
Performance opportunities with piano or chamber ensemble in Orvieto Musica Concerts
Competition to select singers to sing with Orvieto Musica Chamber Orchestra
Pre-Professional Training Program
Final Concert in Orvieto
Performance possibilities with piano in Orvieto Musica In-House Concerts (chamber pieces coached by Orvieto Musica Faculty)


Programs

Young Professional Program
designed for post-graduate singers and exceptional students who are about to embark on careers
Pre-Professional Training Program
for graduate and undergraduate singers who are pursuing career-oriented training


Additional Offerings

Italian Immersion Lunches, Audit all classes and participate in events and trips offered by Orvieto Musica, Weekends free for sight-seeing


Weekly Offerings

  • Voice lessons and audition consultations
  • Coachings conducted in Italian or English
  • Daily classes in Italian language and text work with professional Italian language teacher
  • Master classes given by Susan Ormont, Nyela Basney and Glenn Morton on auditioning, role preparation, interpretation, working with conductors

Enrollment

Audition required beginning in December (video with high quality audio may be considered). Acceptance of qualified participants will be conducted on a rolling admissions basis. Non-refundable application fee $25 includes pianist. Fee of $2400 includes tuition, room, board (2 meals). Transportation not included.

Send photo, résumé, and non refundable application fee of $25 to:
Susan Ormont, Opera Lirica, 245 West 107th Street, #11H, New York City, NY, 10025
Telephone / Fax 212 866 6078 E-mail sormont@aol.com

*Opera Lirica collaborates with the international chamber music festival Orvieto Musica, Inc., an annual International Chamber Music Workshop in Orvieto, Italy. The 2000 workshop will be from July 2 to 23, and enrollment is limited to 35 advanced instrumentalists. For more information about Orvieto Musica, please call toll free at 888 387 9726 or e-mail ayeung@acusd.edu. Nyela Basney and Angela Yeung are Artistic Co-Directors of Orvieta Musica, Inc.

© 2000