Summer school: opera scenes - Mascarade Opera Studio

summer school: opera scenes

          I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H M A S C A R A D E O P E R A S T U D I O

                   PRESIDENT H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT
   PAT R O N S P R I N C E F I L I P P O A N D P R I N C E S S G I O R G I A N A C O R S I N I

          W W W. N E W G E N E R AT I O N F E S T I VA L . O R G

in troduction
Housed in the stunning surroundings of the Palazzo Corsini      director, Pedro Ribeiro, and musical director, Julia Lynch, will
in the centre of Florence, the Opera Scenes Summer School       work with students on a series of opera scenes culminating
gives students the opportunity to enhance their performance     in a public performance in the ballroom of the Palazzo. The
skills in opera. Running alongside the dynamic New Generation   NGF production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola which will be
Festival (NGF), the course provides one-to-one working          performed in the Palazzo gardens during the course provides
sessions with industry professionals, including individually    opportunities with involvement in the chorus for the male
tailored performance psychology sessions with Dr Ralph          participants as well as working sessions and talks from the
Strehle and repertoire coaching with NGF music staff. Opera     exciting young professionals involved.

general infor mation
Accommodation and breakfast will be provided
at the Casa del Gesú on Piazza del Carmine.
                                                                                               STAFF
Lessons and classes will take place at the Palazzo                                             DR RALPH STREHLE
Corsini, via il Prato 56. Performances take place                                              Course Director
in the Gardens and Ballroom of the Palazzo.                                                    JULIA LYNCH
Participants should budget €10 a day for meals,                                                Musical Director
and the NGF will provide access to special offers
for eating in the city.                                                                        ANUSH HOVHANNISYAN
                                                     COST £850 for ladies, £950 for men        Career coach
Transport to be organised independently.             PLACES AVAILABLE 12                       SÁNDOR KÁROLYI
Accommodation is provided 22 August - 30 August      DATES 16 - 3 August 2020 for men and      Coach and Conductor for NGF
for ladies and 15 August to 30 August for men.       23 - 30 August 2020 for ladies. (please
                                                                                               ASHOK GUPTA
                                                     note you must arrive a day before the
Male participants will sing in the chorus on         respective start dates)                   Coach and Assistant
stage for the NGF 2020 production of La              PERFORMANCES                              Conductor for NGF
Cenerentola and the festival will be subsidising     26 August - La Cenerentola                PEDRO RIBEIRO
the accommodation 15 - 21 August inclusive for       29 August lunchtime - Summer School       Opera Director for the
the production week before the classes of the        Scenes in the Ballroom of the             Summer School
summer school begin on Sunday 23 August.             Palazzo Corsini
                                                     29 August evening - La Cenerentola

dr ra l p h str ehle                                            julia ly nch
HEAD OF SUMMER SCHOOL AND PERFORMANCE COACH                     RÉPÉTITEUR AND VOCAL COACH

Ralph Strehle is Director of Mascarade Opera Studio             Julia Lynch is Head of Coaching at Mascarade Opera Studio
and Associate Head of Vocal Performance at the Royal            and vocal coach at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Conservatoire of Scotland, where his main interests lie in      Born in Dublin and raised in Aberdeen, Julia began piano
generating, implementing and monitoring strategies and          lessons at the age of four, studying with Denis Matthews
structures for the artistic and professional development of     and David Parkhouse at the North East Scotland Music
singers at conservatoire and post-conservatoire level.          School. In 1982, Julia won a scholarship to study piano
                                                                at the RSAMD in Glasgow with Laurence Glover. Whilst a
A sought-after performance coach, he specialises in
                                                                student at the academy, she won all the available prizes for
audition and competition preparation, designs individual
                                                                piano solo, accompaniment and chamber music. Having
psychological skills training programmes, offers peak
                                                                gained her BA and completed a year of postgraduate study,
performance workshops and career management. Having
                                                                Julia joined the staff of the academy as vocal coach, a post
worked as a classically trained singer in Europe and the UK,
                                                                she still holds.
Ralph’s
first-hand performance experience provides him with unique      Julia is one of the busiest accompanists in the country,
insights into a musician’s mindset and informs all aspects of   appearing in recital with many distinguished artists.
his coaching.                                                   Concerts have taken her all over the world, with recitals in
                                                                London, Tokyo and Geneva, as well as appearances at the
Ralph is currently writing his second PhD in the field of
                                                                BBC Proms, the Edinburgh International Festival and Cardiff
performance motivation. As well as working with individual
                                                                Singer of the World. She appears as orchestra pianist with
clients, Ralph has coached at the Royal Conservatoire of
                                                                the BBC SSO, the RSNO and SCO, and broadcasts and
Scotland, the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Rostov
                                                                records regularly. Until 2016, Julia was music assistant to
State Rachmaninov Conservatoire, the National Opera
                                                                Eberhard Friedrich at the Bayreuther Festspiele in Germany.
Studio and the New Generation Festival.
                                                                Along with Malcolm Martineau and Tom Allen, Julia is proud
                                                                to be associated with the Samling Foundation, furthering the
                                                                talents of a new generation of singers.

p e dro ri b e i ro                                                co u r s e prov i s i on
STAGE DIRECTOR

Pedro Ribeiro holds degrees in Stage Direction and Acting          Opera Scenes Music Calls
from University of Oporto (ESMAE). He has also completed           Opera Scenes Production
the Harp Course at Oporto Music Conservatory with honours
and the Opera Stage Directing Course from Calouste                 1:1 Mental Skills Training for Peak Performance
Gulbenkian Foundation. He has directed opera, drama,               (2 sessions)
musical theatre and site-specific works as well as designing       1:1 Repertoire Coaching (4 sessions)
sets and costumes. He joined the Royal Opera House young
                                                                   1:1 Career Coaching (1 session)
artists programme and made his Royal Opera House directing
début in 2011 with Les Nuits d’été/Le Portrait de Manon,           Performance Psychology Workshop
Bastien und Bastienne/Mozart and Salieri and showcases in
                                                                   Audition Workshop
the ROH main stage and Linbury Studio Theatre as well as
directing the concert version of Il Viaggio a Reims. He then       Q&A with NGF soloists
returned to The Royal Opera to direct El Gato con Botas
and in the following years to assist on several main stage
productions as Manon Lescaut, Falstaff, Nabucco, Barbiere di
Siviglia, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Carmen. He will be the revival
director for Richard Eyre’s La Traviata for the Royal Opera
in 2020. His recent directing credits, which often feature his
designs, include L’Elisir d’Amore, La Cambiale di Matrimonio,
The Phantom of the Opera concert staging, Goldilocks,
Figados de Tigre, Across, The Passion.

a p p li cat i on

Please submit your CV and links to recordings of two contrasting pieces
       of your choice via www.mascaradeoperastudio.it/apply.

       For more information visit www.mascaradeoperastudio.it
              or contact info@mascaradeoperastudio.it

I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H M A S C A R A D E O P E R A S T U D I O

                PRESIDENT H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT
PAT R O N S P R I N C E F I L I P P O A N D P R I N C E S S G I O R G I A N A C O R S I N I

       W W W. N E W G E N E R AT I O N F E S T I VA L . O R G