Bel Canto Course 2011 - Italian Language and Opera

for student groups (minimum age: 16)

4 week Italian language + singing course includes:

• 20 lessons of Italian language per week

• Enrolment fee
• 8 singing master classes
• 8 private singing lessons
• Teaching materials
• Free access to Wi-Fi Internet
• Final evaluation test and certificate
• Final student performance

Not included: Travel to and from Florence, Extra-curricular activities , Accommodation (available from € 218* per week), Entrance tickets for concerts and other cultural / musical events (some ticket discounts available)

Sample programme:

€ 1.300 per student (max. 10 students).

Students must be accompanied by a teacher / group leader

For individual students interested in this course a 10% surcharge will be applied. The course can be organised throught the year on dates suited to the student. 

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Dates:

 Session 1: 11th June – 9th July 2011
Session 2: 9th July – 6th August 2011
Session 3: 19th November – 17th December 2011

Please note: In the event of more than 10 applications, each applicant will be requested to submit a cd, mp3 or DVD of their vocal presentation and a pre-audition will be organised.

* Italian host-family accommodation with half-board, booked from Saturday to Saturday
Double room € 218
Single room € 255

"Bel Canto Course" programme for 2011.

"Bel canto" and similar constructions ("bellezze del canto"/"bell’arte del canto") not only refer to the 18th and 19th century style of Italian opera whose greatest exponents are composers such as Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini but have a more profound, purer significance; literally it is the art of "beautiful singing"

The Bel Canto Course is a four week opera workshop which offers the singing student a unique opportunity to practice and perfect the principles of the "bel canto" style while learning to master the Italian language in the magnificent city where it originally developed. Individual attention from personal vocal and diction coaching by the singing teacher and the language faculty will enable the young artists to absorb the purity and clarity of Italian diction, further enhanced through the study of the lyrics in the arias prepared by the students during the individual singing lessons and the performance and opera appreciation workshops.

These master classes will encompass the study of vocal technique (which aims at freeing the voice to obtain optimal breath control and vocal potential), performance styles and traditions, ornamentation, legato and expressive phrasing, listening to recordings of the legendary singers of the past and present, individual research and the development of analytical and listening skills

Students, from school age to aspiring professionals will work at their own level, and encounter a treasure of knowledge, experience, and discover the lineage to the "real" art of beautiful singing which will help the young artists of the future maintain the bel canto lyrical style and tradition alive in the 21st century.

The singing classes will be taught by Sarina Rausa, a professional opera singer and teacher of Italian-Australian descent who has been living in Italy for over 20 years. Sarina has collaborated (as a soloist in Italy and abroad as well as a member of various ensembles) with the greatest singers and directors of our day and for over 11 years at the Florence opera theatre the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and collaborates with the staff at the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence.

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