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INTERNATIONAL OPERA ARTISTS MENTORING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
CANTO FACULTY
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Faculty
LIORA MAURER
Co-Artistic Director,
Vocal Coach/Pianist
Metropolitan Opera
Seattle Opera
LUCY ARNER
Artistic Director
Conductor/Vocal Coach
Metropolitan Opera
Mannes-The New School for Music
SHARON MOHAR
Co-Artistic Director,
Stage Director/Interpretation Coach
Les Maîtres Sonneurs, Artistic Director
GUEST FACULTY 2023 *Click on photo for bio
Summer 2022
JEAN ANDERSON
Vocal Coach / Pianist
Boston Conservatory
New England Conservatory of Music...
*Louisville 2023
ROLANDO GARZA RODRIGUEZ
Head of music staff
casting advisor
at Bremen Theater, Germany
*Vienne 2023
UGO MAHIEUX
Pianist / Vocal Coach
Opéra de Paris, Staatsoper Stuttgart.
* Zagreb 2023
MAURICE LUGASSY
French language,
culture professor
*Louisville 2023
MARINE ECKERT
Pianist
Opera de Lausanne
*Louisville 2023
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DANTRAS- HENRY
Tenor
French diction & repertoire,
*Vienne 2023
Summer faculty
GUEST ARTISTS *Click on photo for bio
MARCO ARMILIATO
Conductor
Metropolitan Opera,
Vienna Staatsoper...
NOA KAGEYAMA
Performance psychologist
Juilliard School
JOAN DORNEMANN
Prompter, Assistant Conductor
Metropolitan Opera,
WNO-Cafritz YAP
IVAI - Artistic Director
MICHELE CACCIOTTOLO
Italian Teacher and Translator
DAVID LOMELI
Chief Artistic Officer
The Santa Fe Opera
HANS PIETER HERMAN
Baritone,
Vocal Technique
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DEBORAH BIRNBAUM
Breath Support Specialist
Merola Opera Program, Wolf Trap Opera
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IRA SIFF
Interpretation and Style,
Vocal Technique
CRAIG RUTENBERG
Pianist/coach
Metropolitan Opera,
Mariinsky Theater
LYNN BAKER
Pianist/Vocal Coach
English lyric diction coach
Opera Philadelphia,
Curtis Institute of Music
HEMDI KFIR
Language/Diction coach
Metropolitan Opera,
Music Academy of the West,
WNO-Cafritz YAP
DAMIEN FRANCOEUR-KRZYZEK
Pianist/Vocal Coach
Russian & Czech diction
New England Conservatory of Music,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
ANTONY WALKER
Conductor Met Opera, Pittsburgh Opera,Washington Concert Opera
BRETT HODGDON
Vocal Coach / Pianist
Chorusmaster, Boston Lyric Opera
JAMES ROBINSON
Artistic Director
Opera of St Louis
DEAN WILLIAMSON
Music Director
Nashville Opera
BARBARA LYNNE JAMISON
General Director
Kentucky Opera
STEVEN OSGOOD
General & Artistic Director
Chautauqua Opera
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BÉNÉDICTE JOURDOIS
Pianist, Vocal Coach, French diction and vocal literature
ISABEL REY
Soprano
EMILY PULLEY
Soprano
SIMÓN SAAD
Stage Director, Interpretation Coach
ELIZABETH GONÇALVES
French Diction and Prosody Coach
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