CANTO FACULTY
*Click on photo for bio
LIORA MAURER
Associate 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
Associate Artistic Director,
Stage Director/Interpretation Coach
Les Maîtres Sonneurs, Artistic Director
GUEST FACULTY Summer 2021 *Click on photo for bio
MARCO ARMILIATO
Conductor
Metropolitan Opera,
Vienna Staatsoper...
JOAN DORNEMANN
Prompter, Assistant Conductor
Metropolitan Opera,
WNO-Cafritz YAP
IVAI - Artistic Director
DAVID LOMELI
Chief Artistic Officer
The Santa Fe Opera
MAURICE LUGASSY
Professor, French Literature and Culture
MICHELE CACCIOTTOLO
Italian Teacher and Translator
HANS PIETER HERMAN
Baritone,
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
ANTONY WALKER
NOA KAGEYAMA
Conductor
Metropolitan Opera,
Pittsburgh Opera,
Washington Concert Opera
Performance psychologist
Juilliard School
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DEBORAH BIRNBAUM
Breath Support Specialist
Merola Opera Program, Wolf Trap Opera
IRA SIFF
Interpretation and Style,
Vocal Technique
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DAMIEN FRANCOEUR-KRZYZEK
Pianist/Vocal Coach
Russian & Czech diction
New England Conservatory of Music,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
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PREVIOUS YEARS
BÉNÉDICTE JOURDOIS
ISABEL REY
Pianist, Vocal Coach, French diction and vocal literature
Soprano
EMILY PULLEY
Soprano
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