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INTERNATIONAL OPERA ARTISTS MENTORING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

CANTO FACULTY 

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Faculty
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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

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Summer 2022
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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

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MARINE ECKERT

Pianist

Opera de Lausanne 

*Louisville 2023

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JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DANTRAS- HENRY

Tenor
French diction & repertoire,
*Vienne 2023

Summer faculty

GUEST ARTISTS                   *Click on photo for bio

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MARCO ARMILIATO

Conductor

Metropolitan Opera,

Vienna Staatsoper...

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NOA KAGEYAMA

Performance psychologist

Juilliard School

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JOAN DORNEMANN

Prompter, Assistant Conductor

Metropolitan Opera,

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IVAI - Artistic Director

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MICHELE CACCIOTTOLO

Italian Teacher and Translator

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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

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CRAIG RUTENBERG

Pianist/coach

Metropolitan Opera,

Mariinsky Theater

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LYNN BAKER

Pianist/Vocal Coach

English lyric diction coach

Opera Philadelphia,

Curtis Institute of Music

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HEMDI KFIR

Language/Diction coach

Metropolitan Opera,

Music Academy of the West,

WNO-Cafritz YAP

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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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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 

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BARBARA LYNNE JAMISON
General Director
Kentucky Opera 
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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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