STUDY WORKSHOPS AND WORK-EXPERIENCE:
TECHNIQUE, STYLE, AND PERFORMANCE OF ITALIAN BELCANTO
Martina Franca (Taranto, Italy) -
With the collaboration of the Festival della Valle d'Itria
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Marco Beghelli
Stefania Bonfadelli
Domenico Colaianni
Giacomo Ferraù
Sara Gamarro
Luca Gorla
Antonio Greco
Renata Lamanda
Cristina Liuzzi
Sherman Lowe
Fabio Luisi
Ettore Papadia
Jacopo Raffaele
Giorgio Sangati
Carmen Santoro
Roberto Servile
Vittorio Terranova
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STRUCTURE and LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE
The Accademia del Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” of Martina Franca is promoted and organised by the Fondazione Paolo Grassi in collaboration with the Festival della Valle d'Itria. It was established in 2010 with the aim of providing young opera singers with a highly specialised training in the various aspects of the technique, style, and performance of Italian Belcanto (from Monteverdi to proto-Romanticism), as well as analysis and study praxis in the different fields of Western music theatre, including the various expressions of contemporary music.
The course is articulated in several laboratories for performance practice, applied to Belcanto’s specific techniques and aesthetics: from seventeenth-century “recitar cantando” to coloratura, to the art of variation in the Italian belcanto tradition of the 1800s.
Specific practical experiences organised during the Festival della Valle d’Itria will enrich the students’ training, and made all the more precious as they will be taught by top-class coaches, performers, and directors.
The training plan also boasts a specific section specialising on Baroque Belcanto, with prestigious master-classes and one-to-one lessons for those young performers who are particularly interested in and inclined towards this kind of repertoire. The specialised and personalised study is all the richer for the work experiences lined up during the programme of the Festival della Valle d’Itria.
CALENDAR
Fabio Luisi, music Director of the Accademia del Belcanto and of the Festival della Valle d’Itria, will coordinate the activity of internationally-renowned coaches and performers.
2018 comprises of
two study sessions:
• a
FIRST SESSION from the 18th to the 28th April 2018;
• a
SECOND SESSION from the 6th June to the 4th July 2018, followed by a phase dedicated to a pool of students identified as suitable for a
work-experience within the 44th Festival della Valle d’Itria: festivaldellavalleditria.it
SUBJECTS
The study plan for 2018 is articulated as follows:
- Art and technique of recitative
- Art and technique of seventeenth-century vocality
- Art and technique of belcanto coloratura
- Art and technique of Baroque coloratura
- Art and technique of variation
- Phonetics and diction
- Study of the score and sheet music
- Awareness of breathing dynamics
- Culture and profession of the opera singer
- Character analysis
- Physiology and hygiene of the instrument
- From Baroque to vocality in twentieth-century music
-History and culture of Belcanto
-Workshop: singing, performance practice, study of the score, and acting
-Master-class in style and interpretation
-Master-class on the style of belcanto
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and PROCEDURES
The courses have limited enrolment numbers, and entry is based on
selection of candidates no older than 35 years of age.
There are
fifteen places available.
Any candidate passing the selection, who are not from a non-EU country,
must demonstrate they conform with the present regulations. Failing to do
so will incur in exclusion from the course.
Candidates who have:
• a diploma from a Conservatoire or an equivalent Music Institution;
• professional experience in the field of opera theatre, through
participation to artistically noteworthy operas or concerts (their merit
will be assessed and established by the examining board and their decision
is final)
will be at an advantage in the selection process.
The candidates will be selected on the basis of their qualifications,
and following an AUDITION to be held in one of the following venues:
• in
Florence: on the 18
th February 2018
at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino;
• in
Martina Franca: 27
th March 2018 at
the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, headquarters of the Accademia;
• in
Milan: 12
th April 2018 (venue tbc).
Each candidate may sit the audition for the academic year 2018 only
once, in only one of the three available dates. The auditions will be
chaired by M° Fabio Luisi, alongside the Artistic Director of the
Festival della Valle d’Itria, Alberto Triola.
Those who wish to sit the audition must send the
online application form for the audition (together with a
full-shot photo and a CV) to the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, by means of the
dedicated form at the following address:
http://www.fondazionepaolograssi.it/registrazione-accademiabelcanto.aspx
The office must receive the application form at least seven days in
advance of the selected date
(by the 11
th February for the Florence auditions; by the 20
th March for Martina Franca; by the 5
th April for
Milan).
Applications received after those dates will be rejected.
The details regarding the convocation to the audition will be
communicated to the enrolled students directly.
The candidates should bring three opera arias complete with recitative
and cabaletta (where available) in the original key; one should come
from early nineteenth-century Italian repertoire. A seventeenth-century
aria is optional.
The examining Board has the right to listen to the whole or part of the
programme indicated on the application form. Medium-difficulty first-sight
music reading may also be requested.
The students will have an accompanist at the piano provided by the
organisation.
Students wishing to bring their own accompanist should see to the extra
expenses themselves.
Upon request of the organising admin office, the candidate must provide a
copy of the scores for the selected pieces via e-mail, at
accademia@fondazionepaolograssi.it
In order to participate to the auditions, the candidates are required to
pay an enrolment fee of € 40,00, by banker’s order to the
account of the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, at BANCA PROSSIMA, with the
following credentials:
• IBAN: IT95 M033 5901 6001 0000 0002 715
• BIC code: BCITITMX
• Reason: “
Quota iscrizione alla selezione Accademia del Belcanto - A.A.
2018”
Each candidate must show the invoice for the banker’s order on the
day of the audition.
Only candidates who have paid the enrolment fee may sit the audition.
In case of no-show at the audition, the fee will not be reimbursed.
The Management has the right to admit to the courses singers who have
demonstrable artistic merit, attested by means of music production, prizes,
or
ex-tempore auditions, and who are particularly versed in the
belcanto repertoire.
ATTENDANCE
Participation to the courses for the selected students is free, as long as they can guarantee attendance to the courses.
No more than 5 days’ absence are permitted during the whole course. Any absence for serious health reasons must be communicated and documented to the Management.
Students who do not comply with this regulation will be automatically excluded from the course.
VENUE
The lessons will take place at the headquarters of the Fondazione Paolo Grassi in Martina Franca.
The work experience will take place in the venues of the Festival della
Valle d’Itria, as well as in the offices mentioned above.
The staff of the Fondazione Paolo Grassi and the Management of the Accademia may, upon necessity, provide advice and indications for accommodation at corporate rates.
COLLABORATION CONTRACT
The students selected to participate in the productions of the 44 th Festival della Valle d’Itria will be engaged directly by the
Management of the Festival, and they will sign a collaboration contract,
with a fee commensurate to the required obligations and tasks.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
At the end of the courses, the Accademia del Belcanto will issue a certificate of attendance to all participants who have completed the programme.
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