Aiste Benkauskaite

Aiste Benkauskaite

Inspiring the next generation

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2024/25

2024, Opera Recital, Rising Stars, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2024, A studio version of Gounod’s “Faust”, A Devilish Pact, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2024, Oratorio Recital, Unto us a Child is born, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

2022-23, Mother, Neringa, Tour in Lithuania

2022-23, Austėja, The Tale of the Gifted Heart, Trakai Castle, Lithuania

2022, Mother, 13, Tour in Lithuania

2021, Zita, Gianni Schicchi, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Lithuania

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2024, Nurzhamal Ussenbayeva Competition, Astana, Finalist and a Special Prize Diploma 

2023, Vincės Jonuškaitės-Zaunienės Competition, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, First place

2023, Tbilisi Opera Crown Competition, Tbilisi, Semifinalist

EDUCATION

2019 - 2023, BA in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy/qualification of teacher

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Lithuania

The Florence Choral Course as an annual summer course, which thanks to our supporters is made entirely free for participants and dedicated to the study, performance and promotion of Italian choral music. Up to 25 singers from all over the world have the unique opportunity to come to Florence for in immersive period of daily rehearsals, choral technique workshops, individual singing lessons, archival tours, history lectures and masterclasses with world famous practitioners, including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and director of Milan Cathedral Choir Maestro Massimo Palombella.
The week culminates in concert and ecclesiastical performances in some of Florence’s most iconic buildings, including Palazzo Tornabuoni, Santissima Annunciata and Santa Maria Novella, as well as a sung mass in the great cathedral of Milan.

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Florence Choral Course July 2024 will open on 1 January 2024.

To apply please send two recordings and your CV to thesacredmusicprogramme@mascaradeopera.com

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