Avishka Edirisinghe

Avishka Edirisinghe

Inspiring the next generation

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2023/24

2024, Chorus and Repetiteur Work, Glyndebourne

2024, Music assistant, Giovani Voci all’Opera, Teatro La Pergola, Firenze

Répétiteur:

2024, Orchestral concert Giovani voci alla Fenice, Teatro La Fenice, Venice

2024, Recital Il poeta e il libertino: due facce di un’era, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2023, Christmas Recital, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2023, Recital Tributo a Maria Callas, Circolo dell’Unione, Florence

2023, Season opening recital, Meet the artists, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

2023, Assistant Chorus Master, Semele/The Rake’s Progress, Glyndebourne

2023, YA Répétiteur, Hänsel und Gretel, Opera Holland Park, London

2023, Conductor, The Six of Calais/Ruth (Philip Hagemann), Pegasus Opera Company, London

2023, Chorus Master, Carmen/Akhnaten/Die Tote Stadt, English National Opera 

2022, Chorus Master, La Boheme/Tosca/The Yeomen of the Guard/It’s a Wonderful Life (Heggie)/Gloriana, English National Opera, London 

2022, Répétiteur/Assistant Conductor, The Aspern Papers (Philip Hagemann), Pegasus Opera Company, London

2021, Répétiteur, L’enfant Prodigue (Debussy), Pegasus Opera Company, London

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2022, “Kathleen Ferrier” Competition, Pianists Prize

2022, “RCM Lies Askonas”, Pianists Prize

2022, “RCM Schumann” Competition, 2nd Pianist Prize

2021, “RCM Lieder” Competition, Pianists Prize

2021, “Leeds Lieder Festival/Schubert Institute”, Institute Prize

EDUCATION

2021-2023, Royal College of Music, MMus in Collaborative Piano (with a 2nd study in Conducting)

2017-2021, Royal College of Music/Imperial College London, BSc in Physics and Music Performance

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