Season 2022/23

Season 2022/23

Inspiring the next generation
  • Gabrielė Kupšytė, Jette Parker Artists Programme, 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons
  • Pawel Trojak, Opéra Studio of Lyons, 2022/23 season
  • Polixeni Tziouvaras, Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2022/23 season
  • Henry Websdale, Solorepetitor mit Dirigierverpflichtung, Graz Opera, 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons
  • Kristina Yorgova, Emerging Artists Répétiteur, Scottish Opera, 2022/23 season
  • Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, 3rd prize, Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin, 2022 
  • Grisha Martirosyan, 1st prize and public prize, Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin, 2022 
  • Aebh Kelly, 2nd prize, Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin, 2022 
  • Ángel Vargas, Don José, Carmen (Peter Brook version), Landestheater Linz, 2022 
  • Matteo Londero, assistant conductor, La fille du régiment, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 2022 
  • William Desbiens, finalist, Vincerò Singing Competition, Naples, 2022 
  • Aaron Godfrey-Mayer, finalist, Vinas Singing Competition, Milan, 2022
  • Grisha Martirosyan, 2nd prize and public prize, Magda Olivero International Opera Competition, Milan, 2022 
  • Matteo Londero, répétiteur, L’elisir d’amore, Teatro lirico di Cagliari, 2022 
  • William Desbiens, Pantalone and Farfarello, Lieben zu den drei Orangen, Theater Heidelberg, 2023 
  • Grisha Martirosyan, 1st prize,  Lithuanian Virgilijus Noreika Singing Competition, Vilnius, 2023 
  • Grisha Martyrosian, Special Prize Oper Koln, Special Prize Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Belvedere Singing Competition, Düsseldorf, 2023
  • Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Don Ramiro (role debut), La Cenerentola, Nevill Holt Opera, Leicestershire, 2023 
  • Matteo Londero, répétiteur, Carmen, Teatro di Cagliari, 2023
  • Matthew Gibson, répétiteur, Bayreuth Festspiele, Bayreuth, 2023
  • Floriana Cicio, Margherita, Alfredo il Grande, Bottega Donizetti, 2023
  • Marianna Hovhannisyan, Eva Klenitz Prize, CLIP Portofino, Portofino, 2023
  • Ángel Vargas, Fleming Artist, General Alfredo, Jimmy Lopez’s new opera Bel Canto, Aspen Festival, 2023
  • Grisha Martirosyan, Salzburg Young Singer, Salzburg Festspiele, Salzburg, 2023

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