- Matthew Gibson, répétiteur, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim, 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons
- Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Hamburg International Opera Studio, 2023/24 season
- Grisha Martirosyan, Jette Parker Artists Programme, 2023/24 season
- Aebh Kelly, Olga (role debut), Onegin, Theater Heidelberg, 2023/24 season
- Caterina Meldolesi, special prize Boris Hristov, Voci Verdiane Competition, Busseto, 2023
- Caterina Meldolesi, Luisa (role debut), Luisa Miller, Teatro Sociale di Como, Como, 2023/24 season
- Floriana Cicio, Margherita, Alfredo il Grande, Bottega Donizetti, Bergamo, 2023
- Gabriel Klitzing, Farfallo (role debut), Schweigsame Frau, Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 2023/2024 season
- Floriana Cicio, Frasquita (role debut), Carmen, Teatro Politeama, Lecce, 2023
- William Desbiens, Figaro (role debut), Il barbiere di Siviglia, Theater Heidelberg, 2023/2024 season
- William Desbiens, Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Landestheater Linz, Linz, 2023/2024 season
- Aebh Kelly, Flora Bervoix (role debut), La traviata, Irish National Opera, Dublin, 2023/24 season
- Matteo Londero, répétiteur, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, 2023/24 season
Season 2023/24
Inspiring the next generationThe 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