Opera | Vocal
Outstanding opportunities
The vocal program at Lamp continues to grow with more operatic opportunities becoming available each year. In addition to the annual Rossini Opera Festival, Lamp also offers other opera academies, bel canto workshops, and masterclasses with vocal coaches from around the across the country and around the world.
Rossini Opera Academy: Il barbiere di Siviglia with Will Crutchfield & Gianni Fabbrini (September 23 - October 6)
Rossini Opera Academy: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe". After two hundred years, it remains a popular work.
Who Can Apply?
The program is open to young professional singers, masters students as well as talented undergrads.
September 23 - October 6, 2024
Gianni Fabbrini and Will Crutchfield return to Lamp to lead the always popular Rossini Opera Academy. In the Autumn of 2024 they will perform the well-loved opera Il barbiere di Siviglia; an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville (1775). The première of Rossini's opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, with designs by Angelo Toselli.
Tuition:
$1200 CDN
Faculty:
Will Crutchfield
Gianni Fabbrini
How to apply in person
Recognizing that live auditions are invaluable to young singers as a growing/learning experience and irreplaceable to Lamp to identify the voices most compatible to the programs offered, please contact our Artistic Director, Burt Wathen, for opportunities to audition in person.
For information/inquiries please contact us at +1 902 634 8667 or admin@lampns.ca.