The Yale Opera Program is dedicated to the preparation and instruction of gifted young singers, and is designed to prepare the student for a professional career. Artists of the highest caliber comprise the permanent faculty, and prominent conductors, directors and performers are engaged as guests for masterclasses, private coaching, dramatic instruction and opera productions.
Operatic and concert repertoire is chosen on a yearly basis to serve the needs of the individual singers selected to be in the program. Casting and repertoire are carefully planned to afford the most rewarding performance experience for all. The emphasis in the Yale Opera Program is on performance and preparation for the professional world and students have the opportunity to work with different directors and conductors in each staged production. Recent guest conductors and stage directors include Colin Graham, Joshua Major, Randall Behr, Anton Coppola, Christopher Mattaliano, Ned Canty, Andreas Prohaska, and Lawrence Leighton Smith. Recent productions include Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberfl–te, Faust, La tragedie de Carmen, Líincoronazione di Poppea, Die Fledermaus,,Falstaff,The Rape of Lucretia, andLa BohËme.
In addition to performing in fully staged productions at New Havenís historic Shubert Theater, students present a full song recital each year and are featured in chamber operas, opera scenes, master classes and ěLiederabendsî presented to the public. All productions and scenes are sung in the original language. Masterclasses have been conducted by such noted artists as Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Elly Ameling, and Alan Held. Students receive extensive career counseling and have access to some of the most influential artist managers and opera company directors in the country.
Graduates of the Yale Opera Program appear in all the major opera houses of the world including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paris Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Opera Berlin and Covent Garden. Yale Opera singers are regular members of the major American young artist programs such as Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Glimmerglass, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Chautauqua, Santa Fe, Central City and Wolf Trap.
As part of prestigious Yale University, students receive world-class instruction in language and role-preparation, acting, and movement, as well as intensive coaching in both opera and song repertoire. Excellent scholarship and financial-aid packages are available.
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