PROGRAM - TIMETABLE SUMMER ACADEMY

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Come learn with the best at the Lyriques d'Azay Le Rideau! No matter which program you choose, you are going to receive an exceptional education that will provide you with the tools necessary for your success.

Selection of 10 singers only by Masterclass

Applications open: June 1, 2022 - Deadline for applications 3 May 2023

2023: 2 Masterclasses and 2 programs (from Monday July 31 to Tuesday August 8, 2023)

- One on the Renaissance / Commedia Dell'arte theme with Dominique VISSE Countertenor

- The other on the theme of Romantic Opera with Young-Hee KIM Soprano

For the Romantic Opera Masterclass , participants are asked to prepare three opera arias, and two duets among the works of the following composers: Puccini, Bellini, Verdi .... Work and rehearsals with piano, Italian repeater, director, and reduced orchestra of 15 musicians (3 first violins, 3 second violins, 3 viola viola, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, 1 clarinet, 1 flute, 1 piano)

The romantic period saw the arrival of Italian comedy operas by Gioachino Rossini and the fullness of bel canto with Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti . But above all, it is about the heyday of Italian opera with Giuseppe Verdi , the man who personified Italian opera, whose creativity was very prolific.

For the Renaissance Masterclass , participants are asked to prepare themselves on the Commedia dell''arte theme of the great madrigal, the Amfiparnasso by Orazio Vecchi and an anthology of areas by Gabrielli, Frescobaldi, Caccini ...... Work and rehearsals with 4 instruments : ( 1 organ, 1 harpsichord, 1 viola da gamba and 1 lute), Italian repeater, director.

End of cycle concerts:

1 Renaissance show - Commedia dell'arte is scheduled for Saturday August 5, 2023

1 romantic Opera show / concert is scheduled for Sunday August 6, 2023

1 Show / Presentation of the trophy scheduled for Monday August 7, 2023

Programs and contents

Intensive course of a typical day

Classes take place Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. then from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., with piano then with orchestra

9 am-9.30am: specific warm-up / body and vocal preparation
9:30 am-1pm: Musical work with the various speakers:
- : study of scores
- vocal gesture
- musical accompaniment
2.30pm-6.30pm: Musical and scenic work on speakers and orchestra rehearsal

2024: 2 Masterclasses and 2 programs (from Monday July 29 to Tuesday August 7, 2024)

- One on the Renaissance / Commedia dell'arte theme with Dominique VISSE Countertenor

- The other on the Baroque theme with Robert EXPERT Countertenor

For the Baroque 2024 Masterclass Participants are asked to prepare three opera arias, and two duets from the works of the following composers: Porpora, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Pergolesi .. Work and rehearsals with harpsichord / piano, Italian repeater, director, and orchestra (3 first violins, 3 second violins, 3 viola viola, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, 1 clarinet, 1 flute, 1 harpsichord)

Orfeo by C. Monteverdi

L'Agrippinaby N. Porpora

Griselda by A. Vivaldi

Rinaldo, Alcina, Aci, Galatea and Polifemo... from GF. Handel

Dido and Aeneas, Abdelazer... from H. Purcell

La Traviata by G Verdi

La Tosca by G. Puccini

The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini

Samson and Delilah deCamille Saint-Saëns

Carmenby G.Bizet

LakmeofLeo Delibes

La Périchole by J. Offenbach.......etc

Some excerpts from planned programs

2025 program

Renaissance Masterclass

19th century French and Italian Opera Masterclass

The artists of the Académie Les Lyriques will offer a concert whose program is dedicated to

to French and Italian composers of the 19th century; A selection of extracts from Rossini, Massenet, Gounod, Bizet, Mascagni.

2026 program

Renaissance Masterclass

Masterclass Operetta / Opéra Bouffe

The artists of the Académie Les Lyriques will offer a concert whose program is dedicated to

to Jacques Offenbach, André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn, Strauss II ...

Excerpts from, among others, La Vie parisienne, La Belle Hélène, La Périchole and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein ...

2027 program

Renaissance Masterclass

French Opera Masterclass

The artists of the Academy will offer an evening in tribute to Camille Saint-Säens, one of the most prolific French composers.

They will perform an anthology of melodies, arias and operatic ensembles as well as some lesser-known pieces and among the most beautiful from his chamber music repertoire.

- List of composers of the baroque period / Season 2024

This section provides an exhaustive list of composers of the Baroque period , from around the beginning of the 17th century to the middle of the 18th century.

The composers are presented by nationality, to avoid confusion and in chronological order of birth. It's up to you to draw from this list to prepare your interpretation program ....

3 arias and 2 duets. Good work!

Italian composers