Russian Opera Workshop

Independent Summer Program

FREE EVENTS -- JUNE 2012

Russian Opera Workshop
Warden Theater - Academy of Vocal Arts
1920 Spruce Street, Philadelphia

Free admission.
No tickets required.

June 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Piano/Vocal Master Class

Mikael Eliasen
Chair Vocal Studies, Curtis Institute of Music

Rachmaninoff Songs, a collaborative Piano/Vocal Master Class

June 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Vocal Master Class

Benita Valente
Distinguished American Soprano

June 25, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Lecture & Concert

Prof. Ilya Vinitsky
UPenn, Slavic Languages & Literatures Department

Lecture on Pushkin's works The Gypsies and Pique Dame

Rachmaninoff Songs Concert
Introducing summer program artists

June 26, 27 & 28, 2012
7:30 PM
Opera in Concert

Rachmaninoff "Aleko"

FREE EVENTS - JULY 2012

July 17 & 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Vocal Master Class

William Stone
Voice Faculty, Academy of Vocal Arts

July 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Vocal Master Class

David Hayes
Music Director, Philadelphia Singers

July 23, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Lecture & Concert

Daron Hagen
American Composer

Lecture on Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades"

Russian Romances Concert
Introducing summer artists

July 24, 25 & 26, 2012
7:30 PM
Opera in Concert

Tchaikovsky
"The Queen of Spades"

Poster by Modern Good

Russian Opera Workshop
Alumni News

Cynthia Cook, Mezzo-Soprano

Hometown: Portland, Maine
Current City: Philadelphia

Mezzo-soprano Cynthia Cook steps in to sing Olga in Opera Vashon production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on May 18 & 20, 2012.

Congratulations, Cindy!

John Viscardi, Tenor

Hometown: Manhasset, NY
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
Bio

Tenor John Viscardi will reprise Lensky in Opera Naples performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on May 17, 2012. This productions is part of First Annual ArtsNaples World Festival.

Congratulations, John!

(2-20-2012) Congratulations to John Viscardi on a George London Foundation award. The New York Times writes:

"The charismatic melancholy of the poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” was there complete in the impassioned “Kuda, kuda” of the bright-voiced tenor John Viscardi, 28."

Shelley Jackson, Soprano

Hometown: Manassas, VA
Current City: Philadelphia, PA

Soprano Shelley Jackson was accepted to the Academy of Vocal Arts and will join the AVA Artist Roster in the fall of 2012.

Russian Opera Workshop 2011 alumna, Shelley performed the title role of Iolanta in Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.

Congratulations, Shelley!

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Youna Jang, Soprano

Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Current City: Blue Bell, PA

Soprano Youna Jang was accepted to the Academy of Vocal Arts and will join the AVA Artist Roster in the fall of 2012.

Russian Opera Workshop 2011 alumna, Youna performed the role of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin.

Congratulations, Youna!

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Ryan Brock, Tenor

Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Current City: Philadelphia
Bio

Tenor Ryan Brock will reprise the role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with the Bel Cantanti Opera Company. Performances will take place in Washington DC in April and May, 2012.

Youngjoo An, Soprano

Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Current City: South Jersey
Bio

Soprano Youngjoo An will sing Tatyana in Bel Cantanti Opera Company's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Performances will take place in Washington DC in April and May, 2012.

In 2012, she returns to Opera Delaware to perform Eugene Onegin Final Duet at the Spring Studio Series.

In September 2011, soprano Youngjoo An was a guest artists at the Opera Delaware Fall Studio Series. Accompanied by the music director Jeffrey Miller, she performed Tatyana's Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.

Efrain Solis, Baritone

Hometown: Santa Ana, CA
Current City: San Francisco, CA
Bio

Congratulations to baritone Efrain Solis who reprised the title role of Eugene Onegin in August 2011 in Pasadena, CA

Ghenady Meirson, Founder

"Meirson, the emissary of Russian music to Philadelphia, gave every note its exacting Russian accent. ... [audience] admiring the singing and Meirson's symphonic playing."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Flight of the Bumblebee

Rimsky-Korsakoff's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Corinne Winters, Soprano; Ghenady Meirson, Piano

Summer Program Feature

From Russia with Love
by Olivia Giovetti
Classical Singer Magazine

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Guests and Speakers

Mikael Eliasen, Voice Coach

SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST

Curtis Institute of Music Chair in Vocal Studies

Artistic Director of the Curtis Opera Theatre, Opera and Voice Coach

Biography