 NEWS UPDATE
Dear friends of Russian Opera Workshop, Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, Russian Opera Workshop 2020 has pivoted to an online Role Study Workshop. I am pleased to offer Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin as an additional online summer workshop. Auditions are not required. Visit RussianOperaWorkshop.com for details. One-on-one Russian diction and vocal coaching of Eugene Onegin roles will be available to opera singers on a rolling basis from May to September 2020. When it is safe to travel again, singers will have the option to visit my AVA studio in Philadelphia and run-through their roles (good through May 2021). While the current Summer Program was substantially restructured, Russian Opera Workshop Artists 2020 opted to participate online and study their assigned roles in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Eugene Onegin, Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini, and Rubinstein’s The Demon. Safety-first is the only right choice this summer. Therefore, all in-person activities, public masterclasses, and performances are cancelled. On a personal note, while downsizing the program to a solo operation this summer, I will deeply miss my team, faculty, and our loyal audience. When it is safe again, Russian Opera Workshop will be back! Be well. Ghenady Meirson Founder and Music Director Russian Opera Workshop  Synopsis
Eugene Onegin inherits his uncle’s country estate and moves from St. Petersburg to the village. There he meets Tatyana, an impressionable young girl who instantly falls in love and expresses her feelings in a letter to him. Poor timing leads to Tatyana’s heartbreak. Bored with country life, Onegin finds himself in a misunderstanding with his best friend Lensky, which leads to a duel, and Lensky is killed. Distraught by unintended tragedy, Onegin leaves the village. Some years later, Onegin returns to St. Petersburg and discovers that Tatyana is now in high society and married. Onegin falls hopelessly in love with her, but Tatyana underscores the missed opportunity and remains true to her marriage vows. Opera Roles Tatyana - Soprano Olga - Contralto or Mezzo Soprano Larina - Mezzo Soprano Filipyevna - Mezzo Soprano Lensky - Tenor Onegin - Baritone Gremin - Bass Zaretsky - Bass Triquet - Tenor  ConcertoNet REVIEW: "From Russia, with AVA love" by Lewis Whittington - bit.ly/1zvpAAx
I was so proud of my AVA Artists!!! All of their duet repertoire consisted of all Russian operas I have produced during Russian Opera Workshop summer seasons 2011-2014. Can't wait for Russian Opera Workshop 2015, when we will do a Philadelphia premiere of THE DEMON by Anton Rubinstein.  Hear AVA Artists that also include Russian Opera Workshop Alums and recent district winners of Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
For tickets visit AVAOpera.org or call 215-735-1685 Tchaikovsky IOLANTA - Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg with Anna Netrebko, Complete Video11/29/2014
OPERA ROLES
René, King of Provence - Bass Robert, Duke of Burgundy - Baritone Count Vaudémont, Burgundian Knight - Tenor Ibn-Hakia, Moorish Physician - Baritone Alméric, armor-bearer to King René - Tenor Bertrand, doorkeeper of the castle - Bass Iolanta, blind daughter of King René - Soprano Marta, Bertrand's wife, Iolanta's nursemaid - Contralto Brigitta, Iolanta's friend - Soprano Laura, Iolanta's friend - Mezzo Soprano Iolanta's girlfriends - Ensemble SYNOPSIS King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind from early childhood. Anguished and determined to find a cure, René creates a sheltered world where Iolanta is not to know of her blindness and no one is to reveal the truth for fear of execution. The great Moorish healer advises René that Iolanta must know of her misfortune and have desire to see light, only then the cure is possible. Lost in the woods, Count Vaudemont enters a beautiful palace garden where he meets Iolanta. He falls in love, discovers that she is blind and is the first person to explain the virtues of light. Furious king condemns Vaudemont to death. The event awakens Iolanta's desire to see light, to be cured and to save her beloved. (Synopsis by Russian Opera Workshop)  King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind from early childhood. Anguished and determined to find a cure, René creates a sheltered world where Iolanta is not to know of her blindness and no one is to reveal the truth for fear of execution. The great Moorish healer advises René that Iolanta must know of her misfortune and have desire to see light, only then the cure is possible. Lost in the woods, Count Vaudemont enters a beautiful palace garden where he meets Iolanta. He falls in love, discovers that she is blind and is the first person to explain the virtues of light. Furious king condemns Vaudemont to death. The event awakens Iolanta's desire to see light, to be cured and to save her beloved. (Synopsis by Russian Opera Workshop)
 Lydia sang Juliet in Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" and Dominick performed Paolo in Philadelphia premiere of Rachmaninoff's "Francesca da Rimini".
Some years back, I met Galina Vishnevskaya when she was a visiting artist at the Curtis Institute of Music. We were preparing opera students for a concert performance of Eugene Onegin. Galina was a great Russian artist. In this recording she sings Joan of Arc aria from Maid of Orleans by Tchaikovsky. This is exceptional, a must share. Enjoy. - Ghena AUDITIONING NOW: June 2014 Workshop - "The Maid of Orleans" by Tchaikovsky - Philadelphia Premiere9/18/2013
 Joan of Arc statue by Emmanuel Frémiet. Located near Philadelphia Museum of Art. APPLICATION DEADLINES NEW! Live Audition Dates at AVA in Philadelphia on February 5, 6 & 7, 2014 Online by YouTube Video: March 15, 2014 Apply Now! Watch The Maid of Orleans Bolshoi TV Production CASTING Sopranos Joan of Arc - (range to high C) Agnès Sorel Angel Tenors King Charles VII Raymond, Joan's betrothed Baritones Dunois, a French knight Lionel, a Burgundian knight Basses Thibaut d'Arc, Joan's father Archbishop Bertrand, a peasant Soldier |
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