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JUNE 2016

Mini Double Bill


Aleko
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romeo & Juliet
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky

June 6-30, 2016
Performance week June 27-30, 2016
Helen Corning Warden Theater at AVA

Aleko Opera Roles
Aleko - Baritone
Young Gypsy - Tenor
Zemfira - Soprano
An old man, Zemfira's father - Bass
Gypsy woman  -
Mezzo/Contralto

Aleko Synopsis
Rachmaninoff's opera Aleko is based on Pushkin's poem The Gypsies. It tells a tragic love story between Aleko, a Russian, and a free-spirited gypsy girl Zemfira. read more ...

(Video fragment is a musical example only)


Romeo and Juliet

Romeo - Tenor
Juliet - Soprano
Juliet's Nurse
 - Mezzo Soprano

(Video is a musical example only)



JULY 2016

Mazepa
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
July 11 - August 4, 2016

Performance week August 1-4, 2016 
Helen Corning Warden Theater at AVA

Opera Roles

Ivan Mazepa, hetman - Baritone
Kochubey - Bass
Lyubov, his wife - Mezzo Soprano
Mariya, their daughter - Soprano
Andrei - Tenor
Orlik, henchman - Bass
Iskra, a friend of Kochubey - Tenor
A drunken Cossack - Tenor


Mazepa Synopsis
Based on Pushkin's poem Poltava, Tchaikovsky's opera Mazepa  focuses on a tragic love story between a young woman Maria and a much older Mazepa, a Ukrainian commander allied with Tsar Peter the Great of Russia.  read more ...


(musical example only)


Russian Romances 
All summer artists participate in a Russian Romances concert.

RACHMANINOFF SONGS
RUSSIAN ROMANCES
ARIAS 



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Location

Russian Opera Workshop is an independent program in summer residence at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia


Housing

Applicants are responsible for securing their own housing. 

In the past, Russian Opera Workshop Artists took advantage of the following specially arranged option:

International House Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

AVA student sublets are also available.

Accepted Artists

Singers accepted into the summer program will require advance preparation.

Upon commitment, singers will get access to electronic files for self guided preparation of operas.

1. Transliterations
2. Translations
3. Pronunciation sound files


Advanced & Young Singers

We encourage both advanced and young singers to audition for the program. 

Young singers, undergrads, will be assigned songs and arias according to voice and level, and will understudy full roles. This will ensure a healthy entry level experience into Russian repertoire.

Advanced singers including master's degree and professional levels will add important roles and arias to their repertoire. 


Master Classes

Audition/professional development master classes are on standard (non-Russian) opera repertoire. Singers can sing any aria, in any language.

Memorization

We perform operas in concert format and on book.

Memorization is optional for concert opera performances. Our goal is to get the roles into the voice.
  

Russian Classes

- Daily Conversational Russian Class
- Vocal Coaching
- Master Classes


Daily Schedule

Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Evenings and weekends are off -- explore Philadelphia and enjoy Jersey shore.


Concerts

FREE public concerts are in the final week of each opera session

7:30 p.m. at the Helen Corning Warden Theater at the Academy of Vocal Arts

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