Program Basics
We reside in Orvieto, splendid and renown medieval city. Lodging at the Hotel Posta in the antique Palazzo Guidoni, we're just paces away from the Duomo. Breakfast and alignment classes in the garden, masterclasses in the churches, practice in the city's school of music. Five evenings a week we reconvene to dine together and share experiences.
Dates: June 2 – June 23, 2019 (3 weeks)
Location: Orvieto, Italy, located in the province of Umbria, one of Italy’s premier cultural heritage cities just one hour north of Rome.
Lodging: At the charming La Posta hotel in the city center, just around the corner from the Duomo.
Meals: Included are breakfast and 5 dinners a week in an intimate group setting. Meals are shared with faculty. Emphasis on healthy, local options whenever possible (gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options). Breakfast is open seating from 7-10am daily with eggs and gluten free bakery items.
Lifestyle: Regular Feldenkrais* (alignment) classes, meditation, and yoga/stretching in the hotel’s private garden-courtyard or park. Regular talks about health and the business of opera.
Language Instruction: Twice-weekly intensives balancing the career-singer’s need for conversational proficiency with the ability to interpret the older, poetic language of opera quickly and effectively. Daily, optional conversation group at lunchtime.
Click the following to be taken to details about what is additionally included in programs for opera, collaborative pianists, and conductors. This year we also feature an auditor program.
*The Feldenkrais Method is increasingly used in schools of dance and music in Europe. In our experience, it can advance one's 'technique' of singing many years, because it addresses the issues underlying the application of approaches to bel canto singing which may have been overlooked, such as poor release of the diaphragm, jaw tension, and much more. Click here following to be taken to details about the Feldenkrais Method.