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The Pier Miranda Ferraro workshop series presents:
End of Spring and beginning of Summer 2,015 workshops
Our workshop series will continue this year with main selections of the following tittles: Lucia di Lammermoor, Tosca, IV Act of Il Trovatore, I Act of Un Ballo in Maschera and Don Carlo. Solo highlights of these operas will be studied thoroughly in regards to musical structure and its application to the interpretation of these works of art, under the supervision of Maestro Brian Holman, tenor Francisco Casanova. and Yumi Hashimoto at the piano.
At the arrival to these workshops, the participants must have memorized the words and music completely, in order for this work to benefit them.
Do come and prepare yourselves, at a very reasonable cost to you, the future repertory that you will be singing. A professional singer should have many thoroughly prepared roles in his repertoire prior to being hired - instead of learning a score at the last minute.
April - Lucia di Lammermoor
April Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th, from 7 to 11 PM, Friday 10th., at the OTELLO room of the Yeoryia Megremis’ studios, located at 2067 Broadway, 5th floor.
These highlights are centered around the pages sung, without chorus, by Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico and Raimondo.
Material to be covered:
ACT I Cruda, funesta smania / Odi tu… Narrate… Egli, o rabbia / La pietade in suo favore (Enrico)
Ancor non giunse / Regnava nel silenzio / Egli è luce ai giorni miei / Quando rapito in estasi. (Lucia)
Egli s’avanza / Lucia, perdona se ad ora inusitata io vederti chiedea. (Lucia / Edgardo)
Appressati, Lucia (Lucia / Enrico)
Ebben? / Di tua speranza l’ultimo raggio tramontò (Lucia / Raimondo)
Per poco fra le tenebre / Dov’è Lucia / Chi mi frena in tal momento to the end
of the act.
ACT II Orrida notte è questa come il destino mio / Qui del padre ancor respira lòmbra inulta / Ah, o sole, più ratto a sorger t’affretta (Edgardo / Enrico)
Cessi, ah cessi quel contento! (Raimondo)
Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce / Ardon gli incensi / Spargi d’amaro pianto (Lucia)
Tombe scene (Edgardo).
(Please bring your own cadenzas already prepared, there is not time in these
workshops to help you choose one, the time there is will be used to help you
organize your interpretation of what you bring. As far as I am concerned, Ricci is
the best source. Please, do not mix and match, that rarely works).
May - Tosca
May Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th, from 7 to 11 PM, at the OTELLO room of the Yeoryia Megremis’ studios,
located at 2067 Broadway, 5th floor. These highlights are centered around the pages sung, without chorus, by Floria Tosca,
Mario Cavaradossi and Baron Scarpia.
Material to be covered:
ACT I Recondita armonia
Mario, Mario, Mario! / Son quì
Tosca divina, la mano mia la vostra aspetta / Tre sbirri
CT II Tosca è un buon Falco
Ed or fra noi parliamo da buoni amici
La povera mia cena fu interrotta / Vissi dàrte, vissi d’amore
ACT III E lucevan le stelle ——> to the end of the opera
June -IV Act of Il Trovatore
June Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th, at the OTELLO room of the Yeoryia Megremis’ studios, located at 2067
Broadway, 5th floor.
These highlights are centered around the pages sung, without chorus, by Leonora, Azucena, Manrico and Conte di Luna.
Material to be covered: Entire IV act (soloist's parts)
June I Act of Un Ballo in Maschera
June Tuesday 8th, Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th, at the OTELLO room of the Yeoryia Megremis’ studios, located at 2067
Broadway, 5th floor.
These highlights are centered around the pages sung, without chorus, by Riccardo, Ulrica, Oscar and Renato. Sam and Tom are
welcome.
July - Don Carlo (four act version)
July Sunday12th (from 4 to 8 PM), Tuesday14th, Wednesday15th Thursday16th (from 7 to 11 pm), at the OTELLO room of the Yeoryia Megremis’ studios, located at 2067 Broadway, 5th floor. These highlights are centered around the pages sung, without chorus,
by Elisabetta, Princess Eboli, Don Carlo, King Phillip II, Marchese di Posa and Inquisitor/Friar.
Material to be covered: tba.
Costs
Violetta, Tosca, Elisabetta, Lucia, Ulrica, Eboli,
Leonora, Azucena $375.00
Oscar 300.00
Amelia, 200.00
Alfredo, Cavaradossi, Edgardo, Don Carlo 375.00
Manrico, Riccardo 375.00
Marchese di Posa, Enrico, Scarpia, Renato,
Filippo II 375.00
Germont, Raimondo, Grande Inquisitor 275.00
NOTICE:
These prices and hours are calculated thinking we will be working with two casts. This alows us the chance to give the participants the best workshop possible at as low a cost as we can afford.
Amount of hours might be changed if the number of participants varies.
Also, remember that the only way in which you will thoroughly benefit from these workshops is if you bring the material assigned completely memorized.
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