Lyrical Singing
Description
Lyrical Singing Masterclass with Christina Poulitsi
“Learn the rules like a professional, so you can break them like an artist”, Pablo Picasso
For an artist to stand on stage as a complete an artistic presence, fully expressing their potential and truly enjoying their craft, they need the necessary technical tools that will allow them to discover their own unique musical expression.
Without a solid technique, complete musical expression cannot exist.
In this seminar, we will focus on the essential technical elements of operatic singing that help each singer find their own distinctive sound and interpretation.
Each participant will have the opportunity to attend two individual 45-minute sessions, during which they will work on vocal technique, interpretation, and appropriate vocal expression in various languages.
Information
Who is it for
The masterclass is intended for final-year students, graduates, and professional opera singers. It will be limited to 6 active participants and open to 20 auditors. Those interested in participating as active students must complete the online application form by October 5, including a link to a video or audio recording of an aria of their choice, as well as a short biography. Selected participants will be asked to prepare one aria by Mozart and two additional arias of their choice from the Italian, French, or German repertoire.
What’s included
Two-day masterclass with a total duration of 8 hours, Workshops & Talks – Discussions, Specialized guided tour of the museum, Artistic round-table discussion and Certificate awards.
Dates: Monday 18 & Tuesday 19 November
Time: 17:00 – 21:00
Participation fee: €150 for active participants / €50 for auditors
Application period for active participants opens on Friday, September 20 and closes on Friday, November 8.
The general application period opens on Friday, September 20 and closes on Friday, November 15.
Christina Poulitsi
Greek soprano, she was born in Athens. She studied at the Berlin University of Arts («Maria Callas» and «Alexandra Trianti» scholarships) and received the first prize at the Nico Dostal International Competition (Vienna). She is acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), a role she has also sung at the most prestigious theatres around the world. She has worked repeatedly with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, who has conducted her as Gilda (Rigoletto, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino). For her performance of the same role at the GNO (2013) she won the Best young artist award by the Union of Greek Critics of Drama and Music. She has also sung Kostanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and the title role in Stravinsky’s Nightingale (cond. Gianandrea Noseda), Italian singer (R. Strauss’ Capriccio, alongside Renée Fle ming under Christian Thielemann), Contessa di Folleville (Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, cond. Alberto Zedda) and Queen of the Night (cond. Michele Mariotti). She is a close collaborator of Barry Kosky, director of the Komische Oper Berlin.