COSI is now accepting applications from advanced singers, collaborative pianists, intern stage directors, intern conductors and intern stage managers for its 2009 programs.
Executive Commitee:
Darryl Edwards
Dianne Edwards
Erin Crooks
Marta Hajek
Tina Orton
Alex Stogianou
Heather Young
The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy
Please note that this summer’s program in Sulmona, Italy, has been cancelled due to the recent earthquake in nearby L’Aquila. Read the complete press release.
June 25 to July 22, 2009
The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy (COSI), Darryl Edwards, Artistic Director, is now accepting applications from advanced singers, and collaborative pianists for its 2009 program, with its courtyard concerts, three operas performed with piano and a touring gala concert with orchestra:
| Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart) | Opera Studio |
| L'Elisir d'Amore (G. Donizetti) | Opera Studio |
| Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini) | Opera Studio |
| Touring Opera Gala with Orchestra | |
| Courtyard Concerts |
All programming is subject to change pending auditions
Application postmark deadline: Friday, November 28, 2008
The Sulmona experience is rich in operatic training and performances, with immersion in Italian life and Italian language classes. Internationally renowned faculty in operatic performance, voice and piano teaching and coaching, dramatic coaching, bodywork, and lyric Italian are converging with advanced singers and pianists to create a high level of performance in the traditional grandeur of Italian performance venues. Explore this site and learn how to include yourself in these rigorous yet resplendent encounters with opera - Italian style.