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A Comparison of Opera Training Programs

Legend:
† = included in tuition fee
x = item not included in program/fee
N/A = information not available on website

Tuition (for singers) 1 - - - - - Included as part of 2010 summer program tuition fee - - - - -
Program name Location # of weeks Total $CDN for program Tuition per week Accommo-dation Meal plan Travel subsidy Language training Movement training Staged opera Perform with orchestra
Centre for Opera Studies in Italy Sulmona, Italy 4 $3,975 $994 † † x Italian † † †
Selected European programs 2
AIMS in Graz Graz, Austria 6 $6,259 $1,043 † † x German x x maybe
Britten-Pears Young Artist Program Aldeburgh, Britain varies full subsidy full subsidy x x x N/A N/A x x
Lyric Opera Studio Weimar Weimar, Germany 4 $5,105 $1,276 † † x German † † x
Operafestival di Roma Rome, Italy 4 $7,333 $1,833 † † x Italian x † †
University of Miami in Salzburg Salzburg, Austria 5 $6,233 $1,247 † † x German x x x
Canadian programs:
Canadian Operatic Arts Academy London, ON, Canada 3 $1,250 $417 x x x x † x x
Highlands Opera Studio - Cdn citizens Haliburton, ON, Canada 4 full subsidy full subsidy † † x x † † x
Highlands Opera Studio - International Haliburton, ON, Canada 4 $4,800 $1,200 † † x x † † x
Opera as Theatre Program, Banff Festival Banff, AB, Canada 6 $5,928 $988 † † x x † † †
Opera Nuova - 6-weeks Edmonton, AB, Canada 6 $2,150 $358 x x x x † † †
Opera Nuova - 4-weeks Edmonton, AB, Canada 4 $1,850 $463 x x x x † † N/A
Opera on the Avalon St. John's, NL, Canada 3 $2,000 $667 x x x x † † †
Songs & Scenes, Queen of Puddings Toronto, ON, Canada 2 $750 $375 x x x x † x x
Vocal Art Workshop, Orford Arts Centre Orford, PQ, Canada various courses various courses $700 † † x x x x x
Selected American programs:
Aspen Opera Theater Center - full session Aspen, CO, USA 9 $3,143 $349 x x x x † † †
Brevard Music Centre Brevard, NC, USA 6 $5,343 $890 † † x x † † †
Chautauqua Opera Chautauqua, NY, USA full subsidy full subsidy † † † x † † †
Chautauqua Music Festival Chautauqua, NY, USA 7 $4,458 $637 † † † x † † †
Music Academy of the West Santa Barbara, CA, USA 8 full subsidy full subsidy † † † x N/A † †

Notes:
1 Some programs, including COSI, price tuition differently for singers, collaborative accompanists, interns and others
2 Other currencies have been converted to CDN$ using the www.XE.com foreign exchange converter as at January 3, 2010

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