Masterclass “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” and Opera Summer Course

Two intensive summer programs on vocal technique and interpretation for classical singers with Adelisa Tabiadon and Loris Peverada

Since 2013, “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” organise a Summer Masterclass for classical singers: “Masterclass Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music”. The program offers the opportunity to study with two artists of international fame: Adelisa Tabiadon and Loris Peverada. The curricula of both “Maestri” can be found below.

The twelfth edition of our Masterclass, Summer 2024, has a great novelty in score!

Alongside the usual “Masterclass Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music”, for the very first time, selected students will be able to participate in an Opera Summer Course, bringing Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” on stage guided by the same Maestri. 

Both study programs represent a “full immersion” with fabulous professionals, in one of the most beautiful places in the world!

Enrolment for our 2024 Summer programs is now open! We are accepting candidacies until the 30th of May 2024. Please find all details and the enrolment form below. 

Falcade – Italy – Dolomites
14-25 July 2024

Masterclass “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music”

Twelve days, intensively dedicated to classical singing. The masterclass is open to students of all ages (15+) and of all levels who desire to attempt or are already developing a professional career. Lessons focus both on vocal technique and on interpretation, according to the student’s needs and level.

Students selected by the Maestri and considered ready will be able to perform in the concert “Per il Papa” on the 21st of July 2024. This concert, dedicated to Pope John Paul I, who was born in the dolomitic valley where the Masterclass is organised, will take place in the nearby monumental church “San Simon”. This small and beautiful church, which hosts frescoes of the 15th century, is one of the finest artistic treasures in the Veneto Region.

The “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” program consists of a regular course for professionals and students of advanced level, and an “entry level” course.

On the first day of the Masterclass, all students will study with Adelisa Tabiadon. From 15 until 21 July, both Adelisa and Loris will be present in every lesson. During the last four days of the Masterclass, there will be another pianist working with Adelisa.

All students of the regular course will have 10 guaranteed lessons of about 45 minutes each. Spoken languages: Italian and English. Lessons will focus on opera repertoire mainly. Students are welcome, however, to propose any sacred and chamber music repertoire they might want to work on. 

The organisation may decide to activate an “entry level” course, if enrolments give occasion to do this, with a program measured to the capacities of the student. For example: a vocal technique session with the assistent teacher of the Masterclass, Oda Zoe Hochscheid (for more information about Oda, please visit her website by clicking here) during the morning and a shorter repertoire lesson with Adelisa and Loris in the afternoon. 

The choice of students and their division in either regular or entry level program will be based on your curriculum and audio / video material eventually requested. Decision lies with the teachers and organisation of the Masterclass; no correspondence can be entered into. The daily timetable of the Masterclass is decided and communicated day by day. 

Opera Summer Course “Gianni Schicchi”

The twelfth edition of our Masterclass has a great novelty in score: selected students will be able to take part in a staged performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” on the 25th of July. We are accepting candidacies for all opera parts BUT the role of Schicchi. 

The performance of the opera will take place in the Teatro Navalge in the nearby small town of Moena. The production is staged and the singers will be accompanied on grand piano by Loris Peverada. The stage director will be Mirko Corradini and the conductor Claudio Vadagnini, both artists of the partnering association “Aurona”. For more information and curricula, please visit Aurona’s website by clicking here (italian language only). 

All students taking part in this Opera Course may be selected to sing in the sacred concert “Per il Papa” on the 21st of July along with the students participating in the “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” program. 

The assessment of candidates and the division of selected students in either the “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” program or the “Opera Summer Course” program lies with the teachers and organisation. It is however possible to indicate your preference in the enrolment form below. 

FEE

Participation fee for the “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” program: € 690.
Participation fee for the “Opera Summer Course” program: € 750.
Both prices include the obligatory membership fee of the association “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” of € 10.

The minimum number of students is 10 in total, and the maximum 13 in total (totals including the students of both programs). 
Should the number of applications exceed the maximum, students will be selected on the basis of audio/video material which may be requested for this purpose.

ACCOMODATION

The organisation of “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” provides lodging at a total cost of € 700 per person for the entire period. Included in the price are:

• bed and breakfast at walking distance from the course location. The shared rooms are simple but comfortable, with a maximum of three persons per room, and all have one en suite bathroom and shower; 
• dinner at a nearby Hotel-Restaurant.

Please note If you choose this option, the total cost of the Masterclass “Opera, the Art Song and Sacred Music” will be € 1.390,00 per person, and the total cost of the “Opera Summer Course” program will be € 1.450,00 per person.

Should there be need to sleep in a single room for medical or other inevitable reasons, please specify this in the notes of the enrolment form together with the reason. Your message will be treated with maximum discretion. The organisation cannot guarantee the availability of single rooms at the same price or in the same location, but we’ll do our best to meet any special needs.

WHERE

Lessons will be held in the newly constructed Elementary School of Marmolada/Falcade; all students will have free access to the available study rooms (with piano or keyboard) there. The walk from campus to school takes about 20 minutes and features splendid mountain views. To explore the beauty of the region, please visit  dolomiti.org. The Dolomites offer a wide range of opportunities for trips and excursions in the surrounding area and in cities such as Venice, Padua, Bolzano.

How to reach Falcade

The international Marco Polo airport of Venice is linked to all main airports with daily flights. Public transport from Venice is available (appr. €15 one way). For those arriving from Milano/Bologna: take the train to Belluno, then change to bus. Important: all public transport connections of the area run irregularly and with limited timetables, plan your trip carefully to avoid surprises. The organisation is happy to provide further information on request, please send us an email!

THE MAESTRI

Adelisa Tabiadon
dramatic soprano

graduated in 1983 at the Conservatory ‘G. Verdi’ of Milan, coached by Giovanna Canetti. Winner of the opera competition ‘As.Li.Co’ of Milan in the same year, she was able to immediately make her debut in A. Vivaldi’s ‘Il Farnace’ at the Teatro Piccola Scala of Milan. In 1985, she was awarded first prize in the international competition ‘Luciano Pavarotti – Opera Company of Philadelphia’. From that moment onwards, her career as dramatic soprano was launched in Italy and abroad, allowing her to collaborate with a vast quantity of theatres. The highlights: 

• ‘Sacerdotessa’ in G. Verdi’s Aida     Teatro alla Scala, Milan, cond. Giuseppe Patané
• ‘Amelia’ in  G. Verdi’s Un ballo in Maschera Teatro San Carlo, Naples, cond. Vladimir Delman  |  Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo & Teatro Grande, Brescia, cond. Carlo Franci  |  Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao & Teatro Regio, Parma, cond. Antonello Allemandi
• ‘Elena’ in G. Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani    Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, cond. Riccardo Chailly
• ‘Female Chorus’ in B. Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia    Teatro San Carlo, Naples, cond. Daniel Nazaren
• ‘Vitaliano’ in A. Vivaldi’s Giustino    Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Opera Theatre of Houston, Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires and Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, cond. Alan Curtis 
• ‘Dama di Lady Macbeth’ and ‘Apparizione’ in G. Verdi’s Macbeth      Teatro La Fenice, Venice, cond. Gabriele Ferro
• ‘Luisa’ in G. Verdi’s Luisa Miller     Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, cond. Roberto Abbado
• ‘Pilade’ in T. Traetta’s Ifigenia in Tauride    Festival della Valle D’Itria, Martina Franca, cond. Massimo De Bernardt 
• ‘Leonora’ in G. Donizetti’s La Favorita   Festival della Valle D’Itria, Martina Franca, cond. Fabio Luisi | Theatre of Tenerife, cond. Maurizio Barbacini | Théâtre d’Opéra, Nice, cond. Giuliano Carella
• ‘Ottavia’ in C. Monteverdi’s  L’Incoronazione di Poppea     Festival della Valle D’Itria, Martina Franca, cond. Alberto Zedda 
• ‘Teodora’ in S. Mercadante’s Il Bravo    Festival della Valle D’Itria, Martina Franca, cond. Bruno Aprea
• ‘Fiorina’ in G.Donizetti’s Alina, Regina di Golconda    Festival of Ravenna, cond. Antonello Allemandi
• ‘Elisabetta’ in G. Verdi’s Don Carlo     Teatro Comunale Bologna, cond. Myung-Whun Chung | Teatro Municipale, Piacenza & Teatro Pergolesi, Jesi, cond. Filippo Zigante
• ‘Gulnara’ in G. Verdi’s Il Corsaro    Teatro Fraschini, Pavia, Teatro Grande, Brescia and Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, cond. Angelo Campori
• ‘Berenice’ in A. Vivaldi’s  Il Farnace Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, Teatro Grande, Brescia, Teatro Lirico, Milan and Piccola Scala, Milan, cond. Tiziano Severini 
• ‘Maria Boccanegra’ (‘Amelia’) in G. Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra    Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari and Teatro Politeama, Lecce, cond. Daniel Oren | Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Chile, cond. Edoardo Muller
• G. Verdi’s Messa da Requiem Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Chile, cond. Michelangelo Veltri | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, cond. Antonello Allemandi
• ‘Santuzza’ in P. Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana    Kansai Opera, Osaka, cond. Antonello Allemandi
• ‘Nedda’ in R. Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci    Kansai Opera, Osaka and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, cond. Antonello Allemandi
• R. Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, orchestral version    Concert Hall of the Conservatory ‘G. Verdi’ of Milan, cond. Daniele Callegari 

She recorded the following operas for labels Nuova Era and Dynamic:

• C. Monteverdi L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA cond. A. Zedda (Ottavia)
• G. Donizetti LA FAVORITA cond. F. Luisi (Leonora)
• G. Donizetti ALINA, REGINA DI GOLCONDA cond. A. Allemandi (Fiorina)
• S. Mercadante IL BRAVO cond. B. Aprea (Teodora)

Working as a teacher, and the specific didactical approach of Belcanto, have always played an important role in Adelisa’s career. Already in the ’80, she is chosen by Rodolfo Celetti as his personal assistant, a position which she holds for eight years in the masterclasses of Martina Franca, and later in Milan, by the side of the famous Maestro. Since 1990, she is teacher of classical singing at the Conservatory ‘G. Nicolini’ of Piacenza, and since 1995, she teaches at the Municipal Music Academy ‘Claudio Abbado’ of Milan. From 1993, she was teacher at the Belcanto Festival of Dordrecht (The Netherlands) for eight years. She’s always been happy to hold masterclasses and continues doing so in- and outside Italy, for example in Beijing and Guangzhou (China) in 2014. She has been artist in residence of “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” since the start-up of the project in 2013.  Adelisa’s family origins lie in Tabiadon di Val, Falcade (BL).

Loris Aldo Peverada
pianist and repertoire/opera coach

was born in Milan in 1969. At the age of 10 years, Loris was accepted into the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan, graduating with full marks in 1989. At a very young age, his intensive career started as a concert pianist, performing both as a soloist and in chamber music, in numerous cities in Italy and abroad. 

Particularly worth mentioning are the prize winners’ concert “La Siola d’Oro” with soprano Valeria Esposito at the Municipal Theatre of Cesenatico, and concerts at the Theatre “G. Verdi” of Trieste, The Opera of Nice, Theatre “Lauro Rossi” of Macerata and the “Palazzo dei Congressi” of Lugano. 

Since 1990, Loris has been engaged numerous times as opera coach and assistant conductor by prestigious opera companies and theatres such as “Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte” of Montepulciano and the Municipal Theatre of L’Aquila. 

He was assistant conductor under the great Maestro Gianandrea Gavazzeni at the Theatre “G. Rossini” of Lugo di Romagna. He represented Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs performing in a concert in Bangkok, Thailand.

Since 1990 he teaches piano at the municipal music schools of Pieve Emanuele and Lacchiarella; since 1998, he also is general director of both institutes. Since 1994 Loris is the principal repertoire coach in the singing class of Maestro Roberto Coviello, at the Municipal Music Academy ‘Claudio Abbado’ of Milan. He is artistic leader of “ABC Musica”, which he founded in 2005: an association that organises and promotes music education in numerous pre-schools and elementary schools in the provinces of Milan and Pavia, along with music therapy activities for disabled people. Since 2007, he is head of the department “repertoire coaching for singers” at the Municipal Music Academy “Claudio Abbado” of Milan.

From 1997 to 2002 Loris was artistic leader of the CD Label “Kicco Records”, Milan, realising seven CDs. Special mention should be made of the recordings with Chiara Taigi, soprano, Valeria Esposito, Paola Romanò and the baritone Armando Ariostini. 

Recently, Loris recorded a CD with vocal chamber music by G. Donizetti, which includes several “first ever” recordings, with baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi, a singer with whom he collaborates intensively; for example, Masterclasses in Atri (2006 &2007, “Duchi d’Acquaviva” season); numerous concerts among which: “Invitation au Voyage” during the 42nd edition of the “Sferisterio Opera Festival”, Macerata; recitals at the “Teatro dell’Unione”, Viterbo 2007; Municipal Theatre of Atri 2007&2008; “CineTeatro Baretti”, Turin 2008.

In 2002, he collaborated with the Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli on the soundtrack of his film about Maria Callas’ life, entitled “Callas forever”. 

In 2003, he was employed by the RSI (Switzerland Italian-language Radio and Television) as opera coach, coral rehearsal pianist and fortepianist in the opera “Elena e Malvina” by Soliva, directed by Diego Fasolis (performances and recordings). 

In 2005, he founded the pianoduo “Gioacchino Rossini” with pianist Eleonora Barlassina, performing in numerous and diverse concerts, among which the recital in the “Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Hall” of the Conservatory Bozen deserves to be mentioned especially.

In 2008, he held masterclasses together with baritones Roberto De Candia ed Alfonso Antoniozzi in Atri, followed by the masterclass in 2009 at the same location with the renowned soprano Tiziana Fabbricini.

In 2009, he collaborated with the famous baritone Roberto Coviello in occasion of his masterclass for low male voices only, in Brezzo di Bedero.

In 2010, Loris was employed by the renowned foundation “I Pomeriggi Musicali” as assistant director, in occasion of a concert with Giuliana Castellani, mezzosoprano, Vittorio Grigolo, tenor, and Leo Nucci, baritone, in Lugano.

He was pianist of the first and second edition of the International Singing Competition “Salice d’Oro”, organised by the city of Godiasco, with renowned jurymembers among whom some of the most important artistic leaders of opera theatres / companies in Italy and abroad, such as Gianni Tangucci and Suat Arikan.

Significant to Loris’ career are also his collaborations with sopranos Laura Aikin and Katia Ricciarelli.

In 2011, Loris was awarded the notable “Premio Isimbardi” by the Province of Milan.

Since 2015, he has been head of the singing department of the Municipal Music Academy ‘Claudio Abbado’ of Milan.

HOW TO ENROLL

To enroll, please fill out the online application form below. 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 MAY 2024, 11:59 P.M.
Participation in the Masterclass will be confirmed by 10 June 2024.

NB-sending in an application form means agreeing to the following:

• the student declares him/herself available for the entire period of the masterclass including the two concert dates (exceptions only accepted when due to force majeure (illness, urgent family circumstances, etc.);
• the student grants Le Muse e le Dolomiti permission to take photographs of lessons and concerts and to make audio/video recordings of concerts. Photos and audio/video will be published as the organisation of Le Muse e le Dolomiti decides;
• once your participation is confirmed, you will subscribe as a member of the association “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” for the time span of (at least) one year.

CONTACT US

For any type of question, please do not hesitate to contact Oda Zoe Hochscheid, board president of “Le Muse e le Dolomiti” and main responsible of the masterclass: oda@musedolomiti.it  – Mob. +39 342 9147711.