ANTIGUA Y MODERNA

Antigua y Moderna will be hosting its festival and young artist program (Academy 2020)  online from July 6-12th, 2020. The festival will focus on Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, with possible other  baroque works (cantatas) if applicants express interest in something other than the opera.  

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THE FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE:

- vocal instruction (two 60-minute sessions)

- complete role coaching, including customized ornamented arias for every aria of your role

- Italian diction instruction 

- complete translation sent to the singers, including breakdown of grammar 

- lecture on Handel oratorio and opera

- complete recordings / backtracks (piano for orchestral music / harpsichord for recitatives)

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FACULTY (click name for more) 

Dr. Kristin Ditlow (harpsichord, piano, coach)

Dr. Michael Hix (vocal instructor)

Dr. Andrew Megill (lecture in Handel scholarship and style) 

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APPLICATION AND FEES

Tuition for the week (for all of the above) is $300.00. Application fee is $10.00. Applications are due Monday, June 8th. Here is the application form in PDF. 

 

To apply, contact us either by email: antigua.y.moderna.nm@gmail.com or via this website (see Contact).   

To apply, send a video of yourself singing a selection in Italian or English which would be comparable to the role(s) to which you are applying. Videos made with a back-track are very much accepted this year. 

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Performances will be recorded remotely and then released serially, similar to a television series. 

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Here is the Schedule as of 6/13.

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THE ROLES WE ARE CASTING ARE:

Giulio Cesare 

Curio 

Cornelia 

Sesto Pompeo 

Cleopatra 

Tolomeo

Achilla 

Nireno 

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We are flexible regarding casting. For example, almost every role listed above can be done by different roles-fachs.

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For tenors interested in the program, we are open to also doing a cantata of Handel, J.S. Bach, Rameau, or Telemann. 

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