Opera Connoisseur Masterclasses

Masterclass & Co and the Royal Northern College of Music, offer a three-day course, in which particiipants are immersed in different aspects of opera. The first course is entitled 'Renaissance and Early Baroque Opera: The Creation of a New Art Form'. Attend it and subsequent courses to build up a familiarity with the entire 400-year history and background of this powerful and passionate art form. Whether you are a novice or an initiate, there are things to learn and performances to enjoy. Eminent lecturers and opera singers inform and entertain during these carefully constructed, intensive courses on everything one needs to know about opera, and its musical, social and performance history. A rare opportunity to study the world of opera with in-depth lectures illustrated by live performances. (Composers and librettists are studied in their historical and sociological contexts. The great emblematic operas of the period are analysed and put in context. A respected director discusses the historic and contemporary approaches to staging of the operas. Meanwhile, an international opera star working with young opera singers highlights the training of the operatic voice, authentic performance approaches and vocal technique. Also on Wed and Thur.)