FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CAMPUS
School of Music Il Trillo 27 June – 16 July 2005
Canto
Vocal Techniques and Interpretation for Melodrama and Vocal Chamber Music
Margaret Baker-Genovesi
At the piano: Maestro Angelini
July 7 - July 9 2005
An Australian by birth and a long-time resident of Rome, Margaret Baker-Genovesi began her career in her native land while still in her teens, singing regularly for the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and as soloist with the ABC's Symphony Orchestras, while distinguishing herself in nation-wide competitions. At the age of 21 she made her operatic debut in La Traviata , in the principal role of Violetta, with the then Queensland Opera Company. After study in Italy, where she attended the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Chigi Academy in Siena, she trained in both operatic and Lieder repertoire in Germany, under the guidance of Annelies Kupper in Munich and Hermann Reutter in Stuttgart.
Her European début in opera was in the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Teatro Eliseo, Rome); in concert, for the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, with works by Mortari and Dallapiccola. Subsequent engagements in opera and concert have taken her throughout Europe and the Middle East, Japan, the Philippines and her native Australia: highlights include performances at La Scala, Milan; Santa Cecilia, Rome; Festival Hall, London; Theater an der Wien and Konzerthaus, Vienna; Tonhalle, Zurich; the Festivals of Vienna, Salzburg, Moscow, Brno, Spoleto; the public seasons of the Italian Radio-TV network, RAI; the Victoria State Opera and the Australian Radio ABC's public seasons.
In 1987 she was invited to represent Australia at the First China Arts Festival in Beijing. She subsequently performed, taught and lectured in the Peoples' Republic of China, at the Conservatoriums of Beijing, Shenyang and Xian. In 1992 she received a further invitation to China, to teach at the Conservatoriums of Beijing and Shanghai. Margaret Baker-Genovesi's principal activity today is the training of gifted singers from many nations, in both vocal technique and repertoire (she is multi-lingual - in English, Italian, German and French). Her students perform regularly in principal roles in many of Europe's foremost opera houses, including La Scala; Covent Garden; the Vienna State Opera; the Bastille, Opéra Garnier and the Opéra Comique, Paris; Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro; the Salzburg Festival; the theatres of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Toulouse, Tokyo, and all the major opera houses of Italy. Margaret Baker-Genovesi has recorded recitals and oratorio performances for most of Europe's radio stations, and has written, illustrated, and presented major programmes on widely differing aspects of singer's art for the Italian and Australian radios. Her commercial records include solo recitals, oratorio excerpts, as well as operas conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sir Charles Mackerras (Teldec and Deutsche Grammophon -Archiv.)
PARTICIPATION
The course is open to opera singers. Participants can be of any nationality and age.
In the framework of this course the student will select and execute operatic arias and pieces of vocal Chamber music (art songs), including the Lieder.
The master class will consist of both individual lessons and collective workshops.
programs of the Summer Courses: CLASSICAL MUSIC | JAZZ MUSIC
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