Masterclass
with Anthony Almeida
Festival Academy of Bergen
Open session with an opera director.
Eight singers from the Queen Sonja Singing Competition’s Opera Academy will study under British opera and theatre director Anthony Almeida as part of the Festival Academy of Bergen, in a session that is also open to the public. Step behind the scenes and gain insight into the teaching process with these talented singers.
The Opera Academy was established in 2023 and is led by internationally renowned educators. The award-winning Almeida is one of this season’s guest lecturers.
Photo: Ane Wadd-Oseth
Tickets
The event is free, but you must reserve a ticket.
Venue
The masterclass will take place in the room Bekken in Grieghallen
Contributors
Anthony Almeida mentor
Singers from the Opera Academy:
Elise Brekke, Helen Tyssekvam, Julie Storvik, Guro Thronæs-Sivertsen soprano
Kjersti Elisabeth Pettersen, Fredrikke Corneliussen mezzo soprano
Julius von Forstner bass-baritoneEllena Armelius piano
Schedule
13.00 Elise Brekke: Comme autrefois from Les pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet
13.45 Helen Tyssekvam, Kjersti Elisabeth Pettersen: Ah, guarda sorella from Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14.30 Interval
14.45 Julie Storvik: In quali eccessi from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15.30 Fredrikke Corneliussen: C’est l’amour vainqueur from Les contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
16.15 Julius von Forstner, Guro Thronæs-Sivertsen: That’s mighty pretty singing from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
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A collaboration between
Bergen International Festival and Queen Sonja Singing Competition
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