The Faculty

Ten singers and a small teaching team. Some are here for the whole month, others come for a block of days — which is how the profession itself works: a coach arrives, works intensively, and moves on. Who teaches in which week is published before you arrive, so no part of your month is a surprise.

We engage people who still work in the profession — who coached a production last season, who sat in a pit, who prepared a singer for an audition that was won. What they teach is what they do.

• iSinging lessonsIndividually, every morning. Technique, not repertoire management.
• iiRépétiteur coachingDaily, at the piano. The work that decides whether an aria sits.
• iiiLanguage, intonation and interpretationItalian, German and French on the text, not on the grammar sheet.
• ivStagecraft and audition practiceWalking in, standing still, starting. The five minutes a panel actually sees.
• vThe professionAgencies, contracts, fees, taxes, self-management. The part no conservatoire teaches.
• viMasterclassesInvited guests, in front of the whole cohort. Rare, and prepared for.