Pianists who are interested in developing their skills as opera répétiteurs/coaches are invited to apply for the Georg Solti Accademia's 2025 Solti-Peretti Répétiteur Course, which takes place from April 9 to 19, 2025 at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy.
Over the course of this 10 day programme, students will dive deeply into the various skills required of opera repetiteurs while being mentored by an experienced faculty in a supportive and nurturing environment. These skills include: vocal coaching, playing & reducing opera scores, basic conducting & cueing/prompting, reading full scores, and more.
Course Director & Chief Faculty Member: Jonathan Papp
Guest Faculty:
Rodrigo De Vera (Conductor/Repetiteur, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona)
Anthony Legge (Conductor/Coach, Royal Opera House & English National Opera)
Richard Bonynge (Conductor, The Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera, and more)
James Vaughan (Chief Vocal Coach, Teatro alla Scala, Milan)
All applicants selected to participate in this course will receive a full scholarship covering all tuition, accommodation, and meal expenses for the duration of the course.