The training program is aimed at achieving highly specialized skills and expertise; it is distinguished by a strong integration between frontal lessons and the experience of stage work, in addition to an intensive and structured interaction between the various professional profiles involved. Therefore, classroom training is supported by a significant work experience, through participation in stage-musical workshops, opera productions and concerts of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and partner musical Institutions.
The training program is customized to the needs of each individual participant.
Teaching is entrusted to renowned artists and experienced professionals.
The participants are given the opportunity to attend meetings with conductors, directors and singers of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and to a*ttend all the production phases *of the shows on the playbill.
Preliminary round: video recordings assessment
For the eliminatory round, the candidate must present video recordings of two different arias. At least one aria must be presented in Italian.
The two video recordings are to be provided by the candidate at the time of enrolment in the selection and must have the following specifications:
The candidate must make the video recordings available online, through any type of internet platform (personal website, social network, web channels, such as, by way of example, Youtube, Vimeo, etc.). The links to the videos must be inserted in the relevant fields of the application form.
App Fees:
Euro 60,00(Sixty/00)for enrollment submitted by 30 April 2022
Euro 80,00(Eighty/00)for enrollment submitted from 1 May to 30 June 2022
Euro 100,00(One hundred/00)for enrollment submitted from 1 to 14 July 2022
Candidates admitted to the live auditions are required to present:
The works will be performed in the original language and tonality, comprehensive of recitative and cabaletta, where required.
In the semifinal the candidate will perform from memory an aria of their choice; the Commission reserves the right to require the execution of additional works of their choice from those presented.
In the final, the candidate must perform from memory one or more works chosen by the commission from those presented.
The examining committee will be composed of the Artistic Directions of the Academy and the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino – Florence Opera House.
The outcome of the exams will be communicated to all candidates by 31 July 2022. The communication will be transmitted exclusively by electronic mail to the e-mail address provided by the applicant in their application form. No other notification systems will be considered.
Semifinal and final: live auditions
The semifinal and final exams will be held at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Piazzale Vittorio Gui, 1 - Firenze (Italy), approximately on the following dates:
The exact date and time of the individual convocation to the semifinal will be communicated to each candidate at the same time as the outcome of the eliminatory round.