Lift Every Voice Oratorio Masterclass with Giovanni Reggioli

Name: Lift Every Voice Oratorio Masterclass with Giovanni Reggioli
Start: 2025-01-11T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington MD

Schedule

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington MD | Kensington, MD

In the first Lift Every Voice Oratorio Fellowship event of 2025, renowned international conductor, vocal coach, and music educator Giovanni Reggioli offers his expertise in a masterclass on oratorio to the 24-25 cohort of Cantate fellows: soprano Nuria Shin, mezzo-soprano Javon Charles, countertenor Jared Marshall, tenor David Pelino, and baritone Shikahi Jones. Come hear these extraordinary singers and learn about oratorio repertoire, style, context, and tradition as well as the singer/conductor relationship. Please join the artists for a reception following the event. While admission is FREE, donations to the LEV program are warmly welcomed.
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Maestro Giovanni Reggioli is a critically acclaimed opera and orchestral conductor whose influence extends over five continents. Among his many credits are positions at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Accademia Guiseppe Verdi, Orchestra da Camara di Firenze, the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Opera de Québec, Orchestra Symphonique deQuébec, the National Arts Center Orchestra of Ottawa, Ópera de Caracas, Ópera de Colombia, the New National Theater of Tokyo, Opera Australia, Queensland Opera, Orchestra Victoria, and Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Trained in both conducting and piano performance at the Juilliard School, Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, and Salzburg Mozarteum, Mo. Reggioli has collaborated in concert and recital with such renowned singers as Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Denyce Graves, and Samuel Ramey. Also widely respected as a pedagogue, he has lectured at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music and has served as a guest coach at the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School in Brisbane; the Caramoor festival in New York; the Renata Scotto International Vocal Academy in Florence, Italy; and the Daniel Ferro Vocal Program in Greve, Italy. Mo. Reggioli has lent his talents as a coach and administrator to the Young Artist Programs of Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, and the New National Theater of Tokyo. He is the founder and General Director of Bel Canto in Tuscany, and he coaches emerging singers, pianists, and conductors at his home studio in Washington D.C.