Calgary Opera: Master Class Hosted By Mel Kirby
A free musical seminar for singers and curious amateurs led by some of the world’s best vocal coaches and performers
Date/Time: Jan 29 2023, 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Calgary, The Mamdani Opera Centre1315 7 Street SW
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Cost: Free
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January 29, 2023 - with Jonathan Brandani
April 16, 2023 - TBA
JONATHAN BRANDANI | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CALGARY OPERA
Jonathan Brandani was appointed Calgary Opera’s Artistic Director in September 2021. Recent engagements include opera productions and concert appearances at the Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria (with the Wiener Symphoniker and the Symphonieorchester Voralberg), the Danish Royal Opera House Copenhagen (with soprano Angela Gheorghiu), Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy), Théatre Royal de Wallonie-Liège (Belgium), Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma (Italy), Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Italy).
He conducted at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf (Germany), at Palau de les Arts di Valencia (Spain), at the Wexford Festival (Ireland), and the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo (Italy). From 2014 to 2019 he was Associate Conductor of Minnesota Opera (USA), and from 2017 to 2020 he was Principal Guest Conductor of Daegu Opera House (South Korea), where his performances of Aïda were awarded the critics’ Grand Prix.
Upcoming engagements include conducting Macbeth with Calgary Opera, Gothenborg Opera (Sweden), Meininger Hofkapelle (Germany), Teatro Nuovo (New York), and The Atlanta Opera.
After his degree in Piano, Jonathan graduated in Conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna (Austria) and at Yale University (USA).
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