Season 2024-2025
August 2024
Friday 23 August
Season Opening
Saturday 24 August
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
13.00-16.00
Singer and actor
– are you aware of the skills needed?
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Pianist: Olesya Tutova
Open to the public
Sunday 25 August
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
13.00-14.30
Opera production knowledge
– who do you meet, and what is expected of you?
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Open to the public
15.00-16.00
The agent as your career partner
– how to achieve a sustainable relation
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Open to the public
September 2024
Tuesday 17 September
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
10.30-17.30
Audition Training
David Gowland, Artistic Manager Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at ROH, London
Open to the public
Wednesday 18 September
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
10.00-16.30
Audition Training
David Gowland, Artistic Manager Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at ROH, London
Open to the public
October 2024
Monday 14 October – Wednesday 16 October
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
The video format as an art form
November 2024
Saturday 16 November
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
11.00-17.00
What is your identity as an artist?
Masterclass in stagecraft
Anthony Almeida, Opera Director
Pianist: TBD
Open to the public
Sunday 17 November
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
13.00-19.00
What is your identity as an artist?
Masterclass in stagecraft
Anthony Almeida, Opera Director
Pianist: TBD
Open to the public
Tuesday 19 November
Applying for International Opera Academies
Melissa Wegner, the Metropolitan Opera
Video meeting for the participants in the Opera Academy
Wednesday 20 November
Personal branding and social media
Video meeting for the participants in the Opera Academy
January 2025
Saturday 25 January
The Norwegian Academy of Music
11.00-17.00
Vocal Coaching
Fiona MacSherry, coach and repetiteur
March 2025
Thursday 6 March
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Singers and conductors
– what is expected in the collaboration?
Friday 7 March
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
11.00-17.00
Vocal Masterclass
Toby Spence, tenor
Pianist: Olesya Tutova
Open to the public
Saturday 8 March
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
11.00-17.00
Vocal Masterclass
Toby Spence, tenor
Pianist: Olesya Tutova
Open to the public
April 2025
Monday 7 April
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
15.00-18.00
Singer and actor
– are you aware of the skills needed?
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Pianist: Olesya Tutova
Open to the public
Tuesday 8 April
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
15.00-16.30
Opera production knowledge II
– who do you meet, and what is expected of you?
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Open to the public
17.00-18.00
Q & A
Annette Weber, Director of Opera Opernhaus Zürich
Open to the public
Wednesday 9 April
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Mental health and coping under pressure
May 2025
Tuesday 13 May
The video format as an art form
– how to produce high quality audition videos
Evaluations of self-produced videos
Video meeting with Jan Capinski, Capinski Recordings
Sunday 25 May
Bekken, Grieghallen, Bergen
13.00-17.00
Masterclass in stagecraft with Anthony Almeida
Grieghallen
19.30-21.30
Concert with Joyce DiDonato
Monday 26 May
Universitetsaulaen, Bergen
12.00-14.00
Masterclass with Joyce DiDonato
Social gathering – end of season