London Bel Canto Festival
ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS
Instructors
Instructors
Below is a list of instructors both principle and master class, click on the names or the links above for fuller biographies.
Below is a list of instructors both principle and master class, click on the names or the links above for fuller biographies.
Singing Teacher
Singing Teacher
Ken is bel canto specialist tenor and a doctoral research scholar in Historical Performance Practice at the Royal College of Music London. He has 15 years teaching experience and has students in operas and conservatoires around the world. He regularly presents his academic research at conferences and based on his research he is expected to publish a bel canto singing treatise after his doctorate.
Master Singing Teacher
Master Singing Teacher
American tenor Bruce Ford is acknowledged internationally as one of the finest singers of his generation. His exceptionally demanding repertoire is highlighted by many of the most challenging Mozart and bel canto roles, which have brought him consistent acclaim throughout North America and Europe. Numerous major opera houses have revived unjustly neglected works especially for him.
Repertoire & Vocal Coach
Repertoire & Vocal Coach
Although trained in England she has spent most of her working life as a répétiteur in Italy; At the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and the Teatro Piccolo (Strehler) in Milano, touring China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan Russia and Spain.
For six years she was Maestro di Sala and Maestro al cembalo/fortepiano at the Rossini Opera festival in Pesaro.
Master Classes
Master Classes
Nelly is one of the most versatile artists of our day. Her repertoire extends from Mozart and bel canto to Verdi, Puccini and verismo, to modern Italian opera such as Respighi and Zandonai, taking in French and Russian composers too. As Rodney Milnes wrote in Opera Magazine "this extraordinary diva can sing anything and sing it well ".
Italian Repertoire Coach
Italian Repertoire Coach
Repertoire Coach
Repertoire Coach
Janus' playing is both masterful and moving. He is at once sensitive and powerful while eliciting the finest sonority from each note.
Janus has an innate musicality that transcends instruments and inspires the finest singing. His attention to details with the vocal line and uncompromising perfectionism ensures that each voice reaches its potential.
Conductor
Conductor
David Parry is acknowledged as an inspirational champion of operatic, concert and symphonic repertoire across a vast range. He has been responsible for the re-appraisal of countless lesser-known compositions in a series of multi-award-winning productions and recordings, featuring some of the world’s finest singers.
Master Classes
Master Classes
Mme. Millo has sung over 180 performances of 15 different roles at her artistic home the Metropolitan Opera. Outside of New York, Mme. Millo has triumphed in the theaters of Frankfurt, Barcelona, Parma, Rome, Bologna, Torino, the Arena di Verona, the Baths of Caracalla, Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Paris, Orange, Moscow, Rio de Janero, Sao Paolo, Sanitago, Colon - Buenos Aires and of course La Scala, Milano and many more.
Gerhard Gall
Gerhard Gall
German Language Coach
German Language Coach
As a German language coach, Gerhard he has worked with singers of the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Bayreuther Festspiele, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cardiff/Welsh International Academy of Voice, and the National Opera Studio, London.