Faculty

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Codrut Birsan

Artistic Director & Conductor: Albert Herring & Hansel & Gretel

Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Brasov Opera

Allan Glassman

Voice Teacher

Roosevelt University, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago

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Elizabeth Byrne

Voice Teacher

Roosevelt University, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Portland Opera, Arizona Opera

Viktoria Vizin​

Voice Teacher

Depaul University, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Essen, Dusseldorf, Central City Opera Festival, Hungarian State Opera

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Emanuele Andrizzi

Coach

​Roosevelt University, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Diego Opera, Chicago Philharmonic, Orchestra della Città di Ravenna, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Cluj Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, and New Philharmonic

Yasuko Oura

​​Coach

Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Des Moines Metro Opera, Florentine Opera​

Pedro Yanez

​Coach

​Paris Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago

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Garnett Bruce

Stage Director: Don Giovanni

Margaret Jumonville

Stage Director: Alcina & Hansel & Gretel

Dr. Josh Miller

Stage Director: Albert Herring & Silla

The Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opera Colorado, and Opera San Antonio.

Chicago Summer Opera, The VORTEX, CAATA at Victory Gardens, Opéra Louisiane, Opera NEO Opera Steamboat, Butler Opera Center, and University of Texas at Austin.

Virginia Opera, Palm Beach Opera (The Fort Worth Opera Festival (The Glimmerglass Festival, Wolf Trap Opera Company, The National Symphony Orchestra, Opera San Antonio , ZACH Theatre, Austin Lyric Opera, and Austin Shakespeare 

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Cathy Dun

Stage Director: Lucio Silla

Opera in the Ozarks,  Petite Opera Productions, Tulsa Opera, Bel Canto Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Johannes Löhner​

Conductor: Alcina & Don Giovanni

Adriano Spampanato

Conductor: Lucio Silla & Silla

Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio-Symphony, DSO Berlin, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hamburg Symphony, Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Nürnberger Symphoniker,

Opera Saratoga, Opera North, Philharmonie de Paris, Bobigny Conservatoire

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Gongmingn Jiang​

Resident Coach: ​Hansel und Gretel

Opera Coaching Program at University  of Cincinnati-College-Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, Dragonfly International Violin Festival in China, Central Conservatory of  Music (Beijing), LA Opera, Austin Opera.

Curtis Serafin​

Resident Coach: ​Albert Herring & Don Giovanni

Warren Jones’s studio at the Manhattan School of Music, Sarasota Opera, Tanglewood Institute, Manchester Music Festival, and Hawaii Performing Arts Festival,  chamber opera, Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music,

Nathan Cicer

Resident Coach: ​Scenes Program Music Director​

Saint Croix Valley Opera, Skylark Opera Theatre, Church of St. Mark, Baltimore’s Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Peabody Opera Theatre, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire.

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Osvaldo de Leon​

Resident Coach: Silla

La Voix Humaine opera,  solo repertoire, coach opera, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Sonora, the San Francisco State University Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Nuevo Leon, the Orquesta Juvenil de Nuevo León, Encuentro Internacional de Opera in Coahuila, the Vocal Cycle at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, the Festival Cultural Tamaulipas, Verismo Opera.

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