canto core Faculty
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Lucy arner - Canto music director
CONDUCTOR, VOCAL COACH
Metropolitan Opera, Mannes-The New School for Music
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Sharon Mohar - canto artistic director
STAGE DIRECTOR, INTERPRETATION COACH
Les Maîtres Sonneurs, IVAI
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liora maurer - canto director of opera studies
VOCAL COACH, PIANIST
Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera
Our 2026 program brings together leading artists dedicated to the next generation of opera talent
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Ken Weiss
PIANIST, VOCAL COACH
Washington National Opera, Cafritz Young Artists
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Justina Lee
VOCAL COACH, PIANIST
Associate Artistic Director - Bachelor of Music, Juilliard
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Steven White
CONDUCTOR
Metropolitan Opera, Opera Omaha...
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Elizabeth Futral
SOPRANO, VOICE PROFESSOR
Peabody Conservatory
*Special guest artist
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Maurice lugassy
FRENCH LANGUAGE PROFESSOR
Toulouse, France
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Jennifer Quinones
PIANIST, CHORUS MASTER
Director - Inspiro Choir
Guest Faculty 2025
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Ken Weiss
PIANIST, VOCAL COACH
Washington National Opera, Cafritz Young Artists
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Noa Kageyama
PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST
Juilliard School
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Alex Fletcher
ARTIST AGENT
President of Fletcher Artist Management
*Special guest artist
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Joelle Harvey
SOPRANO
Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich...
*Special guest artist
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Florin Estefan
BARITONE
General Maneger, Cluj-Napoca Opera House
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Marie-France Lefebvre
PIANIST, VOCAL COACH
Metropolitan Opera
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Maurice lugassy
FRENCH LANGUAGE PROFESSOR
Toulouse, France
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Jennifer Quinones
PIANIST, CHORUS MASTER
Director - Inspiro Choir
Guest Faculty 2024
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Ken Weiss
VOCAL COACH, ITALIAN DICTION
Washington National Opera, Cafritz Young Artists
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*Jamie Barton
MEZZO SOPRANO
Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera…
*Special guest artist
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Alex Fletcher
ARTIST AGENT
President of Fletcher Artist Management
*Special guest artist
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Joelle Harvey
SOPRANO
Metropolitan Opera, Opernhaus Zürich...
*Special guest artist
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Maurice lugassy
FRENCH LANGUAGE PROFESSOR
Toulouse, France
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Marine Eckert
PIANIST
Lausanne Opera
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Francesco Barfoed
PIANIST, ITALIAN DICTION COACH
Berkshire Opera Festival
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Jennifer Quinones
PIANIST, CHORUS MASTER
Director - Inspiro Choir
Guest Faculty 2023
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JEAN ANDERSON
VOCAL COACH / PIANIST
Boston Conservatory / New England Conservatory
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Maurice lugassy
FRANCH LANGUAGE PROFESSOR
Toulouse, France
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marine eckert
PIANIST
Lausanne Opera
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Elizabeth Batton Sorenson
MEZZO-SOPRANO, CHORUS MASTER
Louisville, KY
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Rolando Garza Rodriguez
HEAD OF MUSIC STAFF, THEATER BREMEN
Germany
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ugo mahieux
PIANIST / VOCAL COACH
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opéra de Paris
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jacob cook
CHORUS MASTER
Louisville , KY
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jean Christophe d'antres-henry
TENOR, VOCAL COACH , France
Guest artists
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marco armiliato
CONDUCTOR
Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper
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david lomeli
CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER
Santa Fe Opera
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ira siff
INTERPRETATION & STYLE
VOCAL TECHNIQUE
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noa kageyama
PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST
Juilliard School
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Deborah birnbaum
VOICE TEACHER, BREATH SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Wolf Trap Opera Co., Merola Opera Program
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dean Williamson
CONDUCTOR / MUSIC DIRECTOR
Nashville Opera
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james robinson
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / STAGE DIRECTOR
Opera Theatre of St Louis
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antony walker
CONDUCTOR
Metropolitan Opera
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barbara lynn Jamison
GENERAL DIRECTOR
Kentucky Opera
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CRAIG RUTENBERG
PIANIST, COACH
Metropolitan Opera,, Mariinsky Theater
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hans pieter herman
BARITONE
VOCAL TECHNIQUE
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lynn baker
PIANIST, VOCAL COACH, EGLISH LYRIC DICTION COACH
Opera Philadelphia,, Curtis Institute of Music
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Grant Loehnnig
MUSIC DIRECTOR, STUDIO ARTIST PROGRAM
Wolf Trap Opera
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hemdi kfir
LANGUAGE / DICTION COACH
Metropolitan Opera
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Joan dornemann
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR / VOCAL COACH
Metropolitan Opera