IIVA VOICE FACULTY

Partial 2011 faculty list; check for updates:

Antonio Barasorda: Tenor

Mignon Dunn: Mezzo-soprano: Performances with  MET, Chicago, San Francisco, Covent Garden, Bolshoi, La Scala, Vienna, Verona, Berlin. Recordings: Deutsche Grammophone, Angel, Erato. Master classes: Curtis Institute, Seoul, Korea, Opera Colorado.  Faculty: Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College of Music, Israel Vocal Arts Institute.

Anna Skribinsky:  Soprano

William Woodruff: Director, IIVA. Faculty: Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College, Israel Vocal Arts Institute. Former faculty:  Northwestern University, SMU, University of Southern Florida. International appearances in opera and concert  repertoire with Stravinsky, Bernstein, Shaw, Ormandy, Schippers.  American Premiere of Britten’s “Curlew River”

IIVA COACHING FACULTY

Ruth Baker:  Vocal coach: Lamont School of Music University of Denver, International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy.  Repetiteur: Tuscia Opera Festival in Viterbo, Italy, Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, San Diego Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera; former Music Director/Chorus Master/Coach Opera Colorado, former Head of Music Staff/Chorus Master/Coach Kentucky Opera.

Richard Barrett: Conductor (see Stage director Bio)

Joan Dornemann: Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera. Artistic Director, International Vocal Arts Institute. Extensive experience as a Vocal Coach and Accompanist for international opera stars, such as Montserrat Caballe.

Jane Steele: North American Administrative Director, IIVA. Coach : Opera Colorado, Natchez Opera, New Jersey State Opera, Pensacola Opera, Israel Vocal Arts Institute, National Opera of China.

IIVA STAGE DIRECTORS

Richard Barret: Conductor; Stage Director; Head of Opera Department, Brooklyn College; Conductor: Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Boston, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, Augusta, Central City, San Antonio, New Opera Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Houston Grand Opera. Master classes throughout the U.S.

Mignon Dunn: (see previous bio)     

Carlos Conde: Basso buffo: Performances with Toledo, Shreveport, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Virginia, Caramoor Festival, Aspen, Bonn. Recordings on Naxos label, Stage director: Israel Vocal Arts.

Ilca López : Mezzo-soprano: Teatro Colón , Opera companies in Austria, Germany, Spain, Switzerland. Faculty: Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Master classes: Dominican Republic, Cuba and Mexico. Director: Ateneo Puertorriqueño .

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MASTER CLASSES

Joan Dornemann:  (see previous bio)

Mignon Dunn:  (see previous bio)

 * IIVA is committed to maintaining the highest level of excellence in its faculty.

   This site lists faculty from IIVA 2010;  IIVA 2011 faculty may  vary  slightly.