IIVA VOICE FACULTY
Partial 2010 faculty list; check for updates:
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.
Dietmar Grimm: Tenor: performances with Bayerische Staatsoper München, Bayreuther Festspiele, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Strasbourg, Lisbon, Nice, Luzern. Faculty: Musikhochschule Luzern, Universität Passau.
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.
Brian Cole: Conductor: Lyric Opera of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, David Oistrahk Festival in Pärnu, Estonia.
Marc Dahinden: IIVA European Representative. Bass-baritone: Performances throughout Europe, Israel, and the United States. Faculty: Swiss Academy for Music and Music Pedagogy (SAMP), Swiss Society of Music Pedagogy (SMPV). Conductor: State Choirs of Luzerne. Native German speaker.
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.
Rolando Garza: Coach/ Conductor: Theater Basel, Opéra du Rhine, Strasbourg; International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy; International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel; Intermezzo Festival in Bruges, Belgium. 2007 Mexican Young Artist of the Year.
Bruno Rigacci: Conductor : La Scala, La Fenice, Maggio Musicale, NYCO, San Diego.
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)
Gianfranco de Bosio: Stage director, Arena di Verona; UNESCO, Director of Music/Poetry.
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)
Bruno Rigacci: (see previous bio)
ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Anna Gnocchi: Native Italian. Teacher of English and Italian in Brescia, Italy
* IIVA is committed to maintaining the highest level of excellence in its faculty.
This site lists faculty from IIVA 2008; IIVA 2010 faculty may vary slightly.