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By arrangement with Opera Australia, Penicka-Smith Arts & Event Management & St Andrew’s College Centre for Education present a three day opera conducting workshop. This is a rare opportunity to work with a highly experienced and passionate teacher in Carlo Montanaro, and to develop your skills conducting some of the mainstays of the operatic repertoire with an expert in the field.
The course includes a masterclass on technique, suitable for both beginners to established conductors seeking to refine their skills, as well as providing podium time with feedback to intermediate and advanced conductors. The advanced classes will have a particular focus on interpreting and conducting Italian operatic repertoire. All candidates are welcome to audit each session, and auditing is also open to singers, repetiteurs, and anyone else with an interest in the class material.
Prepare to work hard - but in a friendly and collegiate setting, where everyone is welcome to delve into the detail of conducting some of opera's greatest works.
These masterclasses are a pilot program in recognition of just how many conductors Australia is producing, and the hunger for more high-level masterclass opportunities. We would love to see an Opera Academy, with a strong focus on conducting, here in Australia. Please join us to find out what we can offer, and let us know what you're missing in your professional life, so we can build something collegiate together.
Questions? See our FAQs, or contact us. Wanted to join the SOLD-OUT Intermediate session (25 minutes podium time, orchestral repertoire)? Contact us to request to be wait-listed, or see if we can accommodate your preference in another session.
The course includes a masterclass on technique, suitable for both beginners to established conductors seeking to refine their skills, as well as providing podium time with feedback to intermediate and advanced conductors. The advanced classes will have a particular focus on interpreting and conducting Italian operatic repertoire. All candidates are welcome to audit each session, and auditing is also open to singers, repetiteurs, and anyone else with an interest in the class material.
Prepare to work hard - but in a friendly and collegiate setting, where everyone is welcome to delve into the detail of conducting some of opera's greatest works.
These masterclasses are a pilot program in recognition of just how many conductors Australia is producing, and the hunger for more high-level masterclass opportunities. We would love to see an Opera Academy, with a strong focus on conducting, here in Australia. Please join us to find out what we can offer, and let us know what you're missing in your professional life, so we can build something collegiate together.
Questions? See our FAQs, or contact us. Wanted to join the SOLD-OUT Intermediate session (25 minutes podium time, orchestral repertoire)? Contact us to request to be wait-listed, or see if we can accommodate your preference in another session.
Course Details
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2 - 4 July 2022
St Andrew's College, 19 Carillon Ave, Newtown Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Please note, the venue is a heritage building and is accessible by stairs. An online option is available to audit the course. |
Conducting Technique (All Levels) 3pm-6pm AEST Sat 2 July
Intermediate Conducting - SOLD OUT 4.30pm-7.30pm AEST Sun 3 July (email us to be wait-listed, or to see if there's space in another session) Advanced Conducting 1pm-4pm AEST Sun 3 July OR 10.30am-1.30pm Mon 4 July PLUS 2.30pm-5.30pm Mon 4 July |
Maestro Carlo Montanaro
Mº Montanaro began his career in 1991 as a professional violinist, playing with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale in Fierenze, performing all the opera repertoire with many leading conductors including Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Georges Prêtre, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Lorin Maazel, Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Since 2001, Montanaro has conducted opera and concerts in all the major worldwide venues, and has debuted at, and reinvented productions for, La Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Frankfurt Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Opera Tel Aviv, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, San Francisco Opera, Korean National Opera, Canadian Opera, Seattle Opera, Melbourne Opera, Dallas Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as Sydney Opera House, Megaron in Athens, Verona, Warsaw, Bilbao, Teatro Coumnale di Firenze, Cincinnati, Budapest, Mariinsky, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Oviedo. Carlo was also Music Director at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw from 2011 to 2014.
In concert he has led performances for Festival Verdi (Parma), Hercules Halle in Munich with Weimar Staatskapelle, at the Musikverein in Graz, and for Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Santa Cecilia in Rome, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Gala Klangvokal Music Festival in Dortmund, among various others.
Carlo worked with singers such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jonas Kaufmann, Renato Bruson, Anja Harterjos, Mariella Devia, Giuseppe Giacomini, Samuel Ramey, René Pape, and Dolora Zajick as well as soloists Pinchas Zukerman, Sarah Chang, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Carlo was discovered by Zubin Mehta, and studied under Leopold Hager at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna.
With over 50 operas and a long list of symphonic scores in his repertoire, his conducting teaching is committed to creating the next wave of young opera conductors with the highest level musicianship, mental preparation, and physical eloquence. Part of his teaching includes introducing students to the conducting technique of Hideo Saito, Seiji Ozawa’s conducting teacher.
He has been a Master Teacher for the Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera since its inception, and during Covid, pioneered the popular online OperaWebinar, attracting conducting students from around the world.
Carlo appears by arrangement with Opera Australia, for whom he is conducting Puccini's Madama Butterfly in July.
Since 2001, Montanaro has conducted opera and concerts in all the major worldwide venues, and has debuted at, and reinvented productions for, La Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Frankfurt Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Opera Tel Aviv, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, San Francisco Opera, Korean National Opera, Canadian Opera, Seattle Opera, Melbourne Opera, Dallas Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as Sydney Opera House, Megaron in Athens, Verona, Warsaw, Bilbao, Teatro Coumnale di Firenze, Cincinnati, Budapest, Mariinsky, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Oviedo. Carlo was also Music Director at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw from 2011 to 2014.
In concert he has led performances for Festival Verdi (Parma), Hercules Halle in Munich with Weimar Staatskapelle, at the Musikverein in Graz, and for Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Santa Cecilia in Rome, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Gala Klangvokal Music Festival in Dortmund, among various others.
Carlo worked with singers such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jonas Kaufmann, Renato Bruson, Anja Harterjos, Mariella Devia, Giuseppe Giacomini, Samuel Ramey, René Pape, and Dolora Zajick as well as soloists Pinchas Zukerman, Sarah Chang, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Carlo was discovered by Zubin Mehta, and studied under Leopold Hager at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna.
With over 50 operas and a long list of symphonic scores in his repertoire, his conducting teaching is committed to creating the next wave of young opera conductors with the highest level musicianship, mental preparation, and physical eloquence. Part of his teaching includes introducing students to the conducting technique of Hideo Saito, Seiji Ozawa’s conducting teacher.
He has been a Master Teacher for the Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera since its inception, and during Covid, pioneered the popular online OperaWebinar, attracting conducting students from around the world.
Carlo appears by arrangement with Opera Australia, for whom he is conducting Puccini's Madama Butterfly in July.
Presenting Partners
Our chief presenting partner is the St Andrew's College Centre for Education, providing us with a beautiful venue, and inspiration to aspire towards establishing a regular course offering.
Of course, our fabulous national opera company, Opera Australia. Check out Carlo's performance for Opera Australia in July.
We are grateful to Melbourne Maestro Kevin Purcell, and the Australian Discovery Orchestra, for valuable advice and support.
And special thanks to Carlo Montanaro himself, and his Opera Webinar program. We encourage all conductors to sign up.
Of course, our fabulous national opera company, Opera Australia. Check out Carlo's performance for Opera Australia in July.
We are grateful to Melbourne Maestro Kevin Purcell, and the Australian Discovery Orchestra, for valuable advice and support.
And special thanks to Carlo Montanaro himself, and his Opera Webinar program. We encourage all conductors to sign up.