Händelian vocalise

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How are these musical passages with their daunting technical difficulty to be sung today?
Theoretical instruction working from Baroque texts; individual and group practice with an Italian language coach…

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Faculty

Jérôme Correas, musical director of Les Paladins
Pianist and harpsichordist with Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, Jérôme Correas became a singer in opera and Baroque. He was to work with Les Arts Florissants from 1989 to 1993, then in parallel careers in opera and the Baroque with Lopez-Cobos, Kuijken, Rousset, Roth, Janowski… In 2001 he founded Les Paladins in order to devote himself to the exploration of 17th centry Italian opera works and the French Opéra Comique (Grétry, Favart, Duni….). He is a professor at the Regional Conservatory in Toulouse, conducts in St Petersburg, at the National Conservatory in Paris, at the Opera in Rouen… and since 2010 has been involved in projects at the Royaumont Foundation.

Brice Sailly, harpsichordist and vocal repertory coach

Nicolas Crnjanski, cellist

Barbara Nestola, Italian language coach

Patrick Barbier, music historian, author of: Histoire des Castrats (Grasset), Farinelli, le castrat des Lumières (Grasset), La Venise de Vivaldi (Grasset)

Places available for

6 singers (3 sopranos, 1 baritone, 1 countertenor, and 1 mezzo)
Master 1 level and above

Presentation

Conceived as a veritable testing ground, the Italian cantatas, duets and trios by Händel offer singers a concentrate of technical and expressive difficulties in Baroque singing.

Intended for the great early 17th century Roman performers, these miniature opera scenes and ensembles pose the thorny problem of virtuosity.

How is this music to be sung today with its formidable technical difficulty?

This training session will attempt to supply technical and stylistic answers to singers wishing to develop their aptitudes for virtuoso singing. It will also explore the connection that this vocal style maintains with theatrality and the enhancing of a text, far from the image of superficiality and flippancy that is often given to it.

Method

The classes will be given alternately in group lessons in the form of workshops and in individual lessons.

Practical instruction

- pronunciation of Italian as a basis for interpretation
- work on the various melismatic techniques adapted to the various types of voice.
- technical work on the differences between the melisma in the 17th century, that of the 18th century, and Rossinian melismas
- ensemble work, development of mutual listening in duet and trio contexts, workin on harmony with thoroughbass

Theoretical instruction

- What is virtuosity? (Trills, melismas, leaps of intervals, articulations)
- stylistic work on early 18th century Roman music (ornamentation, improvisation)
- evolution of virtuosity in the Baroque era, in texts from Caccini, Monteverdi to Tosi, Mancini and Porpora

Calendar

Auditions

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Session

from Saturday 21 through Friday 27 April 2012
for 7 days of instruction

Public presentation

Fenêtre sur cour[s] on Friday 27 April 2012 at 6 pm

Fee Information

The cost-sharing fee is made up of a compulsory registration fee (including membership in the Association des amis de Royaumont and access to the François Lang Music Library), tuition, and boarding expenses.

The Royaumont Foundation takes over expenses for accomodations (room, board and breaks) during the entire duration of the training.

An AFDAS agreement is pending for this session.

Financial aid for tuition

› for casual workers in the entertainment field (intermittents du spectacle): through the AFDAS under the following conditions: 2 years in activity, 48 fee units (days) within France, as attested by Congés Spectacles certificates and payslips.

› for salaried employees (full or part time): via their employers’ continuing education programs.
› for the unemployed: instructions available from the local funds or Pôle emploi.
› for RMI beneficiaries: via authorities in each département (Conseil Général) – contact the appropriate services for further information.
If you are eligible for such financial assistance, only the enrolment fee remains at your expense, that is in the amount of 174 €.

Scholarships

The Association des Amis de Royaumont grants scholarships to singers born after the 1st January 1984 and instrumentalists born after 1st January 1987 who do not yet have a regular professional activity.
This grant is made during Board meetings of the Association on the basis of a portfolio (resume, letter of motivation).
If you are eligible for financial aid from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 174 € remains at your expense.

For participants who cannot qualify for any other financial aid, the Foundation grants scholarship stipends on request and based on a portfolio.
If you are eligible for this scholarship from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 244 € remains at your expense.