Opera Conducting Masterclass I – 2024 State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria & Maestro Niels Muus / 20-29 MAY

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REPERTOIRE:

IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi
LES PECHEURS DE PERLES (THE PEARL FISHERS) by Georges Bizet

All operas are sung in their original language.

The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2024 is limited to the first qualified 8 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 350.

EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES

  • private and group coaching
  • 60 minutes of orchestra rehearsal time
  • 45 minutes of choir rehearsal time
  • 60 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal time
  • ca. 1/4 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance
  • 1/4 of Generalprobe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance
  • 1/4 of an opera to conduct in public performance

In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/4 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us the following:

  • your CV
  • recent examples of your conducting

IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €750.

MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT

€750 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 20 March 2024 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee no later than one week before the first day of the Masterclass if sent. This may also be paid in cash on site on the first day. The balance fee, once paid, is non-refundable due to the financial obligations to the institution.

A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €350, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.

BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS

Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 20 MAY

10.00 – 13.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Il trovatore
14.00 – 17.00 — cast rehearsal,  Il trovatore

18.00 – 20.00 orchestra / choir rehearsal, Il Trovatore

TUESDAY, 21 MAY

10.00-13.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana I,  Il trovatore
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana II,  Il trovatore

WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY

11.00 — Stage rehearsal, Il trovatore
16.00 — General probe / Dress rehearsal, Il trovatore

THURSDAY, 23 MAY

10.00 – 12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal I,  Les pecheurs de perles
19.00 — Public performance, IL TROVATORE

FRIDAY, 24 MAY

Day off

SATURDAY, 25 MAY

14.00 — Cast rehearsal, Les pecheurs de perles

SUNDAY, 26 MAY

14.00 – 17.00 — Stage rehearsal, Les pecheurs de perles

MONDAY, 27 MAY

10.00-13.00– Orchestra / choir rehearsal II, Les pecheurs de perles

18.00-20.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana I, Les pecheurs de perles

TUESDAY, 28 MAY

10.00-13.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana II, Les pecheurs de perles
16.00 — Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Les pecheurs de perles

WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY

19.00 – Public performance, LES PECHEURS DE PERLES

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION

The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/minivan).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 19 May.

NIELS MUUS The Viennese conductor with Danish and American roots, Niels Muus is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Denmark. He furthered his studied at the Conservatorio San Martino (Bologna), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), the Ecole Normale de Musique (Paris), as well as with maestri Franco Ferrara, Carlo Zecchi, Tatjana Nikolajewna and Jakob Gimpel.Between 1992 and 1999, Niels Muus was a principal conductor at the Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, and between 1999 and 2003, conductor and casting director at the Volksoper Wien. Recognized as an expert in the field of opera, Niels Muus has conducted some major productions worldwide. Among others, notable was a televised production by RAI of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore” from the Macerata Opera Festival (ARTHAUS MUSIK), Rossini`s “L`Assedio di Corinto” for the Culture Olympics in Greece, Dvorak’s “Rusalka” for the international H.C. Andersen Year in Moscow and Denmark and Verdi`s “Aida” at the Worker`s Stadium in Beijing (broadcasted by CCTV).

As a symphonic conductor, Niels Muus has given performances in concert halls such as Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Chicago Symphony Hall, National Arts Center Ottawa, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Tokyo Opera City, and Tivoli Copenhagen conducting orchestras such as MDR Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestra Arturo Toscanini, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others.

Niels Muus is an internationally renowned pedagogue. He gave master classes with institutions such as Conservatorio Monteverdi (Bolzano), Netherlands Opera Studio (Amsterdam), Opera Studio New National Theater Tokyo, Opera Academy Korean National Opera, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Opera Academy (San Francisco).
Currently, Niels Muus is engaged as the artistic advisor for Mozarthaus Vienna and Otto Edelmann Society, and music director of Musikfestival Steyr, Austria. From September 2013 he was the newly appointed professor/director of the opera department of Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversitaet der Stadt.

Please note:

Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change. Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.

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Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 7 – 18 FEBRUARY 2022

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REPERTOIRE: 
LA TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi
DIE ZAUBERFLOETE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA BOHEME by Giacomo Puccini
All operas are sung in their original language.
The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2022 is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 500.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of Generalprobe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.

We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us the following:

– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)
IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 25 December 2021 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass. The balance fee once paid is non-refundable due to our financial obligations to the opera institution.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €500, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 7 FEBRUARY
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, La traviata
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal, La traviata
TUESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, La traviata
18.00-21.00 — Stage rehearsal, La traviata
WEDNESDAY, 9 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Die Zauberfloete
18.00 —  Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, La traviata  
THURSDAY, 10 FEBRUARY
11.00 —  Cast rehearsal, Die Zauberfloete 
19.00 —  public performance, LA TRAVIATA  
FRIDAY, 11 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Die Zauberfloete
16.00 -18.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Die Zauberfloete
SATURDAY, 12 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Die Zauberfloete 
16.00 — Generalprobe / Dress rehearsal, Die Zauberfloete
SUNDAY, 13 FEBRUARY
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 14 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, La boheme
16.00 — cast rehearsal, La boheme   
TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY
11.00– stage rehearsal, La boheme
19.00 — public performance, DIE ZAUBERFLOETE
WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY
11.00-15.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana, La boheme
THURSDAY, 17 FEBRUARY
16.00 – Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, La boheme
FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY

19.00 – public performance, LA BOHEME

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 12 September.
MAESTRO DEJAN SAVIC (1957) was born in Belgrade, Serbia to a family of musicians. He graduated with distinction, with a degree in conducting, from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. During the period 1985 – 2000, he was artistic director of the oldest Serbo-Jewish Choral Society “The Baruh Brothers”, founded in 1879. Between 1993 and 1995, he was the artistic director of the “Pro Musica” Chamber Ensemble. From 1989 – 1993, Dejan Savic was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra in the Republic of Serbia, and since 1993, the principal conductor of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Savic was the general manager of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet Company. In 2005, he was named Superintendant of the National Theater Belgrade, becoming the first musician to lead this prestigious national institute of culture in its 140-year history. In 2007, he was named general manager of the opera.
Dejan Savic was appointed principal guest conductor of the ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Athens, Greece, for four seasons and has conducted in numerous prestigeous Festivals. He has appeared with prominent orchestras and choirs, as well as with opera and ballet companies in Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and elsewhere. He has made recordings for Radio and TV in many countries as well as several CDs for the PGP production of RTV Belgrade, Romanian National Radiodifusion, Bulgarian National RTV, Greek National RTV, etc. For his artistic achievements, Maestro Savic has been the recipient of a number of important recognitions and awards. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.
Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.
Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.