REPERTOIRE

La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti

Both operas are fully-staged and sung in Italian. Our Opera Conducting Masterclass is limited to the first eight 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 480.

PROBABLY THE BEST TRAINING IN OPERA CONDUCTING

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
• links to recent examples of your conducting
• if accepted, a deposit of €750 will guarantee your place

MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT

€750 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 15 August 2024 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. 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 €480, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.

BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS

Bank name: Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
Name on account: Blue Danube Violins – Streichinstrumentehandel u. Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT03 2011 1851 8917 0500
BIC: GIBAATWWXXX
Reason for payment: Masterclass deposit fee (please send EUR only).

Few photos from the Opera Conducting Masterclass in May 2024

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

Monday, 3 February	10.00 – 14.00 14.00 – 20.00	Orchestra / Choir Rehearsal, La traviata Cast Rehearsal, La traviata
Tuesday, 4 February	10.00-14.00	Sitzprobe / Italiana, La traviata
Wednesday, 5 February	11.00 16.00	Stage Rehearsal, La traviata General probe / Dress rehearsal, La traviata
Thursday, 6 February	10.00 – 12.00 19.00	Orchestra / Choir Rehearsal, Don Pasquale— Public Public Performance, LA TRAVIATA
Friday, 7 February	10.00 – 12.00 15.00	Orchestra / Choir Rehearsal, Don Pasquale Cast Rehearsal, Don Pasquale
Saturday, 8 February	14.00 15.30	Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Pasquale Sitzprobe / Italiana,  Don Pasquale
Sunday, 9 February	14.00 15.30	Stage rehearsal, Don Pasquale Stage rehearsal, Don Pasquale
Monday, 10 February	16.00 – 17.15 17.30 – 19.00	General rehearsal, Don Pasquale General rehearsal, Don Pasquale
Tuesday, 11 February	19.00	Public performance, DON PASQUALE

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION

The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize free / gratis 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, 2 February.

IVAYLO KRINCHEV

Ivaylo Krinchev graduated from the National Music Academy Prof. Pancho Vladigerov in Sofia with diplomas in Choir Conducting (the class of Prof. Liliya Gyuleva), Opera and Symphony Conducting (under the guidance of Dimitar Manolov and Prof. Ivan Vulpe). He participated in the masterclasses in Symphony Conducting of Prof. Ilya Musin, Saint Petersburg, and Prof. Karl Osterreicher, Vienna.

Between 1990 and 1996, Maestro Krinchev was chief conductor at the Burgas Opera and Burgas Philharmonic . In the period 1996 – 1999, he was the director of the State Burgas Opera. Under his guidance, for the first time in the Burgas Opera were staged Mozart’s Don Giovanni Bellini’s Norma. In 2000, he worked for the production agency “Eurostage” in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as a member of which he directed numerous opera spectacles in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France and Switzerland.

His teaching carrier began in 1993, at first as a part-time lecturer at the National Music Academy in Opera Singing with a Conductor and Opera and Symphony Conducting. In 2001, he became a full-time lecturer, and in 2005 associate professor. He has been vice-rector of the National Music Academy Prof. Pancho Vladigerov since 2016.

Since 2002 he has held masterclasses in Conducting and Opera Interpretation in different universities, and guest-performed with symphony and chamber orchestras. He has recordings with The Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi7TtATF4lE

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, we reserve the right to provide a substitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.