SOUND OPERA INSTITUTE

Sound Opera Institute was created by Connecticut Lyric Opera to provide a summer study program for student and emerging performers, providing an idyllic summer location on Long Island Sound and a potentially large audience with its final performances during SailFest, Southeastern Connecticut’s largest annual event with over 250,000 visitors attracted to the area for music, fun and fireworks. 

The program is a three-week resident curriculum designed to provide performing opportunities, intensive instruction in voice, repertoire, diction, acting, auditioning and other areas related to preparing for the professional world of opera and vocal performance. While the full course of study will not begin until June 2008, this introductory opera and workshops associated with the preparation and production of Floyd’s masterpiece will serve as the inaugural event of this exciting new endeavor.

Click here for info on Susannah, Sound Opera Institute's premiere production.

OPERA FACT

2007/2008 10 Most Performed Operas:

1. La Bohème (Puccini)
2. Tosca (Puccini)
3. La Traviata (Verdi) 4. The Marriage  of Figaro (Mozart)
5. Carmen (Bizet)
6. Don Giovanni (Mozart)
7. The Elixir of Love (Donezetti)
8. The Magic Flute (Mozart)
9. Aida (Verdi)
10. Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

Source: Opera America