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Welcome to the New Belcanto Summer Academy in Central Europe
Accademia di Canto in Lockenhaus/Austria is the new international summer academy in Central Europe to teach and forward the special technique of classical Italian Belcanto singing.
Addressing student singers as well as young professional opera singers, conductors, choir directors and corepetitors Accademia di Canto - under the special attention of internationally acclaimed opera professionals (the teachers) - aims to evoke and improve the singing qualities in every talent to attend the Summer Academy through an intensive 1-week-studies period.
The courses are taking place within the unique beauty of Lockenhaus, a small Austrian city near the Hungarian border and famous for its chamber music festival. The classes and rehearsals are held in the premises of the local monastery. The Academy students will prove their learned lessons in a final public concert.
About the Organizers
Accademia di Canto is initiated and organized by “Art in Action”, Vienna, an association for cultural activities, and by artistic director M° Dorothea Agnoletto (a Polish-Italian conductor & composer). In the frame of a summer academy master course, Accademia di Canto is dedicated to teach and forward the special skills of Italian Belcanto singing. The Accademia is pleased to cooperate with such outstanding coaches and internationally acclaimed opera singers and professionals as M° Gitto Gioacchino (tenor, opera manager) and M° Stefania Toczyska (mezzo-soprano). More…
