THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE MASCAGNI FESTIVAL MARCO VOLERI IS LOOKING FOR NEW OPERA VOICES

The Artistic Director of the MASCAGNI FESTIVAL Marco Voleri is coming to Stara Zagora to conduct an audition and a two-day-long master vocal course and to look for his new opera discoveries. The audition will take place on 7 April at 16.00 on the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera. There are no limitations to the types of voices and age.
On 8 and 9 April the Maestro will conduct a Master Class which includes work on the Italian opera, vocal technique, interpretation of the role, diction and pronunciation. Two of the participants will be accepted to the Academy “Mascagni” and will have the opportunity to win participation in the Mascagni Festival, which is held in August in the native place of Pietro Mascagni, Livorno, Italy. Marco Voleri is coming with his pianist Massimo Salotti.
Candidates must send an application for participation /free text/, a short biography and a photo to the email address: auditions@operasz.bg, for additional information: tel. +359879474043, +359878104880.
The tenor Marco Voleri has a remarkable career as an opera singer – with over 50 roles, he has sung on the biggest and prestigious Italian stages and festivals, as well as in other countries in Europe, Japan and China. An organizer of original music projects and initiatives with causes, a tireless entrepreneur, Marco Voleri discovered also his passion for writing and teaching. Parallel to his activity as artistic director of different theaters and festival forums, he also practices teaching, he has published several books with different thematic directions. His theater manifestations began since his earliest childhood and this determined his future as a director as well.
Since March 2020, he has been artistic director of the International Festival “Pietro Mascagni”, which he initiated and created together with the Academy “Mascagni” and artistic coordinator of the Mascagni Department in Fondazione Teatro della Città di Livorno “Carlo Goldoni”. He is also artistic director of the sequel “Opere Pubbliche” and coordinator of education and training in the Opera Department in Fondazione Teatro della Città di Livorno “C. Goldoni”. The Mascagni Festival includes in its program beside spectacles connected with the creative work of the composer, also accompanying events which reveal the other face of his creative work, as well as of his eminent contemporaries.
This year Marco Voleri is looking for his “Mascagni” singer in Bulgaria.