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«If the Scala is part of the world heritage,

Academy is a crucial part of it.

It is the best possible investment

for the future».

Stéphane Lissner, Superintendent of Teatro alla Scala

THE ACADEMY OF LYRIC OPERATHE ACADEMY OF LYRIC OPERA

Who we are

Who we are

The crucial steps of the Theatre’s educational vocation are:

� 1813

The Ballet School was born. Today it is internationally recognized as one of

the best Academies for the training of dancers.

� 1950s

Arturo Toscanini founded the School of The Scala Cadets to provide

historic continuity to the traditional Italian Lyric Opera.

� 1970

Tito Varisco, director of stage sets, gave life to the course for set builders

and designers, to pass on the excellence found in the creative and manual

abilities of Scala artists.

Who we are

Who we are

Accademia del Teatro alla Scala was born as an internal

Department of Teatro alla Scala: the Department of Training

and Development.

Accademia was registered as a Foundation, structured in four

departments – Music, Ballet, Stage and Workshops,

Management – with the following Mission:

› Promoting and increasing education, training, retraining and

counseling of professional profiles in the field of the

performing arts;

› Training of artistic and technical staff of Teatro alla Scala;

› Offering firsthand contact with the work world, allowing

students to acquire “on the job” competences, strengthened

by intensive internship experience.

� 1991

� 2001

List of founders

FotoThe Academy of Lyric Opera

The Academy of Lyric Opera

Founded by Riccardo Muti in 1997 under the artistic direction of Leyla

Gencer (who passed away in 2008), the Teatro alla Scala Academy of

Lyric Opera reflects the heritage of the ‘Scala Cadets’ school, which was

created under the auspices of Arturo Toscanini in the fifties to ensure

the transmission of traditional Italian opera. Through a teaching staff of

internationally renowned artists, such as Luis Alva, Renato Bruson,

Mirella Freni and Luciana Serra, the Academy prepares young singers

possessing a solid vocal and musical training for professional careers

through a two-year course that refines technique and interpretation.

Daily study is interwoven with the participation in Scala productions,

where students work alongside performers, conductors and directors of

international fame. Particular importance is also given to concerts in

Italy and abroad and participation in opera productions such as the

"Academy Project", a production created entirely by students and

which is included in the regular Scala season. Many alumni tour the

major Italian and foreign theaters: these singers include sopranos

Serena Farnocchia, Carmen Giannattasio, Anja Kampe, Irina Lungu, Nino

Machaidze and Teresa Romano, mezzo-sopranos Ketevan Kemoklidze,

Anita Rachvelishvili and Nino Surguladze, contralto Sonia Prina, tenors

Thiago Arancam, Leonardo Cortellazzi and Giuseppe Filianoti, baritones

Simon Bailey, Fabio Capitanucci, Massimo Cavalletti, Christian Senn and

Vincenzo Taormina, and bass singers Carlo Malinverno, Giovanni

Battista Parodi and Dejan Vatchcov.

Program

CONCERT’S PROGRAM

V. Bellini

I Puritani

Ah!, per sempre io ti perdeiFilippo Polinelli, baritono

Qui la voce sua soave Ludmilla Bauerfeldt, soprano

G. Verdi

Nabucco

Oh, dischiuso è il firmamento Anna Victorova, mezzosoprano

La Traviata

Di Provenza il mar, il suolFilippo Polinelli, baritono

Il Trovatore

Condotta ell’era in ceppi Anna Victorova, mezzosoprano

Rigoletto

È il sol dell'anima Ludmilla Bauerfeldt, soprano

Jaeheui Kwon, tenore

G. Puccini

Madama Butterfly

Chi sia?... Io so che alle sue pene Anna Victorova, mezzosoprano

Jaeheui Kwon, tenore

Filippo Polinelli, baritono

Addio, fiorito asilJaeheui Kwon, tenore

F. Cilea

Adriana Lecouvreur

Acerba voluttàAnna Victorova, mezzosoprano

L’Arlesiana

E’ la solita storia del pastore Jaeheui Kwon, tenore

G. Verdi

Rigoletto

Tutte le feste al tempio... Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendettaLudmilla Bauerfeldt, soprano

Filippo Polinelli, baritono

THE ACCADEMIA SOLOISTS

LUDMILA BAUERFELDT

Born in Rio de Janeiro, she started her artistic studies at the Escola Técnica de Teatro "Martins Pena“. Since 2004 she

has undertaken a run of studies in vocal technique and lyric repertoire at the Conservatory of Rio. Nowdays she is

graduating at Rio de Janeiro Universit. She played the role of Gasparini in La canterina by F. J. Haydn (2009) and Lucy

in Il telefono by G. C. Menotti (2010). In 2009 she made her debut in Der Zwerg by A. von Zemlinsky. She followed

Masterclasses held by Mitsuko Shirai, Martin Schmidt, Marina Venuti, Mark Marlham. Winner, in 2008 of the first prize

at the International Contest "Bidù Sayão" in Belo Horizonte, she obtained in 2010 also the first prize and the audience

prize at the Rio Teatro Municipal Contest.

Bio

ANNA VICTOROVA

Born in Moscow, in 2006, Anna received her diploma from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2008, she specialized

in singing with P.I. Scousnitchenko. She has gained much recognition in various competitions: First Place in the

International Glinka Competition in Russia, Second Place in the Maria Callas Grand Prix in Greece, Second Place in

the Elena Obraztsova Competition in Russia, Second Place in the 3rd Edition of the China Competition in China,

Third Place in the Galina Vishnevskaya Competition, First Place in the 12th Edition of the “Riccardo Zandonai”

International Competition for Young Opera Singers, Fourth Place in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia and First

Place in the Lysenko Competition in Ukraine. She has attended masterclasses with Grace Bumbry, Brigitte

Fassbaender, Mietta Sighele, Veriano Lucchetti, Mauro Trombetta, Veronica Dunne, Elena Obraztsova, Evgenij

Nesterenko. She sang the role of Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Evgenij Onegin at the Stanislavsky Theatre of Moscow and

at the Opera Studio of the Moscow Conservatory, Polina in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades at both the Bolshoi

Theatre in Moscow and at the Latvian National Opera in Riga, Dalila in Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila at the Anna

Livia Dublin Opera Festival, and Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Stanislavsky Theatre of

Moscow. She has held concerts as a soloist in France, Austria, Lithuania, Japan and Germany. Some of her most

engaging performances include a Rachmaninov concert series in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Verdi’s Requiem at

the Tonhalle of Zurich, Beethoven’s Symphony n.9 in Foggia, the closing concert in 2006 of the Russian Year in

China, and Tchaichovsky’s Capriccio Italiano, with the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky

at the musicaRivafestival in Riva del Garda in 2007. Between 2009 and 2011 she attends the Teatro alla Scala

Academy of Lyric Opera. In 2010 she was soloist in Pergolesi’s Salve Regina and Stabat Mater, conducted by

Daniele Rustioni at Festival MiTo in Milan

Bio

JAEHEUI KWON

Born in Andong, South Korea, Jaeheui Kwon began to study music at the age of 18, receiving his diploma

in 2007 from the Kyungpook National University of Taegu. In 2007 he received a scholarship for

advanced training at the International Academy of Music in Rome, where he received his diploma in

2009. In 2008, he did a Masterclass with Nicola Martinucci. In Korea, in 2000, he won the Special Award

for Religious Music, and in 2004 he placed third in the “Inge Contest”. In 2009, he received the Special

Award at the “Francesco Albanese International Contest” in Naples.

He has performed as a soloist in Naples in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Teatro San Carlo

Orchestra and Chorus and in Schumann’s Faust-Szenen with the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus,

conducted by Pinchas Steinberg. Between 2009 and 2011 he studies at Teatro alla Scala Academy of Lyric

Opera. In 2010 he sang the role of Don Eusebio in Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro, on stage at Scala in the

historical setting signed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, conducted by Daniele Rustioni.

FILIPPO POLINELLI

Born in Tortona, Filippo began his singing studies at the age of 20. Shortly after starting his professional career, in

2006, he began to perform on stages of great prestige in Italy (Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Regio in Parma,

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Massimo in Palermo) and abroad (Théatre Musical de Paris

Châtelet, Bad Wildbad Belcanto Opera Festival, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Tokyo International Forum),

performing with artists, conductors and directors of international fame (Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Leo

Nucci, Yuri Temirkanov, Zubin Mehta, Luca Ronconi). He has recorded for important recording companies, such

as TDK, Naïve, Naxos and Rai Trade. Between 2009 and 2011 he attended the Teatro alla Scala Academy of Lyric

Opera: he completed his two years of training in July and now following his third year. In 2010 he played Don

Parmenione in Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro, Academy Project 2010 in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle setting, conducted

by Daniele Rustioni and in 2011 he was Haly in Italiana in Algeri was Haly in Italiana in Algeri by G.Rossini

(Academy Project 2011).

PicturesAccademia Project 2007

COSI’ FAN TUTTEby W.A.Mozart

Directed by Michael Hampe

Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

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Accademia Project 2008

LE NOZZE LE NOZZE DIDI FIGAROFIGAROby W. A. Mozart

Directed by Giorgio Strehler

Repurposed by Marina Bianchi

Conductor:

Giovanni Antonini

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Accademia Project 2009

LE CONVENIENZE E

INCONVENIENZE

TEATRALIby G. Donizetti

Directed by

Antonio Albanese

Conductor:

Marco Guidarini

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Accademia Project 2010

L’OCCASIONE FA IL LADROBy G. Rossini

Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, repurposed by Sonja Frisell

Conductor: Daniele Rustioni

PicturesAccademia Project 2011

L’ITALIANA IN ALGERIby G.Rossini

Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Repurposed by Lorenza Cantini

Conductor: Antonello Allemandi

Contacts

For further information please contact

Alessandra Sbriscia Fioretti

Marketing Manager

Accademia Teatro alla Scala

18, Via Santa Marta

20123 Milan – Italy -

Tel. +39.02.85.45.11.83

Tel. +39.02.85.45.11.43

sbriscia@accademialascala.it

marketing@accademialascala.it

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