Giulio Cesare in Egitto (et dans les Yvelines!)
The third season of Opera Fuoco’s partnership with the Théâtre National de Saint Quentin en Yvelines opens in ancient Egypt, with a timeless story of passion, intrigue, honor, and betrayal.
Haendel’s celebrated opera, Gulio Cesare in Egitto, is the focus of a comprehensive and multi-purpose artistic project spanning the 2009-10 academic year. More comprehensive and committed than most educative musical projects in France, the groundbreaking project involves members from all echelons of its music-making community, including professional musicians and choreographers of Opera Fuoco’s orchestra, pre-professional young artists of Opera Fuoco’s troupe unique in France, teachers from selected Yvelines public schools at risk, young students aged from 6 to 8, and their families.
Over the course of the next several months, the Fuoco/Saint Quentin educational team will lead several musical, dramatic, and movement sessions and coachings with the students, while their school teachers explore other facets of the opera in history, art, and literature classes. There will be artist ateliers presented at the National Theater of Saint Quentin, as well as open masterclasses where the troupe artists will be coached by Opera Fuoco’s Music Director, David Stern, and co-Artistic Director and Coach, viola da gambist Jay Bernfeld. The project will gain momentum in May, where the students will follow a 10-day intensive residency at the Theater, culminating in a final public performance of the opera including a mixed cast of children, pre-professionals, and professional musicians.
To find out more about « Gulio Cesare in Egitto (et aux Yvelines!) », please visit the Théâtre National de Saint Quentin en Yveline’s official page of the project, or its blog .
Fondation des Etats-Unis
Located across from the Parc Montsouris in Paris’ 14th arrondissement, the Fondation des Etats-Unis is a private student residence and cultural center within the international community of the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.
Opera Fuoco
David Stern founded the period instrument orchestra Opera Fuoco in 2003. It was after a successful residency at the Royaumont Foundation that the ensemble truly became what it is today, choosing to dedicate itself to the interpretation of operatic repertoire from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 19th centuries. Opera Fuoco has singled itself out for its orchestra consisting of the foremost specialists in historical performance, and especially for promoting young professional singers.
Concours FLAME
The FLAME Competition was created in 1990 in order to identify, promote and support young international talents at the beginning of their careers. Since its creation, the FLAME Competition has received more than 1500 candidates from 38 countries, and 249 pianists, violinists, violists, and singers from 16 to 30 years old have been rewarded.
