Julia Faulkner Opera Masterclass I
The NEC Opera Department welcomes renown master teacher Julia Faulkner as NEC Artist-in-Residence. In addition to providing lessons and coachings to voice students in the opera program, Ms. Faulkner will also conduct two public masterclasses.
Julia Faulkner has firmly established herself as one of the top voice teachers in the world. Her students are performing globally at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, San Fransisco Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Julia Faulkner is the Director of Vocal studies for the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s renowned professional artist-development program. She is also on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music and is a Master Teacher for the apprentices at the Santa Fe Opera. Previously a professor of voice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for ten years, she has been teaching at the Ryan Opera Center since August 2013.
The second masterclass takes place on October 22, at 7:30pm, in Jordan Hall.
Ms. Faulkner's masterclass is made possible by a generous gift from NEC Trustee Muffy Glauber and her husband, Robert.
Ned Rorem: "Emily's Aria" from Our Town
Artists- Alexandra Pawlus, soprano
Francesco Cilea: "Acerba voluttà...O vagabonda stella" from Adriana Lecouvreur
Artists- Whitney Robinson, mezzo soprano
Carl Maria von Weber: "Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen" from Der Freischütz
Artists- Chelsea Baccay, soprano
Gaetano Donizetti: "Bella siccome un angelo" from Don Pasquale
Artists- Matthew O’Donnell, baritone
Gian Carlo Menotti: "Ah Michele" from The Saint of Bleeker Street
Artists- Erin McMullen, mezzo soprano
