The Lyric/Lyric Opera Baltimore is delighted to announce an exciting and significant opportunity for your talented singers! We are sponsoring an Opera Camp this summer for 25 vocally talented students to take place from July 11th to August 5th here in the Lyric Opera House. This program will be by audition only and completely free of charge to those selected. This program was first implemented in the summer of 2010 and was highly successful in promoting students’ awareness of opera and the vocal and theatrical arts. Our graduates have gone on to major educational institutions and careers.
Daily sessions (Monday through Friday) will last from 9:00am to 3:00pm and will include breakfast and lunch. Campers will receive vocal and dramatic instruction, as well as master classes from professionals in the world of stage management and direction, make-up and wigs, lighting and design, and others. They will also receive field trips to other cultural venues, including the Walters Art Gallery. They will also create, produce and perform an opera on the stage of the Lyric for their final project.
We are looking for Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Harford County and Howard County High School students in grades 9 thru 12 for this program. Potential campers should have vocal aptitude, an interest in opera, movement and theatre, and will need to be able to commit to the entire session, which will last from July 11th to August 5th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. There will be no cost whatsoever to the campers, but they will need to provide their own transportation to and from the theatre. We again have to stress that in order to receive maximum benefit from the program and to ensure its success the campers will have to be able to commit to the entire four week program.
Auditions will be Saturday, April 2th, from 10am-2pm, and Monday, April 4, from 3pm to 5pm, by appointment only at the Lyric Opera House, 110 West Mount Royal Avenue. Students will need to prepare two songs/arias to sing and take part in a brief interview in which they should be prepared to let us know how much they would like to be considered for this opportunity.
For further information or to schedule an appointment, please contact James Harp, Opera Camp Director, at 410-900-1161 or jharp@lyricoperahouse.com
