Portland Opera Studio program

2007/08 Portland Opera Studio Artists One of the most exciting changes at Portland Opera in recent years is the establishment of the Portland Opera Studio Artists program, designed to train the next generation of opera singers by providing a "bridge" from the conservatory world to the professional stage.

Selected at auditions in New York, five young singers fresh from some of the nation's finest vocal conservatories have joined the company for a rigorous nine-month training program.

In addition to vocal coaching, language training, acting classes, and master classes with mainstage guest artists, these young professionals will be featured in their own studio production of Albert Herring where patrons will enjoy their work up close and personal in Portland Opera's 168-seat theater at The Hampton Opera Center. Keller Auditorium patrons will enjoy these young artists in supporting roles in our mainstage season offerings and a spring vocal recital in our studio theater.

The third annual recital by the Portland Opera Studio Artists wax an unforgettable evening of vocal chamber music. The talented young artists demonstrated the power and beauty of the human voice, in an intimate evening of dramatic musical pieces, including works by Fernando Obradors, Ottorino Respighi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Modest Mussorgsky and Aaron Copland. Joining them this year were members of the Portland Opera Orchestra.