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Faculty

Partial list in alphabetical order
Prestigious singers, conductors, and stage directors comprise the IVAI faculty roster. Here is a partial listing of some of IVAI's distinguished faculty over the years.

Lucy Arner Vocal Coach, Metropolitan Opera, conductor, Artistic Director, New York Chamber Opera
Martina Arroyo Soprano, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala
Gabriel Bacquier Baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Richard Barrett Conductor; Stage Director; Head of Opera Department, Brooklyn College
Deborah Birnbaum Breath Technique Specialist, San Francisco Opera Center, Glimmerglass
David Briskin Conductor, The Juilliard School, Orchestra of St. Luke's; Music Director and Principal Conductor, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Steven Byess Music Director, Tupelo Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Institute of Music; Ohio Light Opera.
Giovanna Canetti

Voice Teacher and Coach, Teatro alla Scala

Ned Canty Stage Director, Boston Lyric Opera, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass , New York City Opera, The Juilliard School
Tito Capobianco Stage Director, Santa Fe Opera, Teatro Colon, The Juilliard School
Eduardo Chama Bass-baritone, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera; Stage Director
Frank Corsaro Stage Director, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, The Juilliard School
Robert Cowart Language Coach, Metropolitan Opera; Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School
Enzo Dara Bass-baritone, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala
Justino Diaz Baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Joan Dornemann Artistic Director; Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera, Vocal Coach
Mignon Dunn Mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper; Voice Teacher, Manhattan School of Music
Mark Ensley Conductor, Opera Memphis
Ruth Falcon Soprano, Metropolitan Opera, Voice Teacher, Mannes College of Music
Joyce Fieldsend Vocal Coach, Teatro La Fenice, San Francisco Opera, Glyndebourne
John Fisher General Director, Welsh National Opera
Abbie Furmansky Soprano, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Netherlands Opera, LA Opera, New York City Opera
Dan Gettinger Vocal Coach, American Musical Theater Ensemble, Manhattan School of Music
Dennis Giauque Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera
Hakan Hagegard

Baritone, Metropolitan Opera

Rakefet Hak Coach, Accompanist, Metropolitan Opera
Linda Hall Vocal Coach, Metropolitan Opera; Coach, Accompanist, The Juilliard School
Mikhail Hallak Vocal Coach, Metropolitan Opera, The Juilliard School
Doris Heinrichsen Stage Director, Hochschule fur Musik, Munich and Wurzberg
Martin Isepp Conductor, Vocal Coach, Glyndebourne, Metropolitan Opera
Ljuba Kasarnovskaya Soprano, Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Opera, Kirov Opera
Hemdi Kfir Language Coach, Tel Aviv, New York
Sylvie Lechevalier Vocal Coach, Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris
Joshua Major Stage Director, New York City Opera, Pine Mountain Music Festival; Opera Director, University of Michigan
Olga Makarina Soprano, Metropolitan Opera
Marlena Malas Soprano; Voice Teacher, Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School, Chautauqua Institution
Catherine Malfitano Soprano, Metropolitan Opera
Giovanna Maresta Stage Director, Teatro alla Scala, Bologna, Messina
Denise Massé Vocal Coach, Metropolitan Opera; The Juilliard School
Carrie Ann Matheson Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera
Liora Maurer Vocal Coach, New York City Opera, Wolf Trap Festival
Trish McCaffrey Mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera; Voice Teacher, Manhattan School of Music; New York City Opera, Zurich Opera
Sharon Mohar Stage Director, France-Israel
Sherrill Milnes Baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Paolo Montarsolo Stage Director, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala
Edoardo Müller Conductor, Metropolitan Opera
Thomas Muraco Vocal Coach, Conductor, Manhattan School of Music
Paul Nadler Music Director; Conductor, Metropolitan Opera; Conductor Emeritus, S.W. Florida Symphony; Principal Guest Conductor, Filarmonica de Stat Iasi, Romania
John Norris Stage Director; Teacher, Metropolitan Opera, Bavarian State Opera, The Juilliard School
Nicolai Okhotnikov Bass; Voice Teacher, The Bolshoi Theater, Mariinski Theatre
Mark Oswald Baritone, Metropolitan Opera
Jorge Parodi Vocal Coach, The Juilliard School, New York University
Eve Queler Conductor, Opera Orchestra of New York
Anke Rauthmann Stage Director, Komische Oper Berlin, Germany
Bruno Rigacci Conductor, Teatro alla Scala
Beth Roberts Voice Teacher, Mannes College of Music
Teresa Rodriguez Vocal Coach, SIVAM, Mexico
David Rosenmeyer Vocal Coach; Conductor; Mannes College, Bach Society of Columbia University.
Julius Rudel Conductor, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera
Craig Rutenberg

Director of Music Administration, Metropolitan Opera

Speranza Scappucci Coach, Accompanist, New York City Opera, Glyndebourne, Vienna Staaatsoper
Renata Scotto Soprano, Metropolitan Opera
Ira Siff Voice/interpretive coach, Stage Director, La Gran Scena Artistic Director
Joel Silberman Pianist, New York Musical Theater
Diana Soviero Soprano, Metropolitan Opera
Paul Sperry Tenor; Vocal Coach, Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School, Brooklyn College
Jane Steele Vocal Coach, Assistant conductor New Jersey State Opera, Opera Colorado, Pensacola Opera; Administrative Director, International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari Italy
Thaddeus Strassberger Stage Director, Opera Ireland, Opera Colorado, Utah Opera, National Theatre in Prague
Cesar Ulloa Tenor; Voice Teacher; Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music andSan Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship Program
Pierre Vallet Coach; Accompanist, Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris
Laurent Wagner Conductor, Gran Teatro del Liceo, GMD: the Saarlandisches Staatstheater Saarbrucken, St. Gallen, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Principal Conductor: the Irish Radio Orchestra
Howard Watkins Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera
Claude Webster Vocal Coach, Atelier Lyrique De L'Opera de Montreal
William Woodruff Tenor; Voice Teacher, Metropolitan Opera; Artistic Director, International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari-Italy
Maria Zouves Soprano, Director of V.O.I.C. Experience
     
         
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