Intermezzo Young Artist Program
INTERMEZZO YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM & FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PROGRAM
The Intermezzo Young Artist Program is delighted to announce our Tenth Anniversary Season in beautiful Portland, Maine. Intermezzo is renowned internationally for it’s artistic excellence and commitment to the training and nurturing of young performing artists. Over the past decade Intermezzo has established itself as one of the foremost operatic and musical theatre training programs in the world today, offering young artists the opportunity to prepare and perform under the direction of world-class professionals.
Training is the essence of the program, with daily offerings in voice production, vocal coaching, dance, acting, language and diction, as well as Master Classes by visiting professional artists.
Intermezzo is keenly aware of the need for professional management to ensure the successful transition into the professional music field. Each participant receives detailed evaluations as to their current level of development, and will have the opportunity to sing for professional management during the program.
Compare our daily offerings of private voice lessons, vocal coaching, master classes, productions with orchestra and Studio Artist Auditions and we are sure you will agree that while many programs advertise great value, Intermezzo actually provides it.
OPERA STUDIO ARTIST
The opera studio is designed to prepare career level singers for the rigors of the professional stage, as well as younger singers that are considering a career on the operatic and concert stage. Participants sing principal, featured and supporting roles in productions with orchestra, receive private lessons, vocal coaching, and participate in master classes by visiting professional artists.
MUSCAL THEATRE STUDIO ARTIST
This rigorous program is designed to provide the participant with the advanced training necessary to transition into the professional world of musical theatre. Participants perform in main stage musical theatre productions, receive private voice lessons, repertoire coaching, and participate in daily classes in dance and acting. Special attention is given to the audition process with audition training workshops and master classes by Intermezzo Faculty and visiting professional artists.
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PROGRAM
The Intermezzo Festival Orchestra is a tuition free program that provides a unique performance opportunity for a select group of talented players to perform operatic and musical theatre repertoire under the direction of internationally renowned conductors. Recent conductors have included J. David Jackson (Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra National de Paris), David Miller (Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels), Willie Anthony Waters (San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Cologne Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin), Steven Crawford (Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera), Broadway conductor Dan Gettinger (Manhattan School of Music, Opera Tampa), and Steven Osgood (New York City Opera, American Opera Project, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera).
The Intermezzo Festival Orchestra maintains a busy performance schedule that introduces participants to a wide range of literature. Additional opportunities include master classes by visiting professional artists.
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine
"INTERMEZZO TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON"
PORTLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
June 21 – July 18, 2010, Portland, Maine
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE & TICKETS SALES
CABARET EVENINGS - RUSH TICKETS $10 AT THE DOOR
JULY 1, 2, 7 ,9 - 8:00 PM - PORT CITY MUSIC HALL - Downtown Portland
John Coffey, Music Director
Four wonderful evenings of Broadway and Cabaret music performed by the Intermezzo Young Artists at the Port City Music Hall in Portland's Historic Arts Distric. Tickets are availabe from $20 - $40 (discounts of 10% for purchasing two or more shows) by calling the Port City Music Hall Box Office at 207-899-4990 or online at http://www.portcitymusichall.com/events.
BROADWAY STAR CRAIG SCHULMAN - IN CONCERT
JULY 10 - 8:00 - MERRILL AUDITORIUM - Downtown Portland
This event will feature one of Broadway's greatest stars, Craig Schulman in a gala concert featuring songs from the Broadway stage at the historic Merrill Auditorium in downtown Portland. Ticket are available from $35 - $45 at the Merrill Auditorium or online through PortTIX at https://tickets.porttix.com/public/. All ticket sales for this event support the Intermezzo Scholarship Fund.
Craig Schulman is the only actor in the United States to have portrayed three of the greatest musical theatre roles: the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, and the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. He has portrayed Jean Valjean in four different companies in three countries for a total of over 1,900 performances. Widely recognized from the PBS broadcast of The 10th Anniversary: Les Misérables In Concert; he has also played Che in Evita, Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, and Archibald in The Secret Garden. He has sung on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, NBC Weekend Today and Guiding Light, and was heard as the voices of "Placido Domingo" and "Luciano Pavarotti" on MTV's Claymation Celebrity Death Match, which aired in June, 1999. He is the creator and producer of the BROADWAY NIGHTS™ Concert Series, and two solo programs: HEROES, MONSTERS & MADMEN™ and CRAIG SCHULMAN ON BROADWAY™.
INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim
JULY 15, 17 - 8:00 - WESTBROOK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Dan Gettinger, Conductor/Music Director - Henry Fonte, Stage Director
In Stephen Sondheim's setting of Into The Woods the characters set out to achieve their goal of living "Happily Ever After" through familiar routes - Cinderella goes to the Ball and captures the heart of Prince Charming, Jack climbs the Beanstalk and finds a land of Giants and Gold, Little Red Riding Hood survives her clash with the wolf at Grandma's house, and Rapunzel manages to escape her tower with the aid of a handsome prince who climbs her long hair. Soon however, the characters have to deal with the consequences that traditional fairy tales conveniently ignore. What does one do with a dead Giant in the back yard? Does marrying a Prince really lead to a happy and fulfilling life? Is carving up the wolf the solution? Is the Giant always wrong? This masterword of the Broadway stage is sure to be enjoyed by the entire family.
Ticket are available from $27 - $35 at the Merrill Auditorium Box Office or online through PortTIX at https://tickets.porttix.com/public/.
THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Benjamin Britten
JULY 14 - 8:00, JULY 16 - 3:00 - WESTBROOK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Jorge Parodi, Conductor/Music Director – Robin Blauers, Stage Director
Regarded by many as the finest of all his stage-works, The Turn of the Screw, Britten’s final chamber opera, was written in the incredibly short period of just four months in 1954. The work is based on the novel of the same name by Henry James which Britten had known for many years: a tale of good versus evil, natural versus the supernatural, possession and exorcism, set within the domestic proprieties of the Essex country house of Bly. Above all, Britten’s favourite theme of the corruption of innocence must have attracted him more than any other.
Ticket are available for $25 at the Merrill Auditorium Box Office or online through PortTIX at https://tickets.porttix.com/public/.
ALBERT HERRING By Benjamin Britten
JULY 16 - 8:00, JULY 17 - 3:00 - WESTBROOK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
J. David Jackson, Conductor/Music Director – Eric Dillner, Stage Director
Albert Herring is a comic opera set in the imaginary East Suffolk town of Loxford at the turn of the 20th century. The score contains some of Britten’s wittiest musical invention and his gifts for parody and caricature, already evident in Peter Grimes, are given full reign. However, the work is far from being mere farce: Albert is a sympathetic and credible figure who, tied to his mother’s apron-strings and frustrated by small-town pieties, embarks on a debauched ‘rake’s progress’, a theme fully in keeping with the composer’s favourite subject of the loss of innocence. This production is sure to be enjoyed by the entire family!
Ticket are available from $27 - $35 at the Merrill Auditorium Box Office or online through PortTIX at https://tickets.porttix.com/public/.