Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Sarada Durada


The Cardiff International Academy of Voice was established by Cardiff University and under the directorship of its founder, Welsh tenor Dennis O'Neill CBE to provide advanced voice, music and drama coaching to young professional opera singers from all over the world in the early stages of their careers.The Academy opened in January 2007 with its first intake of students on year-long courses which began in the Autumn of each year from 2008 to 2009. The courses involved 30 weeks of instruction via individual coaching and master classes as well as student participation in the Opera Barga and Wexford festivals. All vocal recitals by the Academy's students and many of its master classes have been open to the public. The Academy's many notable visiting instructors have included Carlo Rizzi, Antonio Pappano, Richard Bonynge, Della Jones, Rebecca Evans, Ileana Cotrubas, Dame Anne Evans and Sir Jonathan Miller.