The International Opera Agency IOA Management, the Bavarian Opera Academy and the Claude Heater Foundation are bringing the "Consultation & Audition" to
San Francisco!
- Cancelled and postponed to fall 2022 -
You are welcome to book either a private consultation session with Kalle Kanttila, the director of the world know opera agency "IOA Management", on April 24th / 25th, or just audition for IOA Management on April 26th.
The consultation is intended for professional opera singers and advanced singing students who need assistance with their breakthrough in their international opera careers. The consultation includes selection of repertoire, internalisation of the aria content, and expression, and also focuses on the most important practical issues related to the preparation process for auditions.
This personal consultation session includes an audition for the opera agency "IOA Management".
IOA Management
"IOA Management" is one of the most influential opera agencies in Europe with offices in Munich & Helsinki. IOA Management does not only work with all German Opera houses but also with important international opera houses such as the Royal Opera Stockholm, Danish Royal Opera, London Covent Garden, Paris National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Glyndebourne Festival, Mariinsky Theater, Opera Tenerife, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opera Lyon, just to name a few. Besides its strong presence in Europe, IOA Management is one of the very few European opera agencies to collaborate also with almost all American opera houses including the New York Metropolitan Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, and Los Angeles Opera, among many others.
Further information on IOA Management: https://www.ioa-management.com/homede.html
Bavarian Opera Academy
The Bavarian Opera Academy is a training centre which was established in Germany by Finnish opera agent Kalle Kanttila. The Bavarian Opera Academy organises monthly workshops for young singing talents. The purpose of these workshops is to build bridges between singers and opera houses, and to assist young singers with their breakthrough in their international opera careers.
BOA workshop participants have so far had the opportunity to audition for directors of the following opera houses: Vienna State Opera, Opera Cologne, Berlin State Opera, Opera Dortmund, Opera Leipzig, Danish Royal Opera, Volksoper Wien, Weimar National Theater, Semperoper Dresden, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Hannover, State Opera Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, State Opera Nuremberg, Bavarian State Opera and the opera houses of Essen, Heidelberg, Bonn and Basel.
Further information on Bavarian Opera Academy: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de
AGENT
Mr. Kalle Kanttila, Director of IOA Management & Director of the Bavarian Opera Academy
Further information on Kalle Kanttila: https://www.ioa-management.com/about-us.html
In cooperation with the Claude Heater Foundation
Further information on the Claude Heater Foundation: https://www.claudeheaterfoundation.org
SCHEDULE FOR THE CONSULTATION
October 22nd or October 23rd
Time: October 22nd or April 23rd
Place: Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, (415) 346-1720
Venue: Sanctuary
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/7ND9R9TunSC2
Lesson: 1 x private consultation session (à 30 min) with Kalle Kanttila + accompanist
- participants are allowed to observe each other's sessions
Price: $100 (pianist included)
SCHEDULE FOR THE AUDITION
Audition for IOA Management on October 24th 2020 :
(for singers who don't participate in the consultation session on October 22nd or 23rd)
Time: Saturday, October 24th from 11:00 to 19:00
Place: Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, (415) 346-1720
Venue: Sanctuary
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/7ND9R9TunSC2
Price: $60 (pianist included)
Attention!! We select the participants for this consultation & audition only via an application process which should include your biography, photo & a current audio or video recording!
What our participants say:
https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/reviews.html
Some latest news of our participants:
https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/news.html
The consultation is intended for professional opera singers and advanced singing students who need assistance with their breakthrough in their international opera careers. The consultation includes selection of repertoire, internalisation of the aria content, and expression, and also focuses on the most important practical issues related to the preparation process for auditions.
This personal consultation session includes an audition for the opera agency "IOA Management".
IOA Management
"IOA Management" is one of the most influential opera agencies in Europe with offices in Munich & Helsinki. IOA Management does not only work with all German Opera houses but also with important international opera houses such as the Royal Opera Stockholm, Danish Royal Opera, London Covent Garden, Paris National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Glyndebourne Festival, Mariinsky Theater, Opera Tenerife, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opera Lyon, just to name a few. Besides its strong presence in Europe, IOA Management is one of the very few European opera agencies to collaborate also with almost all American opera houses including the New York Metropolitan Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, and Los Angeles Opera, among many others.
Further information on IOA Management: https://www.ioa-management.com/homede.html
Bavarian Opera Academy
The Bavarian Opera Academy is a training centre which was established in Germany by Finnish opera agent Kalle Kanttila. The Bavarian Opera Academy organises monthly workshops for young singing talents. The purpose of these workshops is to build bridges between singers and opera houses, and to assist young singers with their breakthrough in their international opera careers.
BOA workshop participants have so far had the opportunity to audition for directors of the following opera houses: Vienna State Opera, Opera Cologne, Berlin State Opera, Opera Dortmund, Opera Leipzig, Danish Royal Opera, Volksoper Wien, Weimar National Theater, Semperoper Dresden, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Hannover, State Opera Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, State Opera Nuremberg, Bavarian State Opera and the opera houses of Essen, Heidelberg, Bonn and Basel.
Further information on Bavarian Opera Academy: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de
AGENT
Mr. Kalle Kanttila, Director of IOA Management & Director of the Bavarian Opera Academy
Further information on Kalle Kanttila: https://www.ioa-management.com/about-us.html
In cooperation with the Claude Heater Foundation
Further information on the Claude Heater Foundation: https://www.claudeheaterfoundation.org
SCHEDULE FOR THE CONSULTATION
October 22nd or October 23rd
Time: October 22nd or April 23rd
Place: Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, (415) 346-1720
Venue: Sanctuary
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/7ND9R9TunSC2
Lesson: 1 x private consultation session (à 30 min) with Kalle Kanttila + accompanist
- participants are allowed to observe each other's sessions
Price: $100 (pianist included)
SCHEDULE FOR THE AUDITION
Audition for IOA Management on October 24th 2020 :
(for singers who don't participate in the consultation session on October 22nd or 23rd)
Time: Saturday, October 24th from 11:00 to 19:00
Place: Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, (415) 346-1720
Venue: Sanctuary
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/7ND9R9TunSC2
Price: $60 (pianist included)
Attention!! We select the participants for this consultation & audition only via an application process which should include your biography, photo & a current audio or video recording!
What our participants say:
https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/reviews.html
Some latest news of our participants:
https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/news.html
Please email us, should you have any kind of problem with filling in the application form. Here's our email address: [email protected]
The capacity of the workshop & audition is limited. In case of interest, please send the application form as soon as possible!
The capacity of the workshop & audition is limited. In case of interest, please send the application form as soon as possible!
At our audition, organised by IOA Management, in February 2019 at Opera Essen, were representatives from Deutsche Opera am Rhein Düsseldorf, Opera Dortmund, Opera Bonn, State Opera Stuttgart, Opera Lyon, Nederlandse Reisopera, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Semperoper Dresden, Opera Detmold, State Opera Hannover, Opera Graz, Opera St. Gallen, Opera Wuppertal, Opera Koblenz, Bregenz Opera Festival, Oper Freiburg, Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, Opera Cairo (Egypt), Opera Gelsenkirchen, Opera Köln, Bruckner-House Linz, PromFest Pärnu, Estonia, Tartu Opera, Estonia, State Opera Oldenburg, Teatro Coccia di Novara and the producer of the German television channel ZDF.
At our audition, organised by IOA Management, in May 2018 at the Finnish National Opera, were representatives from Finnish National Opera, Estonian National Oper, Danish National Opera (Copenhagen), Opera Erfurt, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Stuttgart, Staatstheater Oldenburg, Opera Tampere, Opera Palermo (Teatro Massimo), Opera Tarto, Opera Magdeburg, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Semperoper Dresden, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
At our audition, organised by IOA Management, in September 2017 at the Bavarian State Opera, were representatives from the Bavarian State Opera, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Finnish National Opera, Salzburg Osterfestspiele, L’Opéra de Lille, Opera Graz, Opera St. Gallen, Opera Klagenfurt, Opera Basel, Opera Bonn, Nationaltheater Weimar, Opera Augsburg, Opera Biel-Solothurn, State Opera Nürnberg, Opera Novara, Italy, Opera Tartu, Estonia, Opera Magdeburg, Opera Malmö, Sweden, Sofia National Opera , Opera Coburg, Opera Regensburg, Volksoper Wien, Opera Trier, Staatstheater München, Opera Bielefeld, Opera Classica Europa, Staufer-Festspiele, State Opera Braunschweig, Gut Immling Opera Festival.