Summer Opera School 2023.
The 2023 Summer Opera School, the seventh in a row, was held in Novi Bečej, in cooperation with the House of Culture of the municipality of Novi Bečej, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia.
The idea for the Summer Opera School arose from many years of pedagogical and stage experience. During their schooling, young singers do not have enough opportunities for getting experience on stage, and their teachers do not have enough space in their curriculum to work with students on all the elements necessary for practicing this profession. For these reasons, we have designed a series of lectures, workshops, concerts and direct introduction to the profession, in order to help them improve and see the profession from different angles.
Our regular and visiting lecturers selflessly shared their knowledge and experience with young colleagues, who have finished the School gaining a lot of knowledge, new skills and experiences. We are especially proud of the atmosphere that prevailed during the stay at the Summer Opera School, mutual trust and new friendships formed.
This summer too, we were honored to host our celebrated conductor, maestro Srboljub Dinić, who held opera master classes with the chosen group of young professionals, which we had the opportunity to see and hear in live performance at the final concert.
This year’s recipient of the scholarship is Nena Đurić, a student of the fourth year of bachelor studies at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, in the class of prof. Katarina Simonović Ivanković, fully justified our trust and we believe that she has a great future ahead of her on the domestic and international opera stages.
The exceptional conditions for our work were provided by our partners and friendly staff of the House of Culture of the municipality of Novi Bečej.
Our lecturers who were responsible for intensive and successful work:
Violeta Pančetović Radaković – Full Professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade,
Nataša Jović Trivić – Principal Opera Artist of the National Theatre in Belgrade,
Dušan Matejić – Expert Associate at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade,
Dragan Stevović – Director of the Museum of the National Theatre in Belgrade,
Natalija Stanković – Stage Directres
With artistic collaboration of exceptional pianists, Dragana Anđelić Bunjac, piano collaborator of the Opera and Theater Madlenianum, Belgrade, and Marko Bogdanović, piano collaborator at the MŠ „Stanković“ in Belgrade.
The guest lecturer of the School this year was Mrs Katarina Jovanović, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.
Svetlana Milutinović, Magdalena Rančić and Matea Trivić were responsible for the great organization, media promotion and marketing.
We wish all the participants of the 2023 Summer Opera School and the participants of maestro Dinić’s master classes good luck in their further training.
See you next year!