Technique of the maestro collaboratore and performance practice
Umberto Finazzi, maestro accompagnatore, professor of performance practice and theatre repertoire at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, creator and musical director of the Opera Studio Ticino Musica
- From the orchestral score to the singing/piano score to the piano realization
- Technical, stylistic, philological, interpretative and "traditional" aspects
- The preparation of singers for opera roles or recitals; piano accompaniment in singing recitals
Master prompter technique
Dante Mazzola, conductor, former master prompter at the Teatro alla Scala
- Conducting technique and practice
- The role and technique of the maestro suggeritore, from rehearsals of the singing company in the auditorium to rehearsals on stage and in recital; assistance to the conductor
- Selected works or pieces from the core operatic repertoire from Mozart to Puccini
Technique of the hall pianist
Beatrice Benzi, Paolo Spadaro Munitto, Maestro collaboratore of Teatro alla Scala
- From the orchestra score to the singing/piano score to the piano realization
- The practice of the maestro collaboratore di sala in the theatre: preparing singers for roles, rehearsing the singing company, assisting the conductor, accompanying auditions
- Piano accompaniment in singing recitals of the Italian and French repertoire
German opera repertoire
James Vaughan, first maestro di sala at La Scala Theatre
- From the orchestral score to the singing/piano score to the piano realization in arias and pieces from the German opera repertoire from Mozart to Richard Strauss
- The practice of the maestro collaboratore di sala in the theatre: preparing singers for roles, rehearsing the singing company, assisting the conductor, accompanying auditions
- Piano accompaniment in singing recitals
Elements of conducting - Stage band conducting technique
Bruno Nicoli, conductor, director of musical ensembles at La Scala Theatre
- Conducting technique and practice
- The stage musical ensemble (band), from rehearsals in the auditorium to conducting on stage
- Works or selected pieces from the fundamental opera repertoire from Mozart to Puccini
