International Masterclass

SINGING AS A DYNAMIC SYSTEM: NAVIGATING BETWEEN 2 SEAS: TECHNIQUE-STYLE, TECHNIQUE-DRAMA, TECHNIQUE-SCENE...

"From Monteverdi to Stephen Sondheim" 
How do we go from singing to the scene?
How is a body that sings in stage material organized?
How can this stage material guide us and open us to new technical-vocal resources?
What relationship or commitment do we have to style? Do we have to make technical sacrifices?

We will work based on the student's level and their interests. We will emphasize the Italian, German and French baroque repertoire (17th-18th centuries) by authors such as: Monteverdi, Cavalli, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Handel, Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Lully, Rameau... classical repertoire: Mozart, Gluck, among others. Lied repertoire (in any language) and obviously all this musical theater repertoire from its creation to the present day.

The course will take the form of a Masterclass. Each student will work individually with the teacher as many sessions as they have contracted, and will do so in front of the other students of the course. The sessions will be scheduled at a time agreed between the student and the course coordinator. It is important to attend the maximum number of hours of the course while the other students are working, in order to understand the method and its immediate results. All students will have to prepare one or two pieces of opera from memory in order to work comfortably and freely during the sessions. The chosen pieces must be communicated before the beginning of the course to the coordination in order to make it known in advance to the pianist and the teacher.

The course includes a prior rehearsal with the pianist of the pieces that will be worked on during the course, at a time to be determined and of time proportional to the number of sessions contracted.

Timetable:

13, 14 and 15 from December 2024
Friday from 17h to 21h
Saturday from 17pm to 20pm
Sunday from 10.30am to 14pm and from 16pm to 19pm
Individual work sessions of 30 minutes per student

prices: 

1 session: €145
2 sessions: €260
3 sessions: €365
Listener: €95 the whole course – €50 a day

Participating as an active student allows you to attend all the hours of the course as a listener. The course includes a preliminary rehearsal with the pianist.

The center reserves the right to slightly extend or reduce the schedule depending on the students enrolled in the course.

Coordination: Anna Feu
Pianists: Marc Díaz (principal pianist) and Bibiana Salisi (collaborating pianist) 

Videography and CV by Xavier Sabata

Xavier Sabata studies saxophone at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Barcelona, ​​theatrical interpretation at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, ​​historical singing at ESMUC and a master's degree in Lied at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe. Until 2003, Sabata was on the Catalan theater scene collaborating with companies such as Teatre Lliure, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, but also the smaller Musical or General Elèctrica d'Espectacles. In 2004 Sabata made his debut at the Lyon Opera and from there his professional activity focused on the operatic discipline. In 2005 Sabata was selected by William Christie to participate in the Le jardin des Voix project which took him on a world tour that placed him on the international opera scene. From that moment on, Sabata debuted in the most important opera houses in Europe, but also in the United States and Asia. He is regularly invited to collaborate with orchestras specialized in the most prestigious historicist interpretation, performing concerts around the world. Sabata has recorded a long list of operas and solo CDs, mainly of baroque music, but he also made the first recording of Schubert's Winterreise sung by a countertenor. Sabata is known for his theatrical approach to singing. Despite his commitment and passion for singing, after 28 years of experience on stage, first as an actor and the last 20 years as an opera singer, Sabata faces new horizons such as that of directing operatic stage. Among his professional commitments for this season, it is worth noting his return to the Vienna Opera, his debut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the recording of Monteverdi's Vespers, the presentation of Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire at the Teatro Real de Madrid (conducted and performed by Sabata), the presentation of Schubert's Winterreise in a stage version at the Opera de la Monnaie in Brussels, directed by Rafael Villalobos, a tour of Germany with the Kebyart saxophone quartet or the production from Handel's oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo ed il Disiganno at the Handel Festival in Göttingen. Sabata has been invited to give masterclasses in several European educational organizations such as the Paris Opera, the Hungarian National Opera, the Barcelona Theater Institute, the University of Alcalà de Henares, the Liceu Superior Conservatory, among others