ࡱ> 796 bjbjVV 4<<  1f#^$9V,,,j,,,,s':,01,,,,8d8,,1 : For Immediate Release: San Francisco June 9, 2011 Press Contact: Katherine Howell, HYPERLINK "mailto:operaacademypr@gmail.com"operaacademyprHYPERLINK "mailto:operaacademypr@gmail.com"@HYPERLINK "mailto:operaacademypr@gmail.com"gmailHYPERLINK "mailto:operaacademypr@gmail.com".HYPERLINK "mailto:operaacademypr@gmail.com"com, 925-518-7848 http://www.opera-academy.com/news.html Old First Concerts and the Opera Academy of California Announce a Master Class with Renowned San Francisco Opera General Director Lotfi Mansouri Monday June 27, 7-10 PM at Old First Church, San Francisco Lotfi Mansouri, world acclaimed opera stage director and general director for the San Francisco Opera, will join the Opera Academy of California to lead select Emerging Singers in a Master Class performance for the entertainment and enlightenment of audiences. Brilliant singers from around the country will present some of the best known works from the opera repertoire and receive performance technique and presentation guidance from one of the worlds foremost experts on stage craft in opera. In 1988, Lotfi Mansouri was named general director of San Francisco Opera. He has directed over 60 productions for the Company. Mr. Mansouri has worked as guest director at various houses in Italy, including Milan's La Scala. He has also worked at major opera houses in cities throughout North America, including Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Tulsa, San Diego, Dallas and in New York at both Metropolitan Opera and City Opera. He also directed for seven consecutive seasons at Santa Fe Opera. In 1971, he was appointed artistic adviser to the Minister of Culture of Iran where he helped to organize Tehran Opera and staged productions through 1975. The Opera Academy of California is honored to launch the first summer of its Emerging Artist Program with an inspiring collaboration with the Old First Concerts Series. In the visually stunning and acoustically well balanced venue of the Old First Church, Emerging Artist from The Opera Academy program will perform in seven master classes with world renowned opera directors, singers, and coaches. Audiences can see masters at work and witness the process of the emerging artist improving in performance right on the stage. Artists will also present collections of operas finest Arias in three recitals. Works of Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Strauss and more will be performed. Participating Artists represent some of the finest emerging opera talent of the San Francisco Bay Area and the world. 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