ORFEOWANTS YOU!
ORFEO WANTS YOU! is a project created by La Lira to offer young artists the opportunity to attend singing and instrumental masterclasses with key performers of the repertoire.
An opportunity to participate in meetings and workshops, interacting with leading figures in the international music and cultural scene.
From 24/11 to 27/11 (9:00 - 19:00)
Music Hall at the Cosway Foundation, Piazza Zaninelli 13 - Lodi
FERNANDO OPA CORDEIRO
LYRIC AND BAROQUE SINGING
He began his vocal and musical studies in Lisbon at the Kalouste Gulbenkian Foundation and later in Italy at the Pollini Conservatory of Padua. A finalist at the Belvedere in Vienna, he won the Prima Scrittura Città di Firenze competition in 1994. He has had an intense operatic and concert career in Italy and abroad, where he has performed the most famous roles in the repertoire of Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti. In addition to his commitment to contemporary repertoire, he is constantly involved in concert and oratorio performances. He also records Casimiro Junior's Musica Sacra with the Gulbenklan Orchestra of Lisbon for EMI Classics. Throughout his artistic career, he has collaborated with conductors such as Rota, Mazzola, Renzetti, Aprea, Gibbens, Webb, Malgloire, and de Billy, among others, and with directors such as Carsen, De Tomasi, Scaparro, Cox, Dooner, Miller, Savary, Marchini, Fo, and Krief. For several years, he has dedicated himself deeply to the study and research of the singing voice, successfully training numerous singers currently in their careers. Registration fee: €59 Participation fee: singers: €350 external auditors: €29* *For more information, please email info@laliradiorfeo.it
From 24/11 to 27/11 (9:00 - 19:00)
Church of Santa Chiara Nuova, Via Orfane 12 - Lodi
ELISA CITTERIO
BAROQUE VIOLIN AND ENSEMBLE MUSIC
She completed her musical studies in Brescia, graduating with top marks, cum laude, and special mention in violin and viola. Alongside her traditional study of the repertoire, she explored performance practice from the Baroque to the Romantic period, adopting a historically informed approach with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum Basilensis (Basel), Luigi Mangiocavallo in Rome, and Enrico Onofri. She was selected and won competitions with several symphony orchestras and opera houses in Italy. In 2004, she joined La Scala, where she remained continuously until 2016, when she won the competition for music director of the Tafelmusik Orchestra in Toronto and moved to Canada. She was invited to serve as concertmaster and first violinist by many of the world's leading ensembles for baroque repertoire. From 2017 to 2021, she was busy performing concerts, recordings, teaching, and opera productions. He teaches at numerous institutions, including, notably, the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, where he was invited again the following year to conduct the school's Baroque orchestra. For over three years, he taught alongside Stefano Montanari at the Claudio Abbado Civic School of Music in Milan, and in 2015, he taught Baroque violin at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia. In November 2024, he began teaching Baroque violin and viola at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Registration fee: €59 Participation fee for: Students: €300 Professionals: €350 External auditors: €29* *For more information, please email info@laliradiorfeo.it