2008 Season

Founded by Nancy Stokes-Milnes in June, 1995, the American Singers’ Opera Project, Inc. is a not-for-profit program whose purpose is to educate singers about what it takes to have a career in the field of opera. ASOP’s mission is to encourage an environment in which singers can feel safe to fully explore their talents, and to create performance opportunities for them to showcase these talents. In this, our 14th season, we have moved the workshop to Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a two-week, intensive workshop designed to serve the many singers from the large University community here who are looking into opera as a career. The low cost and not-for-profit status makes the program accessible to everyone.

ASOP provides the benefits of a world-class opera program; without the expense! The workshop will include:

  • Master classes with Nancy Stokes-Milnes, Barbara DeMaio Caprilli and others

  • Stage and Audition Make-Up

  • Preparing a Resume

  • What to look for in a headshot

  • Classes in opera history and great singers of the past and present

  • Movement classes

  • Staged opera scenes chosen expressly for the students in the program not yet ready to perform an entire operatic role

  • Fully staged and costumed "Le Nozze di Figaro" in Italian with English recitatives with at least two casts

  • A recital of staged opera arias for all singers in the program

  • How to decide if you need Management

  • Exposure to professionals involved in all aspects of an operatic career

  • Private coachings with world-famous coaches

  • Mock auditions

  • Participation in an organization that provides ongoing support and networking opportunities for participants

  • Performance opportunities in ASOP-sponsored events for all alumni

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
May 31 to June 14, 2008

LOCATION
Salem College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

CONTACT  INFORMATION
E-mail: info1@asop-inc.org