THE OPERA ATELIER, INC.
MIAMI, FLORIDA

Our organization represents a synthesis of different disciplines. Two of our founding board members have ample experience in opera as performers, musicians, and producers, while the other two have a strong background in management, organizational development and psychoanalysis, among other disciplines. The opera Atelier was born out of the synergy generated by this meeting of minds across many disciplines in an indefatigable pursuit of excellence. Opera singers, in order to be successful, need to master an ample variety of skills. We saw the need for a new type of alternative comprehensive training that encompasses those different skills in a practical way, after the model of the Renaissance atelier. This translates into a safe, nurturing non-restrictive learning environment that allows for demonstration, practice, try-out, self-correction and immediate feedback. The artists are assigned progressively more demanding tasks, with professional support and guidance in a no-nonsense, hands-on approach. Skills develop naturally in a rich environment that provides stimulation for growth, and allows for intellectual and artistic dialogue to take place within an interactive creative space. Through our extensive work with singers in different capacities, (as performers, teachers, coaches, agents, etc) we came to realize that the work of the singer goes beyond the technical aspects, as they must often surmount emotional and psychological obstacles that block their path and impede their progress. Through the insight of our learned colleagues on the board, and thanks to their vision and expertise, we were able to assemble a multidisciplinary team with strengths in vocal performance, acting, musical preparation, modern languages, diction, stage direction, set design and visual arts, and extending to such disciplines as artist management, psychoanalysis, anthropology, literature, pedagogy, mathematics, philosophy, organizational development, management, and law. In parallel to the synergy at the basis of our organization, we see opera as a complex, synthetic art form rooted in the humanistic tradition, to be preserved for the coming generations. We come into a rich tradition of great social value, and the artists who master it may and should later make a contribution to its development. Our organization represents a synthesis of different disciplines. Two of our founding board members have ample experience in opera as performers, musicians, and producers, while the other two have a strong background in management, organizational development and psychoanalysis, among other disciplines. The opera Atelier was born out of the synergy generated by this meeting of minds across many disciplines in an indefatigable pursuit of excellence. Opera singers, in order to be successful, need to master an ample variety of skills. We saw the need for a new type of alternative comprehensive training that encompasses those different skills in a practical way, after the model of the Renaissance atelier. This translates into a safe, nurturing non-restrictive learning environment that allows for demonstration, practice, try-out, self-correction and immediate feedback. The artists are assigned progressively more demanding tasks, with professional support and guidance in a no-nonsense, hands-on approach. Skills develop naturally in a rich environment that provides stimulation for growth, and allows for intellectual and artistic dialogue to take place within an interactive creative space. Through our extensive work with singers in different capacities, (as performers, teachers, coaches, agents, etc) we came to realize that the work of the singer goes beyond the technical aspects, as they must often surmount emotional and psychological obstacles that block their path and impede their progress. Through the insight of our learned colleagues on the board, and thanks to their vision and expertise, we were able to assemble a multidisciplinary team with strengths in vocal performance, acting, musical preparation, modern languages, diction, stage direction, set design and visual arts, and extending to such disciplines as artist management, psychoanalysis, anthropology, literature, pedagogy, mathematics, philosophy, organizational development, management, and law. In parallel to the synergy at the basis of our organization, we see opera as a complex, synthetic art form rooted in the humanistic tradition, to be preserved for the coming generations. We come into a rich tradition of great social value, and the artists who master it may and should later make a contribution to its development. Our organization represents a synthesis of different disciplines. Two of our founding board members have ample experience in opera as performers, musicians, and producers, while the other two have a strong background in management, organizational development and psychoanalysis, among other disciplines. The opera Atelier was born out of the synergy generated by this meeting of minds across many disciplines in an indefatigable pursuit of excellence. Opera singers, in order to be successful, need to master an ample variety of skills. We saw the need for a new type of alternative comprehensive training that encompasses those different skills in a practical way, after the model of the Renaissance atelier. This translates into a safe, nurturing non-restrictive learning environment that allows for demonstration, practice, try-out, self-correction and immediate feedback. The artists are assigned progressively more demanding tasks, with professional support and guidance in a no-nonsense, hands-on approach. Skills develop naturally in a rich environment that provides stimulation for growth, and allows for intellectual and artistic dialogue to take place within an interactive creative space. Through our extensive work with singers in different capacities, (as performers, teachers, coaches, agents, etc) we came to realize that the work of the singer goes beyond the technical aspects, as they must often surmount emotional and psychological obstacles that block their path and impede their progress. Through the insight of our learned colleagues on the board, and thanks to their vision and expertise, we were able to assemble a multidisciplinary team with strengths in vocal performance, acting, musical preparation, modern languages, diction, stage direction, set design and visual arts, and extending to such disciplines as artist management, psychoanalysis, anthropology, literature, pedagogy, mathematics, philosophy, organizational development, management, and law. In parallel to the synergy at the basis of our organization, we see opera as a complex, synthetic art form rooted in the humanistic tradition, to be preserved for the coming generations. We come into a rich tradition of great social value, and the artists who master it may and should later make a contribution to its development.