VOCAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE PRACTICE OF CHORAL SINGING

Prof. Christian Starinieri

The Masterclass is aimed at singers and choir directors who will be engaged in a training course consisting of 12 hours of theoretical study and a final test. The course will begin with an introduction on the fundamentals of correct breathing and on the right way to use the breath and the muscle chains that control it, also in vision of long successions of notes and musical phrases to be supported and managed vocally. We will then continue with the study of the pieces chosen for the Master which will then be examined and concerted in line with the introductory part analyzing the phrasing, the use of vowel weights (both that of the vowels and consonant sounds), the juxtaposition of the “winds” and the relationship between “tactus” and the holding of physical and mental energy. Main topics of the Course: Elements of anatomy and physiology Breathing and support or support of the breath Classification of voices The mute and the articulation of sounds Mask, cavity and lunge The problem of diction Importance of reading music SCHEDULES AND LOCATION OF THE COURSE: Venue: Federazione Cori Italiani Chorus Inside – APS Ente Terzo Settore Via Giuseppe Verdi n. 15 – 66100 CHIETI Hours: Saturday 19 March 2022 at 10:00/13:00 15:00/18:00 Sunday 20 March 2022 at 10:00/13:00 15:00/18:00 QUOTA: actual students 50 euro – auditors and choristers 20 euro For information: info@federcori.it

CHRISTIAN STARINIERI placeholder image Born in Chieti, he won the AsLiCo competition and obtained the writing for the role of Figaro in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and made his debut in the theatrical tradition of the Circuito Lirico Lombardo. He boasts numerous productions of Don Pasquale (Malatesta), L’Elisir d’Amore (Belcore) and Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) both in Italy and abroad. In 2005 he sang the part of the baritone soloist of Carmina Burana di C.Orff on the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Pescara Conservatory.He is Fra Melitone in La Forza del Destino in the Teatro Sociale of Rovigo, Goldoni of Livorno, Sociale of Trento, Alighieri of Ravenna, Verdi of Pisa. He is Alcindoro in La Bohème, the Notary in Don Pasquale, Il Sagrestano in Tosca, Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Gianni Schicchi in the role of the interpreter, Colas in Bastien und Bastienne by Mozart at the Mozart Week in Chieti, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola.He is Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni during the Bassano del Grappa Festival 2011. He also has a wide chamber repertoire, Italian and foreign, especially German. Numerous sacred productions, including: Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Durante’s Magnificat and Saint-Saens‘ Christmas Oratorio, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Bach’s Wachet auf, Masciangelo’s Requiem, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. He sings the first performance by the baritone soloist in Luciano Bellini’s Shoah at the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti. He teaches Singing and Diction at the Academy of Music of the Temples of Chieti and is an artistic director of various recitals and artistic productions. It has a wide Italian and foreign repertoire, especially German. Among the last performances: 2013 Sciarrone in Tosca al Verdi di Triete and Sagrestano in Tosca in Bassano del Grappa, Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. 2014 : Baron Douphol in Traviata at the Verdi of Trieste and Bassano; Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Bassano, Medico in Machbeth at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, (tour in Oman) M° Donato Renzetti, directed by Henning Brockhaus; Ben in Menotti’s Il Telefono at the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti. He is currently the director of the Choir of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti.