The Marcello Giordani Young Artist Program provides gifted young singers, pianists, and stage directors opportunities to study and perform with leading opera professionals during a 6-week residency at the Crested Butte Music Festival. Begun in 2008, the program has grown from 35 to over 400 applicants each year, who compete for the 10-12 apprentice positions. In 2013, participants will undergo a rigorous training program that includes 40 hours per week of vocal and dramatic instruction along with dance and fitness training. Students will perform roles in the festival's production of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," collaborate on a double-bill with the Opera Children's Chorus, present an evening of opera scenes, perform in concert with the Festival Symphony Orchestra and sing in public masterclasses given by tenor Marcello Giordani, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and dramaturg Cori Ellison. The program's faculty, listed below, brings years of expertise and insight to the intense six-week period, helping ensure the operatic arts continue to be passed on to a new generation of operatic talent.

	Keith Miller, program director   Crested Butte Music Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Washington National, Florida Grand Opera
	Joshua Borths,  stage director   Michigan Opera Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Festival della Valle d'Itria, Canadian Operatic Arts Academy, Crested Butte Music Festival
	Ned Canty, stage director   Opera Memphis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company

	Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano   Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera
	Cori Ellison, guest masterclass   Glyndebourne Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Washington National Opera, Verbier Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago
	Linda Gelinas, dance and choreography   Joffrey Ballet School, Chautauqua, Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey Ballet, STEPS on Broadway

	Marcello Giordani, special guest artist and masterclass    Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House, Grand Teatre del Liceu, San Francisco Opera, Wiener Staatsoper
	Caren Levine, master vocal coach   Metropolitan Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Tanglewood Music Festival, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Los Angeles Philharmonic
	Bradley Moore, master vocal coach    Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Opéra National de Paris, Canadian Opera Company, Los Angeles Opera

	A. Scott Parry, stage director   New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, New England Conservatory, Ohio State and Indiana Universities
	David Stern, conductor   Israel Opera, Opera Fuoco, Theater St. Gallen, English National Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Hong Kong Opera