Olga Bezsmertna & Rafał Siwek

We would like to invite you to participate in a unique Masterclass Workshop with Olga Bezsmertna ☞ and Rafal Siwek ☞ , which will take place from 10-16 July 2025 as part of the 3rd Edition of the Baltic Opera Festival. This is a unique opportunity to work under the guidance of renowned soloists from international opera stages. The workshop is designed for professional singers, art students (especially vocal students), and vocally advanced amateurs.

• During the Workshop with Olga Bezsmertna, participants will work on opera repertoire including works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi, as well as selected works from the Slavic music canon, including compositions by Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák and Karol Szymanowski
• Rafał Siwek will lead a workshop devoted to vocal repertoire covering the period from Classicism to late Romanticism. Participants will have the opportunity to work on opera arias, solo scenes and art songs from this period

The workshop will conclude with a final concert to be held on 16 July 2025 at St John’s Church in Gdansk. It will be performed by Olga Bezsmertna, Rafał Siwek and selected participants of the workshop. The concert is one of the events of the Baltic Opera Festival and will be a kind of culmination of a week of intensive artistic work.

Recruitment is open until 15 June 2025. Applications should be sent via the form available at:

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Detailed information on the recruitment rules, conditions of participation, fees, schedule and the course of the Workshop can be found in the Rules of Procedure

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Accommodation. The recommended accommodation for Workshop participants are the Student Houses of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk:

• Student House ‘Four Seasons’, 15 A Waling Square Street, 80-819 Gdańsk
• Student House ‘Sonata’, 1-2 Łąkowa Street, 80-743 Gdańsk (on the AM campus)

Workshop participants can take advantage of a 20% discount on accommodation. Additionally, it is possible to purchase breakfast and lunch at special prices in the Harmonia restaurant on the premises of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk campus.

In matters related to booking accommodation, please contact Jolanta Sikorska, manager of the Student Residence at 58 300 92 61.

Tickets for the final concert are now on sale.