(Tickets are still available to oberve from the audience. The 14 student positions are now filled)

Vero Beach Opera and The Emerson Center announce MASTER CLASSES by world class Metropolitan Opera Tenor Marcello Giordani. Opera News writes, "He is, arguably, the greatest leading tenor of his generation."

The Master Classes take place Monday, March 15 and Tuesday March 16, from 10 am to 5 pm each day at The Emerson Center at 1590 27th Avenue in Vero Beach.

To observe from the audience, ticket costs are: For Adults: Two days - $55, One day - $30; For Students: $35 two days, $20 one day; and Luncheon with Marcello tickets- $25. Space is Limited! 

For tickets, call 772-778-5249 or visit www.TheEmersonCenter.org.

Those  attending this two-day event will experience how world famous master opera singer Marcello Giordani listens, instructs and critiques the technique of opera singing. There will be 14 carefully selected and qualified singers to participate in the program. By attending the Master Classes, you will, in essence, hear a recital of operatic works sung by 14 gifted singers and benefit by two days of instructions on vocal production by a famous current master singer.

On the first day, half of the applicants will perform an operatic aria, and the other half will receive instructions, techniques and theory about the art of singing. The second day will reverse the order.

The lessons will highly inform and enlighten those aspiring singers in the general public about the opera singing genre by one of the most celebrated tenors of our days, Marcello Giordani.

The Emerson Center is located at 1590 27th Avenue in Vero Beach, and is at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach.

This event is made possible by a partnership between the Emerson Center and Vero Beach Opera to benefit the Deborah Voigt/Vero Beach Opera Foundation's Protégée Mentoring Program.