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The Opera Academy of California – June 26, 2013

Please note special timeYefim Maizel will work one on one with talented singers from OACs Emerging Singer Program in an educational performance experience. With an emphasis on character, emotion, movement and staging, Mr. Maizel will guide singers to the ultimate theatrical expression of arias from the greatest opera repertoire. Yefim Maizel has directed and assisted in the former Soviet Union, in Europe, in Japan and in the U.S. at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera, Mariinsky Opera, Wexford Opera Festival, Saito Kinen Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Pacific, Michigan Opera Theater and Opera Santa Barbara. Since 1999 Yefim Maizel has been engaged as a Guest stage Director at the Metropolitan Opera, where for many seasons he directed Madama Butterfly (Puccini) – with Placido Domingo conducting in 2004. He has assisted on productions of Il Trovatore (Verdi), Manon (Massenet), Idomeneo (Mozart), Don Carlo (Verdi), Elektra (Strauss), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart), Otello (Verdi), The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) and Das Rheingold (Wagner). In 2005, Mr. Maizel established the Opera Academy of California where he serves as CEO, Artistic Director and Stage Director.

Old First Concerts has volunteer opportunities available!

Our concerts rely on the generosity of volunteers to assist with simple tasks like:

ushering

distributing programs

box office

set-up and clean-up

Scheduling is flexible — you choose when to work! We especially need helping hands for our Friday and Saturday night performances.

An excellent opportunity for students, seniors, or anyone who possesses a love for music!

If you’d like to consider volunteering with Old First Concerts, please contact curtishuth@oldfirstconcerts.org for more information.