Andrea DelGiudice, Artistic Director

Andrea hails from Europe and New York City where she flourished in an international opera career. She has been seen throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Italy in the title roles in Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Cavalleria Rusticana, Otello, I Pagliacci, and the Tales of Hoffman alongside such international artists as Placido Domingo, Johan Botha, Sherill Milnes, and Nicolai Martinucci.

National and international venues include Edmonton Opera, Munich State Opera, Scottish National Opera, Belfast Opera, Opera Bonn under the direction of Gian Carlo Delmonaco, RAI Television in Rome Italy, Austin Lyric Opera, DiCapo Opera Theater, Arizona Opera, and Orlando Opera.

Andrea is a frequent concert soloist at Jordan Hall as well as WGBH’s “Morning Classics” in Boston in collaboration with international conductor and clarinetist; Jonathan Cohler in seldom performed works such as Simon Sargon’s “Shema”. The most recent performance was the 2005 Brockton Symphony Orchestra’s All Strauss Concert in her “exquisite performance” of the “Four Last Songs”. Miss DelGiudice’s new CD “Live Performances” has recently been released.

Andrea’s diverse talents led to numerous recording contracts in Rome, Italy including feature film recordings for Walt Disney/Buena Vista, RAI television, and featured soloist in Robert Redford’s Sundance Films with Italian composer Riz Ortolani.

The DelGiudice Voice Studio in Easton, MA and New York City offers voice instruction incorporating Andrea's diverse knowledge of the operatic and musical theater repertoire. The studio consists of both Professional opera singers and those in the musical theater field. Andrea is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and a member of the Voice Faculty at Dean College and Eastern Nazarene College. Andrea serves as Artistic Advisor and Voice Faculty at the Tuscia Opera Festival in Viterbo, Italy. She is also an accomplished pianist.

Ms. DelGiudice serves as founder and Artistic Director of The DelGiudice Vocal Arts Academy in Easton MA. DelGiudice Vocal Arts offers conservatory level vocal instruction with a focus in classical study. DelGiudice Vocal Arts annual opera production combines professional artists with children in full -scale opera productions with chamber orchestra as part of a full season of performances.

DelGiudice Vocal Arts prepares students for college and conservatory entry in either classical voice to musical theater with a vigorous yearly program of private instruction, music theory, and performance choir.

Ms. DelGiudice also served as founder and Artistic Director of the Operatunity Performing Arts Center since 1997. Operatunity Outreach was at the center of this vital program offering classical music training to merited in need students from underserved communities.

Andrea also served as Music Director at Stonehill College, Buckley Performing Arts Center and the Wang Center’s Suskind Young at Arts in Boston. Miss DelGiudice is also an accomplished pianist.

Andrea Lara, Junior Voice Studio/Preparatory Choir & Theory

Rising soprano Andrea Lara is gaining acclaim for her focused portrayal of opera heroines. With her rich steely soprano, she is equally at home in operatic roles and concert work. She recently returned from Washington D.C. where she performed scenes from I Pagliacci at The State Department for the Australian State Dinner. Ms. Lara's 2010 spring season was spent in Wchita Grand Opera and St. Petersburg Opera where she covered the role of Micaela in Carmen for both companies. Ms. Lara is a native of California and currently resides in the Boston area. She has a bachelor of music and a master's degree from New England Conservatory and University of Missouri. Andrea is a voice student of Andrea DelGiudice.

Giovanni Longo

Mr. Longo is an up and coming opera coach and collaborative pianist currently serves as Pianist / Assistant music director / Vocal coach at Sarasota Opera, DiCapo Opera Theater in New York City and the Tuscia Opera Festival in Viterbo, Italy. Recent and future productions include La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni, The Crucible, La Cenerentola, and Massenet’s Cendrillon.

Giovanni will be the featured orchestra pianist for the National Tour of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess with PAB tours in Montreal, Toronto and Boston in Spring 2011.

Mr. Longo is fluent in French, Italian (original language) and English. His teachers include Richard Raymond, John DiCostanzo, Michael McMahon, Patrick Hansen and Sara Laimon.

Mr. Longo is from Montreal, Canada. He holds a Bachelors and masters degree in piano performance from McGill University. He currently resides in Boston where he has a private studio and serves as coaching faculty at Dean College in Franklin MA.

Elaine Smith Purcell, Vocal coach, collaborative Pianist

Collaborative Pianist and Vocal Coach, Elaine Smith Purcell has had a life long love of vocal repertoire and languages. Elaine has studied vocal coaching and accompanying with Warren Jones at the Manhattan School of Music, where she later joined the coaching staff. Ms. Purcell is also an alumna of the prestigious Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara California. Elaine has worked in Italy for three summers serving as Head Coach for the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Italy,The International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy and Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy. She has worked on opera productions at Des Moines Metro Opera Company, Aspen Opera Theater Center, New England Conservatory and Miami University, Ohio.

Ms. Purcell has taught American and British diction at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. An aspiring conductor, she has served as Chorus Master with the Bronx Opera Company,and conductor of Operatunity’s 2006 & 2007 children’s opera productions of Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel and Britten’s Noyes Fludde. The New York Times reviewed her work as, "Excellent and committed," and The New York Post praised her chorus for being "Lusty and well disciplined."

Elaine is currently Voice Coach and repertoire instructor at Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts in Natick, MA and the DelGiudice Vocal Arts Academy and is on the Voice Faculty at Salem State College. Coaching sessions can be booked for her Newton, MA studio or in Natick, MA. Please contact Elaine at Purcellboston@aol.com or 617.939.3297

Caitlin McKay Goldman, summer voice faculty

Caitlin is a professional singer and music educator. A graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, she holds a double Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Music Education and a Masters degree in Education from Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning Division. Caitlin has performed opera and theatre locally with Operatunity Performing Arts Center, Longwood Opera, Bay Colony Productions and with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, to name a few. Caitlin is a vocal student of Andrea DelGiudice of the DelGiudice Professional Voice Studio In Easton, Ma.

Favorite operatic roles include Sandman / Dewfairy in Hansel and Gretel, Lady 2 in The Magic Flute and Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte. Musical theatre credits include Eliza in My Fair Lady, Sarah in Guys and Dolls, Maria in The Sound of Music, Tuptim and Anna in The King and I and Emma in Jekyll and Hyde. Caitlin teaches music, chorus and drama in the Westwood Public Schools and is an ‘in demand’ private vocal instructor as well. Caitlin is a Master Vocal Teacher and Leadership Director for Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts (formerly the Britney Spears Camp), a non-profit organization devoted to providing teens a no-cost opportunity to discover themselves and their potential through the Arts.

Heather Kirby

An award-winning music teacher currently teaching PreK-5 music in the Dedham Public Schools. In addition to teaching children, she also mentors new teachers and pre-teachers through providing observation opportunities and acting as a cooperating teacher. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (1992, BM, cum laude) and Temple University (2005, MM, Phi Kappa Lambda), she also holds Level 2 Certification with the Kodály Music Institute at New England Conservatory and is a faculty member of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. She is a member of ECMMA (Early Childhood Music and Movement Association), GIML (Gordon Institute for Music Learning), NEAOSA (New England Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association), and SGMM (Society for General Music in Massachusetts). Heather assists her music director husband at Holy Family Parish in Rockland where she also cantors. When she’s not teaching or singing, she is reading, writing, or playing her new found love, the cello.

Daniel B. Kozar, Costume Design

Daniel is Costume Designer in Residence at DelGiudice Vocal Arts Academy and Adjunct Instructor at Dean College in Franklin, MA. Since leaving a career in the Fashion Industry, some seven years ago, Daniel has costumed/wardrobed over 125 Theatrical, Film , and Television Productions.

Anthony Cutillo, Administrative Assistant

Anthony Cutillo is a sophmore at Mansfield High School and has been part of the DVAA company since 2009. Anthony has worked extensively in theater for 4 years, choreographing productions for various youth theater companies across north eastern MA, and taking part in several as well. Some of Anthony's favorite credits include the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance, and Billy Crocker in Anything Goes. Last summer, Anthony traveled to Viterbo, Italy for the month of July to study music at Tuscia Opera Festival, and this summer will be in the ensemble of the Magic Flute in Viterbo. Anthony is currently a student of Andrea DelGiudice for voice.

Lindsay Tanguay, administrative assistant

Lindsay is a senior at Brockton High School has been an outreach student since the age of 8 when she began her studies through the Operatunity Outreach program in the Brockton public schools. Lindsay joins the DelGiudice Vocal Arts Academy and Studios after three years of interning and performing with Operatunity and two years of assistant teaching and stage-managing. Productions include operas Hansel and Gretel, Noyes Fludde, The Magic Flute, Cinderella, and The Little Prince. Musicals include Seussical, Damn Yankees, Anything Goes, Bye Bye Birdie, and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Lindsay has spent the last two summers working as Andrea’s assistant in Italy for the Tuscia Operafestival. Lindsay is very excited about working with Andrea and the DelGiudice Vocal Arts Academy and Studios.

JAMES HAY, Collaborative pianist

MICHAEL CAPASSO, DICAPO OPERA THEATER, NYC, Master classes

JOHN MARIO DICOSTANZO, Vocal Coach, NYC

STEFANO VIGNATI, Artistic Director Tuscia Opera Festival, Italy