IN MARCH, THE CVAI ANNOUNCED THE NOMINATION OF CANADIAN ÉTIENNE DUPUIS AND AUSTRALIAN NICOLE CAR AS CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS OF THE INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR OPERA SINGERS, YOUNG PIANISTS AND CONDUCTORS WHICH WILL RUN FROM JULY 9 TO AUGUST 4, 2023 AT THE UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL.
The Institute was founded in February 2004 and led for the last 20 years by highly respected coach Joan Dornemann, and conductor emeritus Paul Nadler. Both will be back in Montreal this summer while the wind of change also brings a new General Director, baritone and audio producer Marc-Antoine d’Aragon, and an impressive line up of coaches and teachers, many of them invited by Car and Dupuis.
Having closely followed Dupuis and Car’s flourishing careers for the last 15 years, I was surprised they could set aside the time required to handle this new challenge. I wanted to know more about their vision and contacted them in early May. They were in Vienna, where Car was about to make an exciting (and unexpected) role debut as Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s , while Dupuis was caring for their son Noah and preparing for upcoming recitals
