Rossi had realized that there was a significant pool of young singers who could benefit from this kind of training and experience during the summer, and he found a supportive environment in Miami Beach. And keeping it going despite challenges like the Covid pandemic (the festival was fully virtual in 2020, returning last season with some of the initial training done virtually) is something of a feat. Starting a new music festival without any kind of institutional support - the festival has no relationship to the New World Symphony or to Florida Grand Opera, though it has rented their facilities in past seasons - might seem wildly ambitious. ‘Das Rheingold’ was performed at the Temple House in Miami Beach on July 16, 2022. I met all the singers, and one day I said, ‘I want to do this!’ I came out with the Wagner program, which launched the institute, and I was able to get benefactors to support it.” Along the way, Rossi became a conductor, studying with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, David Zinman, Robert Spano, and Kurt Masur, among others. Performing Wagner’s music every day and having the best singers in the world right above me, I fell madly in love with it. “With the Wagner operas, we get a lot of rests, so I was able to study the scores in detail - the pit is the best seat in the house for learning a score. As he explained in an interview, “I learned opera playing in the Washington National Opera orchestra,” where he became second trumpet at the age of 22. Rossi, it must be said, is a real modern-day impresario. This is believed to be the opera’s Miami premiere.ĭuring the eight-week session,participants get private voice lessons, master classes, movement coaching, and performance opportunities in the festival’s fully staged operas (four this summer: Das Rheingold, Carmen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo ) and in various concerts.
MIAMI - Das Rheingold arrived at Miami Beach on July 16 in an innovative production by the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (aka Miami Music Festival), a training program for young singers and orchestral musicians founded in 2014 by Michael Rossi, a charismatic and tenacious young musician who serves as the festival’s artistic director and conductor. Michael Rossi conducting the Miami Beach Festival production of ‘Das Rheingold.’ (Photos by / Mitchell Zachs)
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