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| JANE
BAKKEN KLAVITER Founder Artistic and Executive Director |
| KAREN KELSO Administrative Director |
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| John
H. Haley President |
| Mark
Elyn Vice President |
| Rolf
Liebergesell Treasurer |
| Fran Marley Feinberg |
| David Holloway |
| Elena Ilyin |
| Kenneth Kane |
| James Koenig |
| Lena Marley * |
| César Ulloa |
| Jane Upton |
| * In memoriam |
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| Licia Albanese |
| John Ardoin* |
| Roberto Benaglio* |
| Karen Clauss Cooper |
| Ellen Faull |
| Judith Haddon |
| Håkan Hagegård |
| Barbara Hocher |
| Dimitri Kavrakos |
| Alfredo Kraus* |
| David Lloyd |
| Anna Moffo* |
| Edoardo Müller |
| Leo Nucci |
| Paul Plishka |
| Juan Pons |
| Nicola Rescigno* |
| Gianna Rolandi |
| Lee Schaenen* |
| Frederica von Stade |
| Deborah Voigt |
| Ruth Welting* |
| * In memoriam |
In memory of Luigi Ricci |
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el Canto Institute, founded in 1987 by Metropolitan Opera Prompter and Assistant Conductor Jane Bakken Klaviter, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization whose purpose is to perpetuate, teach and keep alive style and tradition in 19th and 20th Century Italian Opera. These goals are achieved through Summer Programs and Youth Division Summer Programs for singers, coaches and instrumentalists where they are immersed in the study of style and tradition by means of performance classes, private coachings (singers), sectionals (instrumentalists), private voice/instrumental lessons, Italian language classes, lectures, and performances. Instrumentalists will work on both operatic and symphonic repertoire. Florence, the heart of Italy's Tuscany region, is the setting for this program, which is dedicated to the late Maestro Luigi Ricci, Ms. Klaviter's long time mentor and friend. 