2021 Virtual Festival | Young Artists Training Program: Cultivating the Next Generation

The BEMF Young Artists Training Program nurtures talented young singers and dancers through training and performance opportunities, offering promising artists a chance to explore Baroque opera-making at a highly professional level. During this one-hour documentary hosted by Gilbert Blin, BEMF Opera Director and Founder & Director of the Young Artists Training Program—complete with video excerpts and photographs—meet a selection of graduates of this program, learn more about how this important BEMF initiative has impacted their career, and hear about BEMF’s plans to cultivate the next generation of artists specializing in Early Music. Testimonials will be presented by Alumnae and Alumni: Thomas Albanese, Mindy Ella Chu, Julian Donahue, David Evans, Daniel Fridley, Michael Galvin, Patrick Kilbride, Bradley King, Alex Meeth, Nola Richardson, Megan Stapleton, Sonam Tshedzom Tingkhye, and Mark Watson Williams. Learn more about the Young Artists Training Program at Presented as part of the