Bach-Millennium Music provides the crucial link between advanced training and a professional career. Our unique opera program immerses singers, conductors, and collaborative pianists in daily work with a resident professional orchestra. You will refine your craft through intensive rehearsals, personalized coaching, and master classes, culminating in public performances designed to launch the next stage of your career.
Experience the thrill of performing operatic repertoire with a professional orchestra. Refine your craft through personalized coaching, intensive rehearsals, and multiple performances.
Immerse yourself in an operatic repertoire. Work on your technique. Collaborate with singers and professional orchestra, under expert guidance.
Work with singers and conductors on broad operatic repertoire under the guidance of coaching faculty in a collaborative and productive environment.
Santa Clara University is easily accessible by train — the Santa Clara Caltrain station is directly across the street from campus.
The summer program runs for approximately three weeks, with daily rehearsals, coaching sessions, and master classes. Participants should expect a demanding but rewarding schedule.
Each season features a main-stage opera production along with concert performances. The 2026 season will feature Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, offering diverse roles for all voice types and rich musical material for conductors and coaches. In addition, each singer performs their signature repertoire in concerts.
In residence at Santa Clara University, with additional performances across the San Francisco Bay Area. Participants work within world-class facilities and the vibrant cultural community of Northern California.
