Opera Camp

Maryland Opera camp

July 14 - August 3, 2025

The 2025 Maryland Opera Summer Camp, our 16th year, is a marvelous three weeks of operatic learning and exploration. This year's Opera Camp is conducted entirely in person with seminars and master classes in the morning and lessons and coachings in the afternoons.

Thank you for another great summer of Opera Camp!

We are especially grateful to this year's camp underwriters: The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust and Michael McNamee. Their support of Opera Camp and these talented members of our community helps create a more beautiful and art filled future. Opera Camp remains entirely free to all attendees because of their generosity. Many, many thanks!

Michael McNamee

2025 MARYLAND OPERA CAMPERS

Marlena Althouse

Kylie Carter

Abjini Chattopadhyay

Eliana DeVoe

Tommy Downey

Eliza Fenimore

Ava Grant

Jeremiah Grier

Tyrell Harris

Cailey Jones

Zoe Kuria

Iris Robinson

Kayin Russell-Watson

Svara Shroff

2025 MARYLAND OPERA CAMP FACULTY

James Harp - Camp Director, Opera Repertoire & Coaching Jennifer Blades - Create & Produce

Zach Brecht - Create & Produce

Jason Buckwalter - Camp Coordinator

Kimberly Christie - Voice

Adrienne Kraus Latanishen - Dance & Yoga

Brandon Shaw McKnight - Acting & Improv

2025 MARYLAND OPERA CAMP

MASTER CLASS TEACHERS

Scott Abernethy - Physical Theatre

Nic Berg - Wigs & Make Up

Kelly Curtin - Voice

Joe Delguste - Stage Combat

Carl DuPont - Voice

Nina Evelyn - Voice

Kristina Lambdin - Costumes

Gran Wilson - Voice

Maryland Opera's Summer Camp is an exciting and significant opportunity for talented high school and early college age singers and is completely free of charge to those selected.

This program was first implemented in the summer of 2010 and is highly successful in promoting students’ awareness of opera and the vocal and theatrical arts. Our graduates have gone on to major educational institutions and careers.

Campers receive daily classes in movement/dance, acting/improvisation, and chorus/vocal techniques, in addition to twice weekly yoga sessions. Visiting artists and professionals give classes on all aspects of opera and singing including wigs, make-up, costumes, and stage combat.