Carnegie Mellon University Masterclass

This class focuses on nailing the first piece at every audition.

With a career spanning four continents, internationally acclaimed baryton-Martin Daniel Teadt is well known for his decades long experience on the recital, concert and operatic stage. Daniel performs major roles throughout the United States and Europe including engagements with New York City Opera, Arizona Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, San Francisco Opera, Anchorage Opera, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Ashlawn Opera Festival, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Central City Opera among many others.

Concert highlights include Grammy Award winning performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, guest appearances with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Akron Symphony, I Pomeriggi Musicale di Milano, Concerto Köln, Riverside Symphonia, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Resonance Works, Bell’Art Ensemble, Het Gelder Orkest, Orquestra Symphonique de Minais Gerais, Conspirare, Canticum Novum and the Orchestras of the San Francisco Opera and Metropolitan Opera.

Recital appearances include the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute, New York Festival of Song, Music In A Great Space Recital Series, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, Pittsburgh Song Collaborative, Lyric Fest of Philadelphia, San Francisco Opera Schwabacher Debut Recital Series as well as venues across the US and Europe. Daniel is a Professor of Voice at Carnegie Mellon University and lectures on English and American Song Literature. Masterclasses and Voice Residencies include major universities and institutions across the United States, Brazil, China and Qatar. Daniel’s recordings include releases from EMI Classics, Navona and Naxos Records. 

Sara Chiesa joined the music faculty of Carnegie Mellon University in Fall 2024. And since 2023, she has been the Head of Collaborative Piano and MD/Pianist with La Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy. Previously, Sara has served on the music faculties of the Wanda Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University; Utah State University in Logan, Utah; and Molloy University in New York City. She has been the Resident Guest Artist Coach at l’Opéra de Montréal, Fort Worth Opera, and Detroit Opera. Some career highlights include four productions of Rigoletto, Orpheus in the Underworld with New Opera Singapore, and the world premiere of Lori Laitman and Leah Lax’s brilliant opera Uncovered at Utah State University. Sara’s coaching students have performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in Film/Television, at the Metropolitan Opera, and at several regional opera houses nationwide.