PSN Presto: June 26 – July 5, 2025

In 2025 PSN will present a new ten day festival, PSN Presto! offering a unique opportunity for young artists with limited time, culminating in a captivating production of Suor Angelica (Puccini).

The PSN Presto! festival will offer classes in acting, coaching, extensive staging of the opera, performed in full costume and with orchestra at the beautiful Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in Prague—a stunning, atmospheric venue where both Mozart and Haydn worked and that is the second home of the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

PSN Presto! is open to:

Singers, Apprentice Conductors, Apprentice Coaches, Apprentice Stage Directors, Apprentice Technicians and Arts Administrators.

PSN Presto! 2025 will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, ending with two opera performances at the beautiful Church of St. Simon and St. Jude

Prague

Prague

Prague/Praha is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It is the capital of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. It has been a political, musical, cultural, and economic center of Europe for much of its 1,100-year existence.
Church of St. Simon and St. Jude

Church of St. Simon and St. Jude

The Decommissioned Church of St. Simon and St. Jude is a stunning Baroque church in Prague, originally built in the late 17th century. This Church serves as the perfect backdrop to the tragic story of Suor Angelica.

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