Schedule
October 14, 2025
Pre-Show Talk:
La sonnambula
The Met regularly hosts free pre-performance events at the opera house. These presentations by leading experts and Met staff highlight key musical moments in that evening’s performance while situating the work in operatic history. Each Tuesday Talk takes place in List Hall, and lasts 30 minutes.
Bel Canto:
Style and Substance
October 8, 2025
Each season, the Met’s National Educator Conference brings together teachers and administrators from across the United States for an intensive professional development experience. Derrick offered a lecture/workshop as part of the conference on bel canto skills and the role of the singer as a partner with the composer in ornamentation and variation.
The Show Sessions Vol. XXII: "From Two Worlds"
September 6, 2025
Join us as the award winning, “fearlessly agile” soprano Teresa Castillo sings a portrait of herself in song, exploring her bilingual identity through a brilliantly varied program in English and Spanish alongside her longtime collaborator pianist Derrick Goff.
Bel Canto Boot Camp:
Vocal Vocabulary
August 2025
In collaboration with students, Bel Canto Boot Camp translates the essential vocabulary of bel canto singing into the 12 official languages of South Africa.
Bel Canto Boot Camp:
Residency at Il Poggio Montecastelli
July-August 2025
Inaugural BCBC residency in Tuscany, welcoming singers from around the United States, Europe, Australia, and beyond to work on bel canto skills, learn roles, and more.
Teatro Nuovo
Summer 2025
Maestro del Coro - Macbeth (1847) and La sonnambula
Vocal Instructor/Coach
Italian instructor
