Marianne Cornetti, Cabot native and Knoch High School alumna, will teach a master class Friday at Slippery Rock University. She also supports a scholarship at the university.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Marianne Cornetti, an internationally renowned opera singer who supports a scholarship at Slippery Rock University, will teach a master class on Friday at SRU.

The public may observe her coaching seven student vocalists from 3 to 6 p.m. in Swope Recital Hall.

Student performers will include Anna Cypher, a vocal performance major from Evans City; Brian Mueller, a vocal performance major from Valencia; Nyomin Buhler, a music education major from Slippery Rock; and Trevor Greenfield, a music education major from Grove City.

In 2005, Cornetti performed a benefit concert at SRU to support the Marianne Cornetti Scholarship that she established to help SRU music education students.

Cornetti, a mezzo-soprano, has made international debuts at major theaters, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Vienna State Opera; Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova; Teatro dell' Opera di Roma; Teatro Bellini; Catania, at the Arena di Verona; and in Tokyo.

She has won acclaim as Amneris in "Aida," Azucena in "Il Trovatore," Eboli in "Don Carlos" and as the Principessa di Bouillon in "Adriana Lecouvreur."

A graduate of Duquesne University with a major in vocal performance, Cornetti undertook graduate studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music and at EPCASO Oderzo in Italy. She began her professional career singing supporting roles in important theaters such as the Metropolitan Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Center and at Wolf Trap.