From our founder, Larry Bakst… I decided to reach out to a colleague at the ZAV in Stuttgart, Martin Geißler, who oversees auditions there for both chorus positions and soloists, and who also advises singers more broadly. Remember ZAV stands for Zentrale Auslands und Fachvermittlung or in English, Central Office for International and Specialist Placement. …
For our first Industry Insights Interview Series, Oper Germany welcomes stage director & Intendant of Theater Ulm , Kay Metzger. In his expansive career spanning over four decades, Mr. Metzger has directed numerous stage productions and since 2018 has been the artistic director at Theater Ulm. He has also served as the artistic director at …
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Jessica Rose Cambio Soprano, Voice Teacher & Italian Teacher For our latest Success Stories Feature, Oper Germany is happy to interview Jessica Rose Cambio who is enjoying a career as a lyric soprano in Germany and throughout Europe. Jessica has not only found success on the opera stage in Germany, but also as a voice …
For our latest interview, Oper Germany is thrilled to speak with British mezzo-soprano Lorna Price of www.germanformusicians.co.uk. In our interview you’ll learn Lorna’s most recommended methods for learning German, how musicians have natural advantages when it comes to learning languages, and the best online tools you can use to enhance your German studies. …
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Hi OperGermany readers, Heather Phillips here, associate editor for OperGermany. Earlier this summer in June, I jumped into a production of Don Giovanni at Landestheater Coburg as Donna Anna. It was a whirlwind 48 hours, but I was able to VLOG most of my experience on my cell phone, as I wanted to give you …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfzX6gyxoQ8 For our latest Success Stories Feature, Oper Germany is thrilled to interview Martha Eason who is enjoying a career as a lyric coloratura soprano in Germany. Martha has not only found success on the opera stage, but also as a consultant for singers who hope to begin a career in Germany as …
Hello OperGermany Readers, I’m Heather Phillips, opera singer and OperGermany’s associate editor. Today, I’d like to share why it is so important to develop business acumen before, during (and, yes) after you pursue a solo performing career in Germany and beyond. I have found that business acumen is often times conflated with business skills. Let …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEE5RoAbb0&t=13s For our latest Success Stories Feature, Oper Germany is thrilled to interview Michael J. Pegher who enjoyed a 13 year-long career as a character tenor (‘spieltenor’ auf Deutsch!) throughout Germany in repertoire spanning Mozart to Wagner. Michael not only found success on the opera stage, but behind-the-scenes as well, having transitioned into …
Seeing Rosenkavalier at the Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden this December was a festive night at the opera, despite (or maybe because of) two jump-ins for major roles. One of them came all the way from Geneva that very morning since both the main cast and the secondary cast of the role of Baron Ochs …