It’s nice to be part of a family and that’s the feeling I got when I took the train from Berlin to Ulm to see Kay Metzger’s last show as Intendant and resident stage director. He brought me into the Wagner repertoire with Tannhäuser in 2000 when he headed his first theater in Halberstadt. Kay …
From what I hear, at least from ZAV, things are pretty well sewn up for next season-EXCEPT for real Lyric Tenors-Tamino, Ferrando, operetta and ‘classic’ musical. They won’t say where, but if you have a pretty voice and want to perform a wide range of repertoire you should send them your materials. Otherwise they say …
Summertime – und das Leben ist herrlich aber einen Job zu finden ist schwieriger! Read More »
I was mystified when I read that the Deutsche Oper Berlin was presenting Alfred Lortzing’s comic opera Zar und Zimmerman. Operetta at the Deutsche Oper Berlin? That stuff is for the Komische Oper or the Dresdener Landestheater! It’s a charming piece which I know from my time at the Eutiner Sommerfestspiel, an open air summer …
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. …
I’ve recently met several young singers in Berlin who are simultaneously earning money singing in the opera chorus on a professional stage, and working on developing a solo career. There used to be a pretty rigid divide between the two but things are different now and there are advantages for both sides. Singers gain valuable …
Daylight Savings Time begins in the US on March 8, but not until March 28 in Germany and Europe. They call it ‘Sommerzeit’ – Summertime) and for those 20 days there will be a FIVE HOUR time difference between Germany and the US East Coast – the sun rises first here -, d.h.(German for ‘that …
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 …
Industry Insights: An Interview with Intendant, Kay Metzger Read More »
Kay Metzger is currently Intendant at the theater in Ulm, Germany. In his long career he has been an active stage director and Intendant at three different theaters. I sang my first Tannhäuser with him in the small theater in Halberstadt and later a Siegfried in Detmold, as well as a Radames which he directed …
Singers in Germany are dusting off their Fracks (tails) and concert dresses because Silvester is coming. Not the cat who wants to eat Tweety Bird in the old cartoons, but New Year’s Eve in Germany and that means lots of fireworks, both vocal and incendiary. The country is a madhouse of fireworks which makes the …
It’s gotten cold and wet in Berlin, so if you’re coming to Germany anytime soon, bring winter gear, especially something waterproof, since it still rains a lot here. By the way many Americans here celebrate Thanksgiving on the weekend since Thursday is just another workday. Whole turkeys, when you can get them, are smaller here, …
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