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Like a Family
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
Summertime – und das Leben ist herrlich aber einen Job zu finden ist schwieriger!
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’
The German Mozart
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
WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE AUDITIONING FOR THE ZAV: A rare insider perspective about solo (and chorus!) auditions.
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
New Times, Old Friends
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
Spring Forward but Not Yet in Germany
Daylight Savings Time begins in the US on March 8, but not until March 28 in Germany and Europe. They call it ‘Sommerzeit’ – Summertime)