Bayerische Opernakademie / Bavarian Opera Academy
Workshops & Auditions in Bavaria, Germany
These workshops are intended for professional opera singers who need assistance with their breakthrough in their international opera careers. At the end of each workshop, the participants will have the opportunity to audition for an important Opera / Casting Director.
Program:
- Audition Training
(repertoire, expression, acting & movement skills etc.)
- Vocal Technique
& audition for opera houses
These workshops are intended for professional opera singers who need assistance with their breakthrough in their international opera careers. At the end of each workshop, the participants will have the opportunity to audition for an important Opera / Casting Director.
Program:
- Audition Training
(repertoire, expression, acting & movement skills etc.)
- Vocal Technique
& audition for opera houses
upcoming workshops
- March 13th - March 17th 2019 - already full
(audition for Andreas Massow, Manager of Artistic Administration of Bayerische Staatsoper Munich on March 17th)
- April 10th - April 14th 2019 - already full
(audition for Roland Spohr, Director of Opera Freiburg on April 14th)
- April 19th - April 21st 2019 in San Francisco!! - already full
(audition for Sean Waugh, Artistic Planning Manager of San Francisco Opera.
For further info please visit: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
- May 15th - May 19th 2019 - already full
(audition for Sebastian C. Maier, Casting Director of State Oper Nürnberg on May 19th)
- May 29th - June 2nd 2019 -already full
(audition for Isabel Ostermann, Opera Director of State Opera Braunschweig on June 2nd)
- June 19th - June 23rd 2019 -already full
(audition for Stefan Vogel, Opera Director of State Opera Mainz on June 23rd)
- July 17th - July 21st 2019 -already full
(audition for Jens Neundorff von Enzberg, General Director of Opera Regensburg on July 21st)
- August 21st - August 25th 2019 -already full
(audition for Jean Denes, designated Casting Director of Opera Basel on August 25th)
- September 18th - September 22nd 2019
(audition for Dr. Ursula Benzing, Opera Director of State Opera Kassel, on September 22nd)
- October 23rd - October 27th 2019
(audition for Tobias Hasan, Casting Director of Berlina State Opera on October 23rd)
- November 20th - November 24th 2019
(audition for Georg Heckel, General Manager of Opera Detmold on November 24th)
- December 11th - December 15th 2019
(audition for Carlos Forteza Garau, Artistic Director of Teatro Principal de Palma on December 15th)
- January 8th - January 12th 2020
(audition for Robert Körner, designed Casting Director of Wien State Opera on January 12th)
- February 5th - February 9th 2020
(audition for Ilias Tzempetonidis, Casting Director of Opéra national de Paris on February 9th)
- March 4th - March 8th 2020
(audition for Peter Katona, Casting Director of Royal Opera House London on March 8th)
previous workshops...
These workshops are meant exclusively for singers who possess the potential for international careers as opera singers. We select the participants through application. In order to book a slot at our workshop, please send your request to our Casting Adviser Monika Hauswalter. Contact dates are listed below.
(audition for Andreas Massow, Manager of Artistic Administration of Bayerische Staatsoper Munich on March 17th)
- April 10th - April 14th 2019 - already full
(audition for Roland Spohr, Director of Opera Freiburg on April 14th)
- April 19th - April 21st 2019 in San Francisco!! - already full
(audition for Sean Waugh, Artistic Planning Manager of San Francisco Opera.
For further info please visit: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
- May 15th - May 19th 2019 - already full
(audition for Sebastian C. Maier, Casting Director of State Oper Nürnberg on May 19th)
- May 29th - June 2nd 2019 -already full
(audition for Isabel Ostermann, Opera Director of State Opera Braunschweig on June 2nd)
- June 19th - June 23rd 2019 -already full
(audition for Stefan Vogel, Opera Director of State Opera Mainz on June 23rd)
- July 17th - July 21st 2019 -already full
(audition for Jens Neundorff von Enzberg, General Director of Opera Regensburg on July 21st)
- August 21st - August 25th 2019 -already full
(audition for Jean Denes, designated Casting Director of Opera Basel on August 25th)
- September 18th - September 22nd 2019
(audition for Dr. Ursula Benzing, Opera Director of State Opera Kassel, on September 22nd)
- October 23rd - October 27th 2019
(audition for Tobias Hasan, Casting Director of Berlina State Opera on October 23rd)
- November 20th - November 24th 2019
(audition for Georg Heckel, General Manager of Opera Detmold on November 24th)
- December 11th - December 15th 2019
(audition for Carlos Forteza Garau, Artistic Director of Teatro Principal de Palma on December 15th)
- January 8th - January 12th 2020
(audition for Robert Körner, designed Casting Director of Wien State Opera on January 12th)
- February 5th - February 9th 2020
(audition for Ilias Tzempetonidis, Casting Director of Opéra national de Paris on February 9th)
- March 4th - March 8th 2020
(audition for Peter Katona, Casting Director of Royal Opera House London on March 8th)
previous workshops...
These workshops are meant exclusively for singers who possess the potential for international careers as opera singers. We select the participants through application. In order to book a slot at our workshop, please send your request to our Casting Adviser Monika Hauswalter. Contact dates are listed below.
teachers
- Kalle Kanttila, Director & Artist Manager of IOA Management
More info...
- Monika Hauswalter, Casting Consultant of IOA Management & voice teacher
More info...
More info...
- Monika Hauswalter, Casting Consultant of IOA Management & voice teacher
More info...
Here's one interview with our Bavarian Opera Academy's director Kalle Kanttila talking with Thomas Janda (Opera Magazine "Der neue Merker") about the agency and the recently founded Bavarian Opera Academy!
http://der-neue-merker.eu/kalle-kantilla-tenor-und-agenturchef-immer-in-vollem-einsatz
http://der-neue-merker.eu/kalle-kantilla-tenor-und-agenturchef-immer-in-vollem-einsatz
OnlineMerker has written a nice article about our workshop & audition at Joroinen Music Festival in Finland!
"Ein solches Vorsingen ist für die meisten Sänger (sofern sie nicht bei einem großen Wettbewerb entdeckt werden) ein unverzichtbarer Schritt, bei dem es sich zeigt, ob sich die jungen Künstler selber richtig einschätzen können, d.h. ob sie wissen, für welches Fach bzw. welche Partien ihre Stimme am besten geeignet ist, und wie sie sich bei aller verständlichen Nervosität, häufig noch unter ungünstigen akustischen Bedingungen, präsentieren sollten..."
weiter lesen...
"Ein solches Vorsingen ist für die meisten Sänger (sofern sie nicht bei einem großen Wettbewerb entdeckt werden) ein unverzichtbarer Schritt, bei dem es sich zeigt, ob sich die jungen Künstler selber richtig einschätzen können, d.h. ob sie wissen, für welches Fach bzw. welche Partien ihre Stimme am besten geeignet ist, und wie sie sich bei aller verständlichen Nervosität, häufig noch unter ungünstigen akustischen Bedingungen, präsentieren sollten..."
weiter lesen...
Link to the price list and application form...
LocationKirchpl. 5,
83093 Bad Endorf Germany http://www.endorfer-hof.de Contact: info@bavarian-opera-academy.com More info about our venues.. Timetable for train... (Munich-Bad Endorf) |
In our auditions with IOA Management on February 2019 at Opera Essen were representatives from Deutsche Opera am Rhein Düsseldorf, Opera Dortmund, Opera Bonn, State Opera Stuttgart, Opera Lyon, Nederlandse Reisopera, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Semperoper Dresden, Opera Detmold, State Opera Hannover, Opera Graz, Opera St. Gallen, Opera Wuppertal, Opera Koblenz, Bregenz Opera Festival, Oper Freiburg, Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, Opera Cairo (Egypt), Opera Gelsenkirchen, Opera Köln, Bruckner-House Linz, PromFest Pärnu, Estonia, Tartu Opera, Estonia, State Opera Oldenburg, Teatro Coccia di Novara and the producer of television channel ZDF.
In our auditions with IOA Management on May 2018 at Finnish National Opera were representatives from Finnish National Opera, Estonian National Oper, Danish National Opera (Copenhagen), Opera Erfurt, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Stuttgart, Staatstheater Oldenburg, Opera Tampere, Opera Palermo (Teatro Massimo), Opera Tarto, Opera Magdeburg, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Semperoper Dresden, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
In our auditions with IOA Management on September 2017 at Bavarian State Opera were representatives from Bavarian State Opera, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Finnish National Opera, Salzburg Osterfestspiele, L’Opéra de Lille, Opera Graz, Opera St. Gallen, Opera Klagenfurt, Opera Basel, Opera Bonn, Nationaltheater Weimar, Opera Augsburg, Opera Biel-Solothurn, State Opera Nürnberg, Opera Novara, Italy, Opera Tartu, Estonia, Opera Magdeburg, Opera Malmö, Sweden, Sofia National Opera , Opera Coburg, Opera Regensburg, Volksoper Wien, Opera Trier, Staatstheater München, Opera Bielefeld, Opera Classica Europa, Staufer-Festspiele, State Opera Braunschweig, Gut Immling Opera Festival