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
Bavarian Opera Academy
The Bavarian Opera Academy is a training centre which was established in Germany by Finnish opera agent Kalle Kanttila. The Bavarian Opera Academy organises monthly workshops for young singing talents. The purpose of these workshops is to build bridges between singers and opera houses, and to assist young singers with their breakthrough in their international opera careers.
BOA workshop participants have had so far the opportunity to audition for directors of the following opera houses: Vienna State Opera, Opera Cologne, Opera San Francisco, Berlin State Opera, Opera Dortmund, Opera Leipzig, Danish Royal Opera, Volksoper Wien, Weimar National Theater, Semperoper Dresden, Theater an der Wien, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Hannover, State Opera Kasse, State Opera Braunschweig, State Opera Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, State Opera Nuremberg and the opera houses of Essen, Heidelberg, Detmold, Regensburg, Bonn and Basel.
BOA workshop participants have had so far the opportunity to audition for directors of the following opera houses: Vienna State Opera, Opera Cologne, Opera San Francisco, Berlin State Opera, Opera Dortmund, Opera Leipzig, Danish Royal Opera, Volksoper Wien, Weimar National Theater, Semperoper Dresden, Theater an der Wien, State Opera Hamburg, State Opera Hannover, State Opera Kasse, State Opera Braunschweig, State Opera Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, State Opera Nuremberg and the opera houses of Essen, Heidelberg, Detmold, Regensburg, Bonn and Basel.
upcoming workshops
We regret to inform you that due to the impacts of the coronavirus situation, we are forced to cancel our upcoming workshops in April and at the beginning of May!! We are however happy to inform you that we have managed to already settle new dates for the cancelled workshops and you you can transfer your already paid deposit to any other of our upcoming workshops:
Here are the affected workshops:
- March 20th - March 22nd 2020 - cancelled and postponed to August
(audition for André Bücker, General Director of State Opera Augsburg)
- April 15th - April 19th 2020 - cancelled and postponed to September
(audition for Berthold Warnecke, Operndirektor of Opera Würzburg am April 19th)
- April 23rd - April 25th 2020 in San Francisco - cancelled and postponed to October
(audition for opera agency "IOA Management")
Further info: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
- May 1st - May 3rd 2020 - canceled and postponed to November
(audition for Michael Barobeck, Director of Artistic Office (Casting) of Opera Graz on May 3rd)
Here you can find our new dates:
- May 27th - May 31st 2020
(audition for Guy Montavon, General Director of Opera Erfurt on May 31st)
- June 17th - June 21st 2020 in Regensburg
(audition for Jens Neundorff von Enzberg, General Director of Opera Regensburg on Junes 21st)
July 29th - August 1st 2020 - in Tallinn Estonia
(audition for Jaakko Kortekangas, Casting Manager of Finnish National Opera on August 1st)
Attention! This workshop will be held in Tallinn (Estonia)
- August 19th - August 23rd 2020
(audition for André Bücker, General Director of State Opera Augsburg)
- September 16th - September 20th 2020
(audition for Berthold Warnecke, Operndirektor of Opera Würzburg am April 19th)
- October 14th - October 18th 2020
(audition: Participating opera house will be announced soon)
- October in San Francisco (exact dates will be announced soon)
(audition for opera agency "IOA Management")
Further info: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
Attention! This workshop will be held in San Francisco
- November 11th - November 15th 2020
(audition for Michael Barobeck, Director of Artistic Office (Casting) of Opera Graz on November 15th)
- December 2nd - December 6th 2020
(audition: participating opera house will be announced soon)
Attention! All the workshops & auditions will be held at our academy in Bad Endorf unless otherwise stated.
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.
Here are the affected workshops:
- March 20th - March 22nd 2020 - cancelled and postponed to August
(audition for André Bücker, General Director of State Opera Augsburg)
- April 15th - April 19th 2020 - cancelled and postponed to September
(audition for Berthold Warnecke, Operndirektor of Opera Würzburg am April 19th)
- April 23rd - April 25th 2020 in San Francisco - cancelled and postponed to October
(audition for opera agency "IOA Management")
Further info: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
- May 1st - May 3rd 2020 - canceled and postponed to November
(audition for Michael Barobeck, Director of Artistic Office (Casting) of Opera Graz on May 3rd)
Here you can find our new dates:
- May 27th - May 31st 2020
(audition for Guy Montavon, General Director of Opera Erfurt on May 31st)
- June 17th - June 21st 2020 in Regensburg
(audition for Jens Neundorff von Enzberg, General Director of Opera Regensburg on Junes 21st)
July 29th - August 1st 2020 - in Tallinn Estonia
(audition for Jaakko Kortekangas, Casting Manager of Finnish National Opera on August 1st)
Attention! This workshop will be held in Tallinn (Estonia)
- August 19th - August 23rd 2020
(audition for André Bücker, General Director of State Opera Augsburg)
- September 16th - September 20th 2020
(audition for Berthold Warnecke, Operndirektor of Opera Würzburg am April 19th)
- October 14th - October 18th 2020
(audition: Participating opera house will be announced soon)
- October in San Francisco (exact dates will be announced soon)
(audition for opera agency "IOA Management")
Further info: https://www.bayerische-opernakademie.de/audition-sanfrancisco.html
Attention! This workshop will be held in San Francisco
- November 11th - November 15th 2020
(audition for Michael Barobeck, Director of Artistic Office (Casting) of Opera Graz on November 15th)
- December 2nd - December 6th 2020
(audition: participating opera house will be announced soon)
Attention! All the workshops & auditions will be held at our academy in Bad Endorf unless otherwise stated.
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.
Link to the price list and application form...
IOA Management (Artist Management)
"IOA Management" is one of the most influential opera agencies in Europe with offices in Munich & Helsinki. IOA Management does not only work with all German Opera houses but also with important international opera houses such as the Royal Opera Stockholm, Danish Royal Opera, London Covent Garden, Paris National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Glyndebourne Festival, Mariinsky Theater, Opera Tenerife, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opera Lyon, just to name a few. Besides their strong presence in Europe, IOA Management is one of the very few European opera agencies to collaborate also with almost all American opera houses including the New York Metropolitan Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, Philadelphia, among many others.
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...
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