exzellenz labor oper®
A course of
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland
August 25 – September 3, 2025
Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim
Applications will be possible from January 15; applications will end on April 30
Exzellenz Labor Oper - Movie
exzellenz labor oper
»The finishing touch«
Concept and Artistic director:
Hedwig Fassbender
Participants
12 Singers, 4 Pianists
Structure
- Single lessons
- Team teaching
- Group coaching
- Seminars
- Public Final Concert in Frankfurt
Course content
- Technique / Style
- Clarification of the Artistic Profile
- Audition Training
- Mental training
- Career Advice
Costs
800€ for singers / 600€ for pianists
(This amount covers the cost of 10 days of work with all the instructors, accommodation in single rooms and three meals per day)
There are limited possibilities to reduced fees upon request.
Instructors 2025
Hedwig Fassbender, Frankfurt
Style of German repertoire, Vocal technique
Fausto Nardi, Hamburg
Style of Baroque and Mozart, Recitativi
René Massis, Paris
Style of French Belcanto, Career Counseling
Enrico Maria Cacciari, Zürich
Style of Italian Belcanto, Piano technique
Mathias Hermann, Frankfurt
Audition Training, Role development
Daniela Kabs, Frankfurt
Mental Training
Amélie Sator, Köln
Style of Audition- and Concert-Outfit
Nadja Dahlheimer, Würzburg
Style Make-up and Hair
Bodo Busse, Saarbrücken
Special Guest
The course location
Schloss Weikersheim
The course occurs in the beautiful Schloss Weikersheim, the home of our partner Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland. During the course, course participants and instructors live at the academy.
The Castle by night
News
Die Fledermaus / Volksoper Wien
Alexandra Flood, Adele
La Traviata / Grand Théâtre de Genève
Ruzan Mantashyan, Violetta
La Vida Breve / Teatro Real, Madrid
Adriana González, Salud
L’Elisir d’Amore / Garsington Opera
Oleksiy Palchykov, Nemorino
Melusine / Oper Frankfurt
Liviu Holender, Graf v. Lusignan / Andrew Kim, Architekt
Jakob Lenz / Oper Zürich
Yannick Debus, Lenz
La Traviata / Staatsoper Hamburg
Ruzan Mantashyan, Violetta
Oleksiy Palchykov, Alfredo
Oper Frankfurt / Der Rosenkavalier
Liviu Holender, Faninal
Don Giovanni / Oper Köln
Giulia Montanari, Zerlina
Reimann/L’Invisible, Oper Frankfurt
Karolina Makula, Marthe/Bellangère
Rheingold and Siegfried, Theater Saarbrücken, Dortmund, Versailles
Melissa Zgouridi, Erda
ELO 2025: Participants
Moniuszko Competition: Jerzy Marchwinsnki Prize for the best young pianist
Matteo Zoli
Dritter Preis Anneliese Rothenberger Wettbewerb
Lena Geiger, Sopran
ZONTA CULTURE AWARD
Eva Zalenga, Sopran
Die Vögel / Staatstheater Oldenburg
Penelope Kendros, Nachtigall
Staatstheater Darmstadt / Elisir d’Amore
Na’ama Shulman, Adina
Die Zauberflöte / Staatsoper Hamburg
Adriana Gonzalez, Pamina
La Bohème / Komische Oper Berlin
Ruzan Mantashyan, Mimì
Oleksiy Palchykov, Rodolfo
Royal Opera House Covent Garden / La Bohème
Mikhail Timoshenko, Marcello
NEW JOB
EXZELLENZ LABOR 2025 – EXZELLENZ LABOR LIED FOR DUOS click on the photo
EXZELLENZ LABOR 2025 – RETREAT SINGERS 35+ / click on the photo
NEW JOB / Staatstheater Oldenburg
DOROTHEE BIENERT, Mezzosopran (2023)
NEW JOB / Theater am Gärtnerplatz
Sophia Keiler, Sopran (2022)
Oper am Rhein / La Traviata
Ekaterina Aleksandrova, Flora
Eduard Erdmann, Lieder (CD)
Mikhail Timoshenko, 2017, and Elitsa Desseva
Staatsoper Hamburg (Turandot) / Deutsche Oper Berlin (La Bohème)
Adriana Gonzalez, 2016, Liù / Mimì
Landestheater Linz, La Juive
Alexander York, 2018, Bariton: Ruggiero
NEW JOB: Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernstudio
Matteo Zoli, 2023, Pianist
Testimonials
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland
Since the start of exzellenz labor, Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland have been our responsable body and organizer
Cultural organisation across all borders
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland (JMD) is the German section of Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). It was founded in Brussels during the Second World War with the aim of promoting peaceful international encounters between young musicians and international understanding. Jeunesses Musicales International is considered the largest musical youth cultural organisation in the world and is active in over 50 countries around the world. As the „World Meeting Centre“ of the JMI, Weikersheim is a meeting place for young musicians from all over the world.