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exzellenz labor oper®

A course of
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland

Idea and Concept: Hedwig Fassbender
Main Sponsor: Evelyn & Martin Wentz Stiftung

August 20 – 30, 2026

Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim

Applications will be possible from January 15; applications will end on April 30

 

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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 11 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 2026

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

Magdalena Wiedenhofer, Berlin

Bodywork

Amélie Sator, Köln

Style of Audition- and Concert-Outfit

Nadja Dahlheimer, Würzburg

Style Make-up and Hair

Bodo Busse, Hannover

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 group of 2025

News

New Responsability, Staatstheater Darmstadt

Neil Valenta, Studienleitung

Der Rosenkavalier, Aaalto-Theater Essen

Nataliia Kukhar, Octavian

Hänsel und Gretel, Volkstheater Rostock

Na’ama Shulman, Gretel

Die Zauberflöte, Nationaloper Warschau

Emilia Rabczak, 2. Dame

Volksoper Wien, Killing Carmen

Katja Ledoux, Carmen

Werther, Nationaltheater Weimar

Ekaterina Aleksandrova, Charlotte

Fledermaus, Staatstheater Schwerin

Anna Graf, Adele

Otello, Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg

Adriana Gonzalez, Desdemona

Carmen, Staatstheater Augsburg

Natalya Boeva, Carmen

Don Giovanni, Capitol de Toulouse

Alix Le Saux, Donna Elvira

Mikhail Timoshenko, Don Giovanni

 

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Opéra de Reims

Andres Cascante, Figaro

Così fan Tutte, Wiener Staatsoper

Ruzan Mantashyan, Fiordiligi

Così fan tutte, Padova and Oper Frankfurt

Andrew Kim, Ferrando

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Theater Wuppertal

Rosamond Thomas, Rosina
XïA Wang, Berta

Viaggio a Reims, Wexford Festival

Ihor Mostovoi, Don Profondo

Così fan tutte, Oper Frankfurt

Liviu Holender, Don Alfonso

Don Giovanni, Opera Genova

Gurgen Baveyan, Don Giovanni

Così fan tutte, Theater Pforzheim

Lou Denès, Despina

Tristan und Isolde, Theater Klagenfurt

Melissa Zgouridi, Brangäne

First Prize, Klaudia Taev Competition

Vlada Koieva, Soprano

New Job – Opernstudio Zürich

Natalia Tuznik, Soprano

1. Prize Seghizzi Chamber Music Competition

Anna Graf, Soprano; Daniele Bonini, Piano

Hermia, Matsumoto-Festival, Japan

Nina van Essen, Mezzosoprano

Opus Klassik

Ruzan Mantashyan, Soprano

Nomination Faustpreis 2025

Oleksiy Palchykov, Tenor, for Catullus/Sposo
at Staatsoper Hamburg

New Job

Ekaterina Alexandrova, Mezzosopran

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Académie de Villecroze, July 16 – 25, 2025

Alcina / Oper Frankfurt

Monika Buczkowska-Ward, Alcina

Exzellenz-Couple

Lidiia Vodyk, Tomasz Dománski

Die Fledermaus / Volksoper Wien

Alexandra Flood, Adele

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