Follow NEUE STIMMEN's bright young opera talents

There are four opportunities during this year’s week-long NEUE STIMMEN Master Class to experience the young singers at work. Viewers can watch events on the stage at the Gütersloh theater, either through Facebook Livestream or at neue-stimmen.de.

Open Master Class schedule:
25 Oct., 3 p.m.: Roberto Scandiuzzi
26 Oct., 11 a.m.: John Norris
26 Oct., 6 p.m.: Boris Orlob
27 Oct., 11 a.m.: Michelle Breedt

You can also take in the young artists at work, offline. The doors to the theater are open to opera enthusiasts during the Open Master Classes. No entry fee is required – you can just walk in, take a seat and enjoy the class!

Thirteen young opera talents from eleven countries, including Georgia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey, are taking part in this year’s Master Class, which continues through the 29th of October. In addition to guidance on improving their vocal performance and artistic expression, each participant will receive professional development training in areas such as career planning, communication skills, contract managment, and agency and opera house cooperation that is tailored to their individual needs.

Each year, a number of esteemed mentors and artists provide the young opera talents with combined personal and professional support. In addition to conductor Gustav Kuhn, who serves as the program’s artistic director, the program features ten further opera professionals: opera singers Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) and Michelle Breedt (mezzosoprano), movement coach John Norris, mental trainer Friederike Janofske, stage director and dramatic adviser Andreas Leisner,  opera agent Boris Orlob and the pianists Markus Appelt, Yuka Beppu, Raffaele Cortesi and Fabio Vettraino.

Liz Mohn, President of the NEUE STIMMEN program and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, sees the key objective of the Master Class as providing these young talents a broad spectrum of support for a career in opera: