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ALUMNI

Barbara Hannigan is a worldwide star and sings leading roles at Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, English National Opera, Bavarian State Opera, the Monnaie in Brussels and sings and conducts concerts with major symphony orchestras in Europe and North America.

Holger Falk sings leading roles in opera for the Bavarian State Opera, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Dusseldorf and Basel, has extensive Lieder recordings and won the Echo Klassik Prize in 2017.

Simon Bode sang at the Frankfurt Opera, Bregenz Festival, Salzburg Festival, Oslo Opera, Hannover Opera and Klagenfurt Opera and sings Lied Concerts internationally.

Eugene Brancoveanu has sung with San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Virginia Opera and Opera San Jose.

Izabela Matula sings starring roles at Frankfurt, Duesseldorf, Darmstadt, Monchengladbach, Linz, Warsaw,  Krakow, Vienna and Wuppertal.

Fleuranne Brockway won 1st Prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal and sings leading roles as a member of the ensemble of Wiesbaden, Germany, and at Western Australian Opera.

Joshua Erdelyi-Gotz, Sidra Nissen, and Hartley Trusler are Emerging Artists Program Members at the Melbourne Opera, Australia.

Steven Ebel participated in the Young Artist programs at Covent Garden, Castleton Festival, New York City Opera and sang at Karlsruhe, Regensburg and Mainz, Germany.

Josy Santos sings leading roles at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Luzerne, Hannover State Opera, Royal Danish Opera and the Dresden State Opera.

Margot Genet sang leading soprano roles in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and will now sing leading roles in Saarbrucken.

Ingeborg Borch sang Fricka in Wagner's "Ring" with Regents Opera, London

Bele Kumberger sang many leading roles at Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Maureen Brabec starred as Turandot in Detmold, Germany.

Andrew Nolen sings at the Komische Oper in Berlin, leading roles at Mönchengladbach Opera, and other houses in Germany.

Amelie Mueller sings leading roles in Flensburg, Mönchengladbach and the Dresden Operettenhaus.

James Park sang the role of Thuy in "Miss Saigon", Pontius Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar", and Frank Crawley in "Rebecca", all at Vienna, Austria.  He also sang in "The Golden Dragon" at the Semper Oper, Dresden and small roles and chorus at Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Simone Victor will sing the title role in "Suor Angelica" in Copenhagen.

Rachel Fenlon sings leading roles with Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera in Canada.

Emilie Rose Bry sings leading roles in France.

Evan Bravos sings at Opera Theatre of St. Louis,  Chicago Opera Theatre, Virginia Opera and Santa Barbara Opera.

Jakob Vad sings at the Danish Nationa Opera and concerts throughout Denmark

Gustav Johannson sings small roles and in the chorus of the Malmo Opera in Sweden.

Marion Dhombres and Melisande Lavoine sing in the chorus of the Paris Opera.

Alma Samimi sings in the chorus at Flensburg, Germany.

Wojciech Tabis sings in the chorus of the Bayreuth Festival.

Simon Schmidt ​sang small roles and in the chorus of the Vlaamse Opera in Belgium.

Lucja Zarzycka sang leading roles at the Dresden State Opera, Warsaw, Krakow.

Loren Medina sings in the chorus of the Deutsche Oper.

Matthew Keung sings in the chorus of Theatre Görlitz, in Germany.

Carter Scott sang leading roles at the Chicago Lyric Opera, Dortmund, Bremen, San Diego, Washington Opera.

Rayanne Dupuis sang leading roles in Basel, Metz, Nantes.

Maria Soulis has sung leading roles in Regensburg, Chatelet, Metz, Nantes and concerts in Europe and Canada.

Elisa Doughty won several operetta competitions.

Ausrine Stundyte sings leading roles in many of the most important theatres and festivals in the world.

Pascal Schultze has sung roles at the Dresden State Opera.

Andreas Macco sings leading and feature roles in La Scala, Bayreuth, Bonn, Aachen, Koblenz.

Meik Schwalm sings leading and featured roles at the Berlin Staasoper and Bielefeld.

Dominik Woerner sings in concerts throughout Switzerland and Germany.

Sarah Price was a Metropolitan Opera regional finalist.

Andrea Rieche has sung roles and chorus at Dortmund Opera.

Michael Scheel has sung roles and chorus at Dortmund Opera.

Thomas Guenzler has sung roles and chorus at Dortmund Opera.

Wendy Taylor is a lead singer at the Lido de Paris Caberet in Paris.

Lothar Odinius sings leading roles at Glyndebourne, Bayreuth, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Canadian Opera and concerts throughout Europe

Hanna Dora Sturludottir was named Iceland's Singer of the Year in 2014 after her performances there as Eboli and Carmen. She recently starred in "Innocence" in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Nina Van Essen makes her debut as Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte at La Scala in 2024.  She sings leading roles at the Royal Opera of Copenhagen, in Hannover, Germany and the Dutch National Opera and was a finalist at the Vinas Competition in Barcelona.

Alexandra Flood sings leading coloratura roles at the Vienna Volksoper
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Eva Kirchner sang many leading roles at the Semperoper, Dresden.

Phillip Ens sang with the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera.

Briana Hunter sings with the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass, Michigan Opera Theatre and Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Ross Chisari was in the London production of "Moulin Rouge"

Sidra Nissen won 1st prize at the 2025 IFAC HANDA Australian Singing competition, and is singing Dorabella in Cosi for Melbourne Opera.

Hartley Trusler won 3rd Prize for the Opera Scholars Australia Award and is singing Guglielmo in Cosi with Melbourne Opera.


Anne Derouard sings leading roles in France, Nuremberg and Erfurt, Germany.

Bettina Meske stars in musical and concerts throughout Germany.

Peter Fabig, bass-baritone, sings leading roles in Goerlitz, Germany.

Camila Montefusco sings leading roles with Opera Montreal, the Banff Center, Pacific Opera, Victoria and Opera on the Avalon.

Susana Gaspar sings concerts and leading soprano roles throughout Portugal. She'll sing the Marschallin in "Rosenkavalier" at the Opera de Bauge in France.

Whitney Morrison sang the mother in "Fire Shut Up In My Bones" at the Chicago Lyric after covering it at the MET.

Marie Elisabeth Seager  sings in the chorus of the Paris Opera and sang Amneris at Zwickau-Plauen, Germany​.

Sophie Boyer sings at Opera de Rouen, France.

Clara Barbier Serrano sings concerts and modern operas throughout Europe.

Melanie Adami, Christa Fleischmann, Martin Weidmann and Erik Foerster sing leading and featured roles in opera and operetta in Switzerland.

Eddie Grey was in "Book of Mormon", "Harmony" and "Wicked" on Broadway.

Caitlin Cassidy sings in concerts and operas in Australia.

Sage Douglas, Ross Chisari, Monique Salle, Morgan Cowling and Caitlin Berry do leading and featured roles in musical theater throughout Australia.

Trine Vestergaard, Aileen Itani, Per Jellum and Morten Kramp sing small roles and in the chorus of the Royal Opera of Copenhagen.

Ada Gunnarsdottir sings leading roles at the Icelandic Opera

Guy Booth sang with Opera Queensland in Australia.

Christian Von Oldenburg has sung at La Scala and the Berlin Staatsoper.

Lisa Kaltenmeier covers leading roles and sings in the chorus at Mönchengladbach.

Adam Broussard sings in the chorus of the Calgary Opera.

Lousia Waycott sings in the chorus of the Washington Opera.

Daniela Eaton sings in oratorio concerts throughout Switzerland.

Markus Elsaesser sings opera in Luneburg and oratorio throughout Europe

Jessica Lane sang "Tosca" in Rheinsberg, Germany
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Monika Eder has had concerts throughout Germany.

Maciej Izdiorek sang at Rostock, Germany.

Daniel Pohnert sang leading roles in Hildesheim.

Sybille Keller sang leading roles in Mainingen.

Dominic Armstrong sings leading roles in Wolftrap, Julliard, New York City Opera.

Diane Schoff won the Metropolitan Opera District and Regional Competitions and sings in regional companies throughout America

Anna Rad sings in the Leipzig Rundfunkchor.

Gina Lapka founded the Montana Lyric Opera Company.

Jan Amman has had starring roles in musicals throughout Germany.

Oliver Polenz has sung roles in musicals throughout Germany and Austria.

Christine Groeneveld sings leading roles at Dorset Opera, roles and chorus at Dortmund Opera.

Zorana Sadiq has sung concerts in Canada and the U.S..

August Schram sang leading and featured roles in Giessen, and has created famous YouTube  videos including "August Sings Carmen".

Anne Schierack sings leading roles in Cottbus.

Christa Fleischmann sings leading roles in opera and operetta in Switzerland.

Marysol Ximenes-Carrillo stars in musical theatre throughout Germany

Alexey Kosarev sings leading roles in Flensburg and Oldenburg.

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