Masterclass 2024
April 8 – 12:
“ exzellenz labor plus – the next step“ – Retreat for Singers over 35
Finally, a masterclass for singers who have already been in the job for some years!
No listeners, no stress, no final concert!
Technique – Repertoire – Presentation – Voice Release Massage
August 28 – September 8 exzellenz labor oper
The perfect course for singers and pianists in the opera field who are already rather successful but want to join our team of highly professional specialists in order to get this „finishing touch“ which, in the end, makes the decisive difference. This year also in Schloss Engers.
Preview Masterclasses 2025:
Retreat Singers 35+ – 27. April-1. Mai 2025, Landesmusikakademie Schloss Engers
(Hedwig Fassbender, René Massis, Björn Huestege, Luise Breyer-Aiton)
exzellenz labor lied – 16.- 25. Juli 2025, Académie Villecroze, Frankreich
(Hedwig Fassbender, Anne LeBozec, Götz Payer, Mathias Hermann)
exzellenz labor oper – 24. August – 3. September 2025, Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim
(Hedwig Fassbender, René Massis, Fausto Nardi, Enrico Maria Cacciari, Mathias Hermann, Allison Cook, Rebecca Meitlis, Amélie Sator, Nadja Dahlheimer)
Masterclasses at Opera-Studios
Among other things, the challenge for young singers and pianists in opera studios is to intelligently and confidently integrate the input of various guest instructors into their own singing and playing. I am fortunate to be able to work regularly with the young singers and pianists of several opera studios, thereby ensuring a certain degree of continuity.
- Internationales Opernstudio der Oper Zürich (IOS)
- Opernstudio Oper Frankfurt
- Opera Academy Teatr Wielki Warszawa
- OperAvenir Basel
- Landestheater Detmold
- Opéra de Paris
- Staatsoper Berlin
The technical foundations of my teaching are flexible, flowing breath, a slender method of vocalization, and a sensible employment of the resonance cavities.
The goal is to have created a stable technical framework for complete „artistic permeability,“ which will allow the singer to be free in their artistic and musical interpretations, and for them to enjoy a healthy and long-term pursuit of our highly demanding profession.
