Visiting faculty and guests

Recent and current guests at the DNOA include:

Pietro Spagnoli
Baritone – La scala, Milan; Royal Opera Covent Garden; Metropolitan Opera New York etc.

Christian Carlstedt

Casting consultant – Hannover, Klagenfurt, Berlin, Bern, Concertgebouw Zaterdag Matinee etc.

Markoesa Hamer

Intimacy coach

Joyce di Donato

Mezzo soprano – Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden etc.

Antony Hermus
Conductor – Opera North, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Belgian National Orchestra etc.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Soprano & performance coach – Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Essen, Catania, Wien

Anja Kühnhold Anja Kühnhold 
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Bayreuther Festspiele etc.

Jac van Steen

Conductor – Wiener Volksoper, Opera North, Garsington Festival etc.

Killian Farrell
Conductor – GMD Staatstheater Meinignen.

Rebekah Rota
Intendant – Theater Wuppertal

Eitan Sorek
Agent – international

Sven Arne Tepl
CEO & director – Residentie Orkest, Den Haag

Gert-Jan de Haas
Neuropsychologist & musician

Mitchell Piper
Artist Manager – Piper Artists Management, OMAI (Opera Managers Association International), Trentino Music Festival

External examiners include

Annett Andriessen
Dutch National Opera, ex. International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch.

Damià Carbonell Nicolau
Head of Artistic Affairs, Dutch National Opera.

Josef Fuchs
Head of Artistic Affairs & Casting, Nederlandse Reisopera.

Helena Rasker
Mezzo-soprano – Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg Festival, Dutch National Opera.

Susanne Schmidt
Casting Director Opera Vlaanderen.

Prof. Kathleen Tynan
Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.

Andrew Watts
General Director International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch.

Stephanie Weiss
Arizona State University, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig etc.

Andrew Wise
Conservatoire of Antwerp.

Kathryn Wright
University of Georgia, Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Our team

DNOA students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of well-established and respected specialists from the international opera scene. These include vocal coaches and teachers, directors, conductors and agents as well as people from the field of cultural management and performance psychology who lead masterclasses, seminars and workshops.

Meet our team