Visiting faculty and guests
Recent and current guests at the DNOA include:
Christian Carlstedt
Casting consultant – Hannover, Klagenfurt, Berlin, Bern, Concertgebouw Zaterdag Matinee etc.
Michiel Dijkema
Director – Oper Leipzig, Semper Opera Dresden, Volksoper Wien etc.
Richard Egarr
Conductor Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Glyndebourne Festival
Gerardo Felisatti
Conductor Teatro Sociale Rovigo, Teatro Comunale Treviso, Teatro Verdi Padua etc.
Uwe Friedrich
Journalist – Deutschlandfunk Kultur, MDR, BR, Oper! etc.
Antony Hermus
Conductor – Opera North, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Belgian National Orchestra etc.
Winfried Hofinger
Agent – international
Virginia Kerr
Soprano/performance psychologist – Covent Garden, Leipzig, Nantes etc.
Anja Kühnhold
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Bayreuther Festspiele etc.
Manifesto Poetico
Theatre research & productions, more info
Kenneth Montgomery
Conductor – Santa Fe Opera, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra etc.
Rennik-Jan Neggers
Director – Reisopera, August Everding Theaterakademie etc.
Rebekah Rota
Designated Intendant Theater Wuppertal
Eitan Sorek
Agent – international
Sven Arne Tepl
CEO & director – Residentie Orkest, Den Haag
Floris Visser
Director – Dutch National Opera, Glyndebourne, Bolshoi, Zurich etc.)
Dr. Stephanie Weiss
Soprano/adjunct professor of singing Arizona State University, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig etc
External examiners 2021
Roberta Alexander
Soprano – New York, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Amsterdam etc.
Josef Fuchs
Artistic Director & Head of Production at Nederlandse Reisopera
Elsina Jansen
Director – De Nationale Opera & Ballet, De Nederlandse Reisopera, Opera Vlaanderen, Opera Zuid, Schauspielhaus Frankfurt
Ivan van Kalmthout
General Director International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch
Henk Neven
Baritone – Opéra National de Paris, La Monnaie Brussels, Berliner Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien
Alexander Oliver
Tenor – Covent Garden, Gylndebourne, Zurich, Dutch National Opera etc
Rebeka Rota
Associate Operndirektorin Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Susanne Schmidt
Casting Director Opera Vlaanderen
Monique Wagemakers
Director – Dutch National Opera, Oper Leipzig, Madrid, Vancouver etc.
Stephanie Weiss
Soprano/adjunct professor of singing Arizona State University, Deutsche Oper Berlin,
Oper Leipzig etc.
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.
The DNOA holds auditions on an annual basis.