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.

Meet our team