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Faculty

Learn from the people on Vienna's stages.

Members of the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Volksoper, Theater an der Wien, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony, with major careers as singers, maestri, vocal coaches and stage directors.

Voice facultyInstrumental facultyAdministration

The voices

Voice faculty

Singers, maestri, vocal coaches, stage directors and an opera agent: the people who teach, coach and direct the Opera Institute.

Portrait of Michael J. PoloMichael J. PoloExecutive DirectorComposer of Pluto, one of the four 2027 productions.
Portrait of Vincent ConnorVincent ConnorArtistic DirectorStage director and former bass-baritone, a native of Winter Park, Florida.Read the bio
Portrait of Eva-Sophie MuellerEva-Sophie MuellerManaging Director
Portrait of Evelyn SchörkhuberEvelyn SchörkhuberVoice TeacherSoprano; teaches the García-based singing technique at the Richard Wagner Conservatory, Vienna.Read the bioPortrait of Christian SchulzChristian SchulzMusic DirectorArtistic Director of the Mozart Collegium Vienna, from a well-known Viennese family of musicians.Read the bioPortrait of David AronsonDavid AronsonVocal CoachTwenty-four years with the Vienna State Opera; Riccardo Muti's continuo player for the Mozart-da Ponte operas.Read the bioPortrait of Daniel SargeDaniel SargeCoachState operas of Hamburg and Vienna; a regular coach of Anna Netrebko.Read the bioPortrait of Garth BardsleyGarth BardsleyOpera DirectorAward-winning director; senior lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music.Read the bioPortrait of Sylvia EdelmannSylvia EdelmannVoice TeacherSinging teacher in Vienna since 2001; founder and artistic director of plusopera.Read the bioPortrait of Stephanie HoutzeelStephanie HoutzeelVoice TeacherAmerican mezzo-soprano, a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 2010.Read the bioPortrait of Pantelis PolychronidisPantelis PolychronidisVocal CoachCollaborative pianist; Senior Lecturer in Voice and Opera at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna.Read the bioPortrait of Jennifer DavisonJennifer DavisonDirector and TeacherSoprano on the opera and concert stages of Europe and the United States, based in Vienna.Read the bioPortrait of Elizabeth HagedornElizabeth HagedornVoice TeacherAmerican spinto soprano with a "brilliant and richly coloured sound" (Die Welt).Read the bioPortrait of Kalle KanttilaKalle KanttilaFounder and Director, IOA ManagementHis agency, International Opera Artists, represents opera singers and conductors from Munich and Helsinki.Read the bio

The orchestra

Instrumental faculty

Members of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, and performers and professors who specialize in chamber music.

Portrait of Igor PetrushevskiIgor PetrushevskiViolinProfessor at the Richard Wagner Konservatorium; his students win the major violin competitions.Read the bioPortrait of Daniela IvanovaDaniela IvanovaViolaViola, Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic.Read the bioPortrait of Christian SchulzChristian SchulzCelloArtistic Director of the Mozart Collegium Vienna, from a well-known Viennese family of musicians.Read the bioPortrait of Matthias SchulzMatthias SchulzFluteFlautist with the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera since 2005.Read the bioPortrait of Harald HörthHarald HörthOboePrincipal oboist, Vienna State Opera Orchestra; member of the Vienna Philharmonic.Read the bioPortrait of Reinhard WieserReinhard WieserClarinetPrincipal Clarinet of the Vienna Symphony since the age of nineteen.Read the bioPortrait of Patrick De RitisPatrick De RitisBassoonPrincipal solo bassoonist of the Vienna Symphony for more than two decades.Read the bioPortrait of Gergely SugarGergely SugarFrench HornConductor and horn player of the Wiener Symphoniker; professor in Graz.Read the bioPortrait of Christian LöwChristian LöwTrumpetTrumpeter in the Vienna Symphony since 2007.Read the bioPortrait of Hans StroeckerHans StroeckerTromboneBass trombonist of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic.Read the bioPortrait of Gregory WolynecGregory WolynecResident ConductorDirector of Orchestral Activities at the University of Southern Mississippi.Read the bioPortrait of Lisa WolynecLisa WolynecWind Area CoordinatorPrincipal flutist of the Paducah Symphony; directs the festival's woodwind chamber music.Read the bio
Portrait of Jeanzem SalazarJeanzem SalazarAssistant Conductor and String Area Coordinator
Portrait of Jesus OviedoJesus OviedoString Area Coach
Portrait of Elena ArtillesElena ArtillesWind Area Manager
Portrait of Robert PapocsiRobert PapocsiAssistant Conductor, Horn Area Coordinator and Coach

Past seasons

Past faculty and guests

Artists who have taught, coached or performed at the festival in earlier seasons.

  • Irvine Arditti
  • Hafez Babashi
  • Pierluigi Billone
  • Gregory Buchalter
  • Elizabeth Caballero
  • Diogo Carvalho
  • Adam Diegel
  • Brent Douglas
  • Anthony Green
  • Ryan Speedo Green
  • Michael Gruber
  • Nicholas Johnson
  • Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin
  • Kristo Kondakci
  • Orsolya Korc
  • Lei Liang
  • Giuseppe Montesano
  • Joshua Neumann
  • Hans Peter Ochsenhofer
  • James Pearson
  • Russell Robinson
  • Charlie Rueter
  • Joachim Tinnefeld
  • Linda Watson
  • Oliver Weber

Curtain call

The company

The artistic and administrative leaders of the festival.

Portrait of Jessica MeissnerJessica MeissnerOperations Manager

Finale

Apply for summer 2027

Applications for summer 2027 are open until March 15, 2027, or until a program fills. Priority is given to those who apply first.

  1. Apply todayStart your application, add your recordings, then Submit & Pay. Singers then add their resume and headshot. Your application is complete once the $35 application fee is paid. Priority is given to those who apply first.
    $35 fee
  2. Review and interviewYour materials go to our Application Review Committee. Please allow 7 - 10 business days for the review. Every applicant is then contacted for a phone or video interview.
     
  3. AcceptanceYour offer of acceptance, with any scholarship.
     
  4. Hold your placeThe deposit and the payment schedule are explained in your offer of acceptance.
     
Admit one · ViennaSummer 2027Opera Institute €4,750 · Instrumental Program €4,250
No. 10 · 2017-2027Apply todayby March 15, 2027