Meet Our Faculty

Our faculty are successful singers, vocal coaches, conductors and pedagogues who have careers in leading opera houses and universities in Germany and throughout Europe.

Damon Nestor Ploumis

Damon Nestor Ploumis

General Director

Michelle McKenzie

Michelle McKenzie

Administrative Director

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Olaf Storbeck

Olaf Storbeck

Conductor and Coach

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Ugo D'Orazio

Ugo D'Orazio

Coach

Oper Leipzig

Robert Dean

Robert Dean

Vocal Instructor and Coach

National Opera Studio

Jean-Christophe Charron

Jean-Christophe Charron

Coach

Komische Oper Berlin

Fernando Araujo

Fernando Araujo

Coach

Mozarteum, Salzburg

Steve Davislim

Steve Davislim

Vocal Instructor

Semperoper Dresden

WEBSITE

Michael Dißmeier

Michael Dißmeier

German Diction Coach

Theater Altenburg-Gera

Jeanette-Favaro Reuter

Jeanette-Favaro Reuter

Vocal Instructor

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig

WEBSITE

Byron Knutson

Byron Knutson

Coach

Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin

WEBSITE

Catherine Foster

Catherine Foster

Vocal Instructor

Deutsche Oper Berlin and Bayreuther Festspiele

WEBSITE

Ansgar Hüning

Ansgar Hüning

Vocal Instructor

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater

Erkki Korhonen

Erkki Korhonen

Coach

Finnish National Opera

WEBSITE

Fiona Macleod

Fiona Macleod

Coach

Staatstheater Mainz

Carlos Montané

Carlos Montané

Distinguished Professor

Jacobs School of Music Indiana University

Katharina Schröter

Katharina Schröter

German Instructor

Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena

Michael Schütze

Michael Schütze

Coach

Hochschule für Musik Dresden

Jonathon Swinard

Jonathon Swinard

Coach

 Scottish Opera    Garsington Opera

WEBSITE

Jason Weaver

Jason Weaver

Coach

Symphoniker Hamburg