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.


Michelle McKenzie
Administrative Director
Deutsche Oper Berlin

Olaf Storbeck
Conductor and Coach
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Fernando Araujo
Coach
Mozarteum, Salzburg

Jean-Christophe Charron
Coach
Komische Oper Berlin

Steve Davislim †
Vocal Instructor
Semperoper Dresden


Ugo D'Orazio
Coach
Oper Leipzig



Kaine Hayward
Vocal Instructor

Ansgar Hüning
Vocal Instructor
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater




Fiona Macleod
Coach
Staatstheater Mainz

Carlos Montané
Distinguished Professor
Jacobs School of Music Indiana University

Katharina Schröter
German Instructor
Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena

Michael Schütze
Coach
Hochschule für Musik Dresden