The Opera Class

Love, power and passion: The fascination of the opera remains unbroken. Who isn’t ready to be carried away into the glittering world of staged music drama?

Opera holds a special fascination for students at the Robert Schumann Hochschule. By taking part in the opera master class they learn to work under real-world conditions. The curriculum includes areas such as acting lessons, instruction in scene blocking, the study of movement, Italian and French pronunciation and Italian.

Professor Thomas Gabrisch, head of the opera master class, has successfully produced an opera in each academic year since 1995. The class stages the productions in cooperation with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.

Opera productions since 1995

1995       The Beggar‘s Opera (Benjamin Britten)
1996       La Cenerentola (Gioacchino Rossini)
1997       Der Revisor (Werner Egk)
1998       Le cantatrici villane (Valentino Fioravanti)
1999       A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Benjamin Britten)
2000       Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)
2001       La Scala di Seta (Gioacchino Rossini)
2001       L'impresario in angustie (Domenico Cimarosa)
2002       L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (Maurice Ravel)
2002       Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
2003       The Magic Flute (Wolfgang A. Mozart)
2004       Viva la Mamma (Gateano Donizetti)
2005       The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang A. Mozart)
2005       Der Roman mit dem Kontrabass (Jürg Baur)
2006       Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (Johann Strauß)
2007/08 Orlando (Georg F. Händel)
2008       Hätte Falstaff aus Carmen eine schweigsame Frau gemacht? 
2009       The Journey to Reims (Gioacchino Rossini)
2010       The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang A. Mozart)
2011       Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini) / La vida breve (Manuel de Falla)