Vienna State Opera - Opera School

Be it Carmen, La bohème or Tosca - the children's choir brings zest to the stage. The Vienna State Opera enables vocally gifted children from the age of 8 to enter the world of opera. On about 100 opera evenings per season, the children of the Opera School are in the spotlight on the big stage: as soloists or as a choir. The street children in Carmen and La bohème, Charlotte's siblings in Werther, altar boys in Tosca, the under-hyped children of Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier and, and, and. Performances outside the opera also enrich the opera school's remit.
 

How does the opera school work?

In the basic choir (8-10 years), the children receive individual singing lessons in addition to the choir rehearsals, which take place 2x per week. The main tasks of the children's choir in the opera are taken over by the core choir (10-14 years) after the 2nd year of training. The children of the basic choir and the core choir receive weekly scenic lessons in addition to singing lessons. For young people who have outgrown the children's costumes, the Opera School offers a professional platform in the form of the youth choir »OPERAteens«. In addition, »OPERAteens« have the opportunity to participate in the »SoloS« program for the promotion of gifted singers.

Date will be announced in January 2025

Die Zauberflöte

Norma

Carmen

Salome

Macbeth

Billy Budd

La Boheme

Tosca

Hänsel und Gretel

Turandot

Cavalleria / Pagliacci

Werther

Andrea Chénier

Lohengrin

Der Rosenkavalier

Pique Dame

Date will be announced in January 2025

DATES
→ to be announced soon. 

LOCATION: Opera School of the Vienna State Opera, Goethegasse 1, 1010 Vienna.

AGE GROUPS: 8 - 10 years, 2nd - 4th grade elementary school.

Registration required!

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
Kathrin Schulz
Opera School of the Vienna State Opera
T +43 1 514 44 2694
M opera school(at)wiener-staatsoper.at

Künstlerischer Leiter/ Chorleitung

Johannes Mertl

Stimmbildung

Ulrike Bancher
Marlis Birkner

MusikalischeS TEAM

Kerem Sezen
Florian Schwarz
Georg Stangelberger

Bühnenpräsenztraining

Karl Wenninger

Sologesang (Begabtenförderung)

Alexander Kaimbacher
Ileana Tonca

Administration

Kathrin Schulz 

VerwaltUNG

Parviz Yahyavi

Gouvernanten für Proben und Vorstellungen (Oper)

Regina Barowski 
Vanja Kugler Trajković
Lone Rasmussen

KINDERSCHUTZTEAM

Dr. Friederike Michlmayer → Leitung
Karl Wenninger
Kathrin Schulz 

Schulwart

Gianpiero Russo


 Die Opernschule wird vom Stadtschulrat Wien unterstützt.