In 2007, the Lübeck Theatre and the Lübeck University of Music (MHL) jointly established the "International Opera Elite Studio" (since 2021 "Lübeck Opera Studio"), financed by the Possehl Foundation, in order to comprehensively support particularly gifted young singers in the transitional phase between training and professional opera life and thus prepare them for a profession that requires a wealth of further artistic and personal qualifications in addition to solid vocal training. The scholarship holders of the Lübeck Opera Studio participate in various music theatre productions of the Lübeck Theatre, taking on small and medium-sized roles and covering large ones, depending on their aptitude. At the same time, they complete a further education course at the MHL. Since 2022, an additional position in solo repetition has been filled.
The Lübeck Opera Studio offers its members the opportunity to acquire professional practice under the conditions of a professional opera company and at the same time to be supported and accompanied by an individual study programme. The theatre and the MHL jointly ensure that the training programme is specifically tailored to the profile of the individual scholarship holder in musical, scenic-acting and personal terms in order to guarantee the most intensive development period possible. Several scholarship holders have already become regular ensemble members of the Lübeck Theatre after their time in the Opera Studio, others have entered into comparably attractive engagements.
The MHL and Theater Lübeck will continue their cooperation in this area in the 2024/2025 season. The call for applications will be issued by December 2023.
Secretariat of Study at the MHL
Große Petersgrube 21
23552 Lübeck
Nadja Dickert
101a
T: +49 (0)451-1505-182
F: +49 (0)451-1505-303
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