The German pianist Matthias Samuil, began his musical education at the age of six and completed his studies as a concert pianist with Annerose Schmidt and Hella Walter at the renowned Hanns Eisler Superior School of Music in Berlin and attended masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Leon Fleisher, Brigitte Engerer and Graham Johnson. As a soloist […]

NICHOLAS SPANOS loved singing from early childhood on. This passion has led him to be currently considered the most prominent countertenor of his native Greece, and counted among the top of his generation worldwide. He was taught the art of Singing by Aris Christofellis in Greece. In 2000 he continued his studies at the University […]

The Turkish soprano Elif Aytekin was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Meiningen State Theater from 2012 to 2021. There she took on roles such as Lucia (LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR), Gilda (RIGOLETTO), Elvira (I PURITANI), Fiordiligi (COSI FAN TUTTE), Magda (LA RONDINE), Micaela (CARMEN), Gretel (HANSEL UND GRETEL) and Violetta ( LA TRAVIATA). […]

Praised for her beautiful “copper-toned” timbre and distinguished as a “very promising” artist (Le Devoir/Montréal) with “wonderful stage presence and vocal generosity” (Revue L’Opéra/Montréal), American-Canadian mezzo-soprano VERONICA POLLICINO is a distinctive vocal artist in the operatic, concert and oratorio worlds. This 2023-2024 season marks the triumphant return to the stage after a joyful hiatus for […]