Alevtina Ioffe

Alevtina Ioffe is Chief Conductor of the Bern Opera, effective from the season 2025/26: as one of the most versatile and exciting conductors of her generation she is also the Principal Guest Conductor of the Staatskapelle Weimar and Honorary Conductor at the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. Alevtina is highly demanded as opera conductor and regularly appears … Continued

Anna Voshege

Anna Voshege studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium, and the Musik und Kunst Universität in Vienna. Anna Voshege won the 2023 Micheal Byrne Vienna State Opera Award from The Opera Foundation for Young Australians and the Richard Strauss Singing Competition, which was awarded by Brigitte Fassbaender and Gundula Janowitz. European engagements include: Blonde (Die Entfuhrung aus … Continued

Silvia Beltrami

Silvia Beltrami is a mezzo-soprano with a vocation for Verdi and in this repertoire she has enjoyed great success in prestigious theatres, both in Italy and abroad, with such roles as Azucena in Il trovatore, Amneris in Aida, Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Eboli in Don Carlo. Highlights of her career include Un ballo … Continued

Nikolas Nägele

Born in 1987 in Radolfzell am Bodensee (Germany), Nikolas Maximilian Nägele graduated in conducting, piano and clarinet from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich and Leipzig and he was a prize winner of James Conlon Conducting Prize in 2012 and of Aspen Festival Conducting Prize in 2013. From 2017 to 2020 he has been Kapellmeister … Continued

Stefan Pop

Operalia Award winner Ștefan Pop is one of today’s tenors in international demand, especially in the Italian repertoire. He performs at major opera houses such as Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Berlin State Opera, Dresden Semperoper, Opéra de Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera House, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro dell’ Opera … Continued

Alasdair Kent

Australian tenor Alasdair Kent is known for “his evenly produced tenor, refined technique and intense expressiveness,” (Opera News) a voice “of great clarity, and of beautiful projection,” (Opera Online) and for marrying “striking good looks with delicious sound.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) An internationally-acclaimed interpreter of Rossini and Mozart, his high tenor repertoire also encompasses the Romantic … Continued

Matteo Desole

Born in Sassari in 1989, he studied singing with Raina Kabaivanska in Modena and he made his debut in 2007 as Malcolm in Macbeth at Teatro Comunale Bologna conducted by Roberto Abbado, and staged by Bob Wilson. He immediately made his debuts mostly as Alfredo in Traviata (Rome Opera, Erl Festival, La Fenice, Florence, Prague, … Continued

James Pratt

James is a recipient of the Brian Stacey Emerging Conductors Award, the first graduate of the University of Adelaide’s Orchestral Conducting Master’s Degree, and winner of the Edouard Toldrà Conducting Competition in Spain. James worked as a conductor at the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and was invited to conduct at the Impuls Festival, leading premieres … Continued

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Winner of the prestigious Voci Verdiane, Callas and Luciano Pavarotti competitions, Anna Caterina Antonacci has enjoyed an international career spanning the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. She has been honoured with the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur by the French Republic, the country’s highest national distinction, and in … Continued

Nino Surguladze

Born in Tbilisi (Georgia), after studying journalism, she graduated with full marks in her home town’s Conservatory. She has been awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence, one of the top distinctions of the Republic of Georgia for her contribution to culture and promotion of Georgian cause in the world; she has been decorated Cavaliere della Stella … Continued