Singing in Germany - a practical guide

This guide, translated and expanded from the original German version published in 2002, gives young singers (opera or musical) a very detailed, practical, and above all realistic, insight into the audition process in Germany today. Gone are the golden days of getting engagements easily if you just have a good voice. Today's market requires being better, much better, than your competition, not only vocally, but artistically. Aspiring artists come from all over the world, vying fiercly for the few available positions in the approx. 90 music theatres of the three German speaking countries.



This book is required reading for any young singer who is planning on undertaking an audition tour to German speaking countries for the first time, planning on studying in Germany, or looking for an agent. It also includes a very useful appendix including suggested audition arias, up to date websites, and a German-English-German glossary.



Table of contents:
1. When in Germany, do as the Germans do; 2. Studying in Germany; 3. Auditioning; 4. The first engagement; 5. Singing in the chorus; 6. The singing business; 7. Vocal hygiene; 8. The principles of good singing; 9. Acting for the opera stage.



Submitted by Zenaida des Aubris, correspondent of Arts Management Network, Munich


Published 2005 by Bärenreiter Verlag, 212 pages