Successful vocal classes
Students and alumni from the Eisler vocal classes have received important engagements at renowned theatres in recent months and have been highly successful in major competitions. Soprano Sophie Naubert, who studied with Prof. Anna Samuil from 2021 to 2022, will join the Lübeck Theatre's music theatre ensemble as a vocal soloist in the 2025/26 season. Bass Artyom Wasnetsov, an Eisler graduate from the class of Prof. Dr Michail Lanskoi, has been a permanent member of the Dortmund Theatre opera ensemble since the 2024/25 season. Kristin Guðmundsdóttir, a graduate of Prof. Ewa Wolak, is also a member of the ensemble at Bremerhaven City Theatre in the 2024/2025 season. The baritone Miha Brkinjač, who studied with Prof. Dr Lanskoi, appeared in Rossini's opera ‘Il viaggio a Reims’ at the Salzburg State Theatre in the role of Don Prudenzio.
Soprano Serena Sáenz was heard at the Vienna State Opera in Mozart's Magic Flute as the Queen of the Night, while Slávka Zámečníková sang the role of Pamina in the same production. Both studied at the Eisler with Prof. Samuil and are now permanent ensemble members of the Vienna State Opera. Mikhail Timoshenko, baritone and Master's graduate from Prof. Dr Lanskoi's class, was engaged at the Opéra de Toulon for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and as the Heerrufer in Wagner's Lohengrin. In the 2025/26 season, he will appear as Papageno in The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. The Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Oleksandra Diachenko, a master's student of Prof Stephan Rügamer and Prof Anna Samuil, has appeared in two productions at Odessa Opera, namely in the leading role of Carmen in Bizet's opera of the same name and as Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco.
Students from the vocal classes were also successful in international competitions: soprano Ainhoa López de Munain from Prof Ewa Wolak's class was awarded 3rd prize at the Ciudad De Logroño international competition and the ‘Artifex Proart’ prize at the Valleseco International Zarzuela Competition. Rory Green, baritone and former student of Prof. Christine Schäfer, was awarded 3rd prize in the ‘Concert’ category at the German National Singing Competition. Baritone Bruno Meichsner won a Grand Prize at the Gold International Classical Music Competition 2024.