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! Julia!Makarevich!Soprano!|!Donna!Anna studied!singing!at!Universität!der!Künste!.!Additionally,!she!received! extensive!private!singing!training!by!Verena!Rein.! So!far,!the!soprano!has!been!on!stage!as!Queen!of!the!Night!!(The!Magic!Flute),! Gretel!(Hänsel!und!Gretel),!Madame!Herz!(Der!Schauspieldirektor)!and!Rowan! (Der!kleine!Schornsteinfeger).!She!was!cast!as!Konstanze!(Entführung!aus!dem! Serail)!at!the!Schlossfestspiele!Sondershausen!2012.!With!great!success!she! sang!Zerbinetta!et!al.!in!the!!collage!‚Richard,!Richard,!Sterntaler’!at! theatre!werkmünchen.!Frau!Fluth!(Die!lustigen!Weiber!von!Windsor),!Cleopatra! (Giulio!Cesare)!and!Lakmé!(Lakmé)!complete!her!opera!repertoire.!She!also!has! an!eclectic!concert!and!song!repertoire.

! !!!!!Valda!Wilson!Soprano!|!Donna!Anna! was!born!in!Australia,!where!she!studies!singing!at!the!Sydney!Conservatorium! of!Music!as!well!as!at!the!National!Opera!Studio!London!(including! masterclasses!with!Edda!Moser,!Thomas!Hampson,!Christa!Ludwig,!Michael! Schade,!Joyce!di!Donato,!Helmut!Deutsch!et!al.).!In!2012!she!participated!in!the! Young!Singers!Project!of!the!Salzburger!Festspiele!and!was!a!member!of!the! ‚young!ensemble’!at!!Dresden!(2010a2012).!During!her!birst!season! there!she!debuted!as!Pamina!in!Mozart’s!‚Magic!Flute’.!She!embodied!the!title! role!in!Händels!‚Rodelinda’!under!the!direction!of!maestro!Richard!Bonynge!in! Sydney!as!well!as!Rosina!in!Rossinis!‚Il!Barbiere!di!Seviglia’!at!the!Verbier! Festival!Academy.!On!New!Year’s!Day!2014!she!is!going!to!debut!at! Festspielhaus!!with!Carmina!Burana.

! Victoria!Kunze!Soprano!|!Zerlina was!born!in!Bamberg!and!currently!studies!singing/musical!theater!(Ruth! Ziesak),!harp!(Annette!JansenaZacks)!and!elementary!music!education!(Michael! Dartsch)!at!the!Hochschule!für!Musik!Saarbrücken.!She!gives!numerous!recitals! (singing!and!playing!the!harp)!and!can!be!seen!on!stage!in!several!projects!at! the!Hochschule!für!Musik!Saar.! In!January!2013!she!sang!and!played!as!a!soloist!at!the!New!Year’s!concert!of!the! Bamberg!Chamber!Orchestra.! Since!April!2013!holds!a!scholarship!of!the!German!National!Academic! Foundation,!in!whose!orchestra!she!plays!the!harp.!She!took!part!in!singing! masterclasses!with!Ulf!Bästelein,!Detlef!Roth,!Gabriele!Schnaut,!Endrik!Wottrich! et!al.

Ralitsa!Ralinova!Soprano!|!Zerlina was!born!in!Bulgaria!and!currently!does!opera!master!studies!with!Prof.!Ilka! Popova!at!the!National!Music!Academy!Sobia.!In!2012!she!participated!in!the! ‚International!Summer!Academy!Prague/Vienna/Budapest’!with!Prof.!Thomas! Moser!in!Jennersdorf!(Austria).!In!2013!she!took!part!in!a!recording!of!‚The! Magic!Flute’!(as!Pamina!and!Papagena)!at!the!Bulgarian!National!Radio!under! Emil!Tabakov.!She!also!is!the!winner!of!the!23rd!National!Svetoslav!Obretenov’! Competition!in!Provadia,!Bulgaria,!2012.

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Hyunjin!Park!Soprano!|!Donna!Elvira comes!from!South!Korea.!From!2008!to!2010!she!successfully!completed!her! master!studies!in!opera!singing!(Prof.!Michael!Pinkerton!and!Prof.!Christine! Schwarz)!at!the!Konservatorium!Wien!a!City!of!Vienna!University.!She!was!cast! as!Cherubino!in!‚Le!nozze!de!Figaro’!(2009),!1st!dame!in!‚The!Magic!Flute’!and! Donna!Elvira!in!‚Don!Giovanni’!(both!2010).!In!2006!she!ended!up!bifth!at!the! international!Johannes!Brahms!competition!in!Pörtschach!and!won!the!3rd! prize!at!the!birst!international!songaduo!competition!in!Sobia,!Bulgaria.

Oksana!Pollani!Soprano!|!Donna!Elvira was!born!in!the!Ukraine.!She!studied!with!Prof.!Katharina!Dau!at!the! Hochschule!für!Musik!und!Darstellende!Kunst!in!Mannheim!(‚soloist!training!–! concert!singing’)!and!with!Prof.!Christiane!Hampe!at!the!Hochschule!für!Musik! Lübeck!and!became!a!member!of!the!‚Opernelitestudio’!at!Lübeck!Theatre!in! 2012.!!In!the!same!year!she!received!a!special!encouragement!award!from!the! Walter!and!Charlotte!HamelaFoundation!and!received!a!scholarship!from!the! MarieaLouise!ImbuschaFoundation!Lübeck.!She!performed!at!Lübeck!Theatre!as! a!Blumenmädchen!in!Richard!Wagner’s!‚Parsifal’!and!as!Sandmännchen!in! Engelbert!Humperdinck’s!‚Hänsel!und!Gretel’.

Francisco!FernándezaRueda!!Tenor|!Don!Ottavio! Born!in!Seville,!he!began!his!musical!training!as!a!clarinetist.!He!holds!a!degree! in!French!Studies!from!the!University!of!Seville,!later!he!moved!to!Barcelona! where!he!studied!singing!with!Lambert!Climent!and!!with!Lynne!Dawson,! Assumpta!Mateu!and!Francisco!Poyato!at!the!Escola!Superior!de!Musica!de! Catalunya!(ESMUC).!He!currently!pursues!his!vocal!studies!in!classical!and! romantic!repertory!with!Professor!Raphaël!Sikorski!in!Paris!and!Raúl!Giménez! in!Barcelona.!In!the!operatic!bield,!Francisco!Fernández!Rueda!has!played!the! role!of!Aeneas!in!Purcell’s!‘Dido&Aeneas’,!Leonato!in!Handel's!‘Alessandro’,! Pastore!in!Monteverdi's!‘Orfeo’,!and!!Zephyr!and!Suite!de!Sangar!in!his!recent! debut!in!the!legendary!recreation!of!Lully’s!opera!‘Atys’!with!William!Christie! and!Les!Arts!Florissants.

Hitoshi!Tamada!!Tenor|!Don!Ottavio! was!born!in!Japan.!He!studied!‘Lied!Interpretation’!at!Hochschule!für!Musik!und! Darstellende!Kunst!Stuttgart!followed!by!a!‘Master!Neue!Vokalmusik’!(also!in! Stuttgart).!He!took!part!in!several!world!premiere!productions!of!‚Studio!für! Stimmkunst!und!Neues!Musiktheater!Stuttgart’.!He!gained!experience!on!stage! as!Don!Basilio!(Le!Nozze!di!Figaro),!Ferrando!(Così!fan!tutte)!and!Nemorino! (L’elisir!d’amore)!in!Japan.!In!the!season!of!2013/14!he!will!be!an!intern!at!SWR! Vokalensemble.!He!gives!many!concerts!as!a!soloist!performing!Lieder!as!well!as! sacred!and!early!music.

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Benjamin!Appl!!!|!Don!Giovanni debuted!at!the!Staatsoper!‘Unter!den!Linden‘!Berlin!as!Tusenbach!in!Peter! Eötvö’s!‚Tri!sestri’!in!2011.!He!gained!further!experience!in!Purcell’s!‚Dido!and! Aeneas’!(Aeneas),!Orff’s!‚Die!Kluge’!(König),!Strauß‘s!‚Die!Fledermaus’!(Falke),! Puccini’s!‚La!Bohème’!(Schaunard)!and!Britten’s!‚Owen!Wingrave’!(Owen! Wingrave).!He!performed!with!the!‚Akademie!für!Alte!Musik!Berlin’,!the! ‚Münchner!Rundfunkorchester’,!the!‚Staatskapelle!Berlin’!and!with!conductors! such!as!Michael!Hofstetter,!Christoph!Poppen,!Helmuth!Rilling!and!Ulf!Schirmer.! He!gave!recitals!at!‚Schubertiade!Hohenems’,!Berlin!Philharmonie,!‚Heidelberger! Frühling’,!‚Klavierfestival!Ruhr’,!‚Ravinia!Festival’,!Wigmore!Hall!London!and! ‚Rheingau!Musik!Festival’.!Appl!lives!in!London,!where!he!has!studied!with! Rudolf!Piernay!at!Guildhall!School.!He!was!the!last!private!student!of!Dietrich! FischeraDieskau.

Jiri!Rajnis!!Baritone!|!Don!Giovanni comes!from!Prague,!where!he!studied!and!worked!as!a!singer.!He!successfully! completed!studies!in!acting!and!drama!at!the!Prague!Conservatory!as!well!as! opera!singing!at!the!Music!Academy!of!Performing!Art!Prague.!In!the!Chech! Republic!he!had!several!guest!appearances!at!the!opera.! In!the!past!six!months!he!worked!with!professors,!singers!and!répétiteurs!of! UCLA,!Juillard!School!and!Metropolitan!Opera!New!York!City!.!In!New!York!he! performed!Belcore!in!‚L’elisir!d’amore’!et!al.!!As!part!of!the!‚Seattle!young!artist! program’!he!will!perform!Don!Giovanni!at!UCLA!(coached!by!members!of!the! Metropolitan!Opera)!in!February!2014.!

Giuseppe!Di!Paola!!!|!Leporello! was!born!in!Italy!and!is!currently!studying!in!Bremen.!He!has!already!completed! his!studies!at!‚Conservatorio!di!Musica!G.B.Martini!Bologna’!with!Dano!Raffanti.! In!2005!he!became!a!binalist!in!the!‚AsLiCo’!Competition!of!Giovani!Cantanti! Lirici!d’Europa,!performing!Figaro!in!Mozart’s!‚Le!Nozze!di!Figaro’,!followed!by! an!engagement!of!‚AsLiCo’!for!Sergei!Prokobjew’s!opera!‚L’Amour!des!Trois! Oranges’,!conducted!by!Dmitri!Jurovsky.!In!the!Season!of!2009/2010!he! successfully!performed!in!,Le!nozze!di!Figaro’!at!‘Maggio!Musicale!Fiorentino’!in! Florenz!as!well!as!in!,La!Traviata’!and!‘Rigoletto’!at!‘Teatro!Politeama!di! Palermo’.

Seo!Kwangmin!!Bass!|!Leporello was!born!in!South!Korea.!He!is!currently!studying!at!‚Musikhochschule! Würzburg’!with!Prof.!Cheryl!Studer.!In!the!past!he!has!not!only!been!active!in! the!operatic!bield!–!he!also!performed!in!several!musicals,!such!as! ‚Cleopatra’!(Antonius,!2009)!or!‚Notre!Dame!de!Paris’!(Frollo,!2010)!in!Korea. He!was!cast!as!Sparafucile!in!Verdi’s!‚Rigoletto’!(Korea,!2005)!and!as!Sprecher! and!Zweiter!Geharnischter!in!Mozart’s!‚Zauberblöte’.!

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Nicholas!Probst!!Bass!|!Masetto was!born!in!the!USA!and!studied!at!‘Hochschule!für!Musik!Stuttgart’!with!Prof.! Ulrike!Sonntag.! He!has!performed!at!‘Union!Avenue!Opera’!in!the!US!as!Tsurin!in!Tschaikowsky’s! opera!‘Pique!Dame’,!at!the!New!York!Lyric!Opera!as!Papageno!in!Mozart’s!‘Magic! Flute’!and!in!Carnegie!Hall!as!Lescaut!in!Puccini’s!‘Manon!Lescaut’!and!with!the! Opera!Company!of!Brooklyn,!New!York,!as!Masetto!in!‘Don!Giovanni’. He!completed!his!musical!education!with!masterclasses!at!the!‘Internationale! Bachakademie!Stuttgart’!(JohannesaPassion,!J.S.!Bach)!with!Prof.!Rudolf!Piernay! and!at!the!Metropolitan!Opera!Guild!(‘Pardon!My!French’)!with!Dr.!Susan!Stout.

Jan!Szurgot!!Bass!|!Masetto was!born!in!Poland!and!is!currently!studying!at!the!‚Academy!of!Music’!Lodz! with!Prof.!P.!Miciński. In!2012!he!participated!in!masterclasses!with!Włodzimierz!Zalewski!at! ‚Musikakademie!!Rheinsberg’!and!with!Udo!Reinemann.!Additionally,!he!took! part!in!the!‚17th!International!Course!of!Musical!Interpretation’!in!Nowy!Sacz,! Poland. In!March!2013!he!was!cast!as!Schlendrian!in!a!performance!of!Johann!Sebastian! Bach’s!!No.!211!(‚Kaffeekantate’).

Philip!Mehr!!Bass!|!Commendatore debuted!at!Opera!Frankfurt!in!Davie’s!‚Cinderella’!(music!director:!Johannes! Debus)!as!a!twelveayearaold!boy!in!1999,!and!recently!had!engagements!as! Langer!Engländer!(‚Der!Spieler’)!and!La!Voce!in!Mozart’s!‚’,!also!in! Frankfurt.!From!2004!to!2010!he!studied!with!Prof.!Berthold!Possemeyer!at! ‚Hochschule!für!Musik!und!Darstellende!Kunst!Frankfurt’.!In!2010!he!moved!to! Mannheim!to!complete!his!studies!with!Prof.!Rudolf!Piernay. He!attended!masterclasses!with!KS!Kurt!Moll!and!Prof.!Thomas!Heyer.! By!now,!the!young!bass!is!an!awardee!at!‚RichardaWagneraStipendienstiftung’! and!is!an!experienced!performer!in!different!gernres,!such!as!!and! musical.!He!is!a!member!of!the!charitable!chanson!and!cabaret!duo!»Mehr!&! Milde«!and!performed!as!Mackie!Messer!in!a!production!of!‚Hessischer! Rundfunk’.

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