German for Singers in Vermont and Germany for Summer 2025
Middlebury German for Singers hope to cast for a fun opera project based on Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” and travel to northern Germany after the 7-week immersion program in Vermont for Summer 2025.
German for Singers is a transformative experience—it is the only program of its kind world-wide! Singer-students will have the opportunity to study the German language intensively in our immersion context, and they will work with world-class musicians to hone their skills as interpreters and experts of the German vocal repertoire. The recommended deadline to apply is February 15.
Opera Project
In addition to working on art songs from the German-speaking countries and paying homage to J. S. Bach in this 275th anniversary year of his death, our focus will once again be on the production of a German opera project. With your help, we hope to recruit the right voices to work on an abridged and adapted version of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”. We know that this opera and its roles in particular are at the top of many a singer’s “hitlist” for German repertoire!
Performance in Germany
The program has been invited again to travel to northern Germany at the end of our program in mid-August to perform this summer’s opera project in the seaside resort of Scharbeutz (Baltic Sea). This concert trip, now in its third year, truly represents the culmination of our work in Middlebury and has been life-changing for so many singers in the past two years. We are so grateful to a generous opera-lover in Scharbeutz who has made these experiences possible for singers and for audiences alike.
Application
- Deadline: February 15
- Funding: For maximum funding, apply by February 15.
- Application: Requires submission of additional materials
- Questions: Contact School’s director Professor Bettina Matthias - bmatthia@middlebury.edu
