Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

BOA is the premier European summer opera festival program providing practical professional instruction to emerging artists in the most operatically important city in the world. The forthcoming OPERNFEST 2025 Summer Festival repertoire includes:

Cendrillon // Massenet
L'incoronazione di Poppea // Monteverdi
Die Fledermaus // Strauss
Die Zauberflöte // Mozart

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2025

Full and partial scholarships available totalling 150,000€

Academy schedule includes:

- A place in BOA's orchestra playing for two or four BOA: OPERNFEST productions
- World-class faculty, currently performing at houses including The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and more
- Chamber music training & concert
- German language courses
- Audition training
- Instrumental masterclasses
- Conducting workshops
- Daily access to practice rooms