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Every year, highly regarded theatre makers at the Mozarteum's Opera Department prepare two classes of up to 15 highly talented students for the high demands of an international opera career. Four staged productions with orchestra are performed for a wide audience each year.

Mirabellplatz 1
5020 Salzburg

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Opera Studies

Master Postgraduate certificate

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11.6.2026

Bella Musica and LAUT:SPRECHER included in the ‘Atlas of Good Teaching’

Two projects from Mozarteum University Salzburg have been included in the “Atlas of Good Teaching”, a nationwide platform showcasing innovative teaching initiatives at Austrian universities. The Pre-College ensemble project Bella Musica and the university teaching initiative LAUT:SPRECHER demonstrate how artistic excellence, academic reflection and social responsibility can be combined in higher education in the arts. Both projects provide inspiring examples of participatory, future-oriented teaching practice.

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8.6.2026

Three minutes for Agamemnon

On 23 June, the Opera Studies Department at the Mozarteum University Salzburg will celebrate the world premiere of Agamemnon (Musical Director: Gernot Sahler; Director: Alexander von Pfeil). The commissioned work was created by the young Slovenian composer Vid Ožbolt, who is currently studying composition with Sarah Nemtsov. In a conversation with the composer and with set and costume designer Laura Trilsam, a student in the Department of Scenography, we take a look behind the scenes and at the creative process behind the production.

Interview
5.5.2026

Aetherial austerity and comedic chaos

Florentine Klepper, Volker Wahl and Kai Röhrig in conversation with Magdalena Croll about Giacomo Puccini’s *Suor Angelica* and *Gianni Schicchi*

Interview
11.12.2025

Opera as a mirror of society

26th January 2026 sees the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia in the Max Schlereth Saal at the Mozarteum University. We spoke to the production team, Lena Matterne and Theresa Staindl, to learn more about their views on female identity, self-determination and social conscience.

Interview