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The study programmes at the Department for Vocal Studies are tailored to the needs of singers in the 21st century, who can take on roles with demanding physical requirements and are also trained to work with colleagues, directors and conductors from all over the world. The renowned faculty inspires and encourages students to find their own voice and develop it at their own pace. Numerous opportunities to gain stage experience in the immediate vicinity of the Salzburg Festival round out the programme.

Schwarzstraße 26
5020 Salzburg

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Voice training already played an important role when the Mozarteum was founded in 1841, and this is no different today. The expectations placed on today's singers, however, have changed considerably: in addition to excellent vocal and musical qualities, performing skills are also a must for successful singers. The study programme prepares students for the many realities of life as a singer.

In addition, the vocal pedagogy courses offer a practice-oriented, artistic, pedagogical and academic education. The interdisciplinary and diverse nature of these courses represents a contemporary preparation for a range of future professional fields in a changing professional world.

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News

  • 22.12.2025
    Ensemble scholarship: A (one-year) Start Up for Ensemble(s) 

    Establishing and developing the profile of an ensemble is one of the most demanding and, at the same time, most appealing challenges in artistic development. Many globally successful ensembles were formed during their studies, laying the foundation for an international chamber music career. However, existing study programmes alone can only provide limited incentives and framework conditions for this. The ensemble scholarship is the answer to this: convincing project proposals receive financial support for a period of one year to realise specific artistic projects.

    Open Call
  • © Michael Klimt
    19.12.2025
    Quang Nguyen wins first prize at the Vindobona Song Competition 

    We warmly congratulate the winners of the first Vindobona Song Competition at the Mozarteum University, which took place from 15 to 17 December 2025. In addition to Quang Nguyen, a student of Bernd Valentin and Pauliina Tukiainen, who received the first prize of €6,000, Miriam Bitschnau was awarded the second prize of €3,000 and Gabija Utaraitė and Alice Dreier shared the third prize of €1,500. The prize of €2,000 for the most convincing student piano performance went to Miquel Esquinas.

    Awards & Successes
  • 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
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© Michael Klimt
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Competition
19.12.2025
Vindobona Voice Competition 
© Sven-Kristian Wolf
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Opera
18.12.2025
Der Kaiser von Atlantis & L’Hirondelle inattendue - Behind The Opera 
© Christian Schneider
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Performance
11.8.2025
Labyrinth der Sinne: Opening 
© Christian Schneider
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Performance
11.8.2025
Labyrinth der Sinne: Songs between heaven and earth 
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Performance
11.8.2025
Labyrinth der Sinne: Litany for the Whale 
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Events

  • 24.1.2026
    01:00 pm
    Universität Mozarteum am Kurgarten
    Rituale
    Ein szenisch- performatives Wandelkonzert zur Eröffnung des UMAK mit zeitgenössischer Vokal- Musik, kammermusikalischen Uraufführungen, Szene, Performance und Tanz.
  • 24.1.2026
    03:00 pm
    Universität Mozarteum am Kurgarten
    Rituale
    Ein szenisch- performatives Wandelkonzert zur Eröffnung des UMAK mit zeitgenössischer Vokal- Musik, kammermusikalischen Uraufführungen, Szene, Performance und Tanz.
  • 26.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
  • 27.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
  • 29.1.2026
    07:00 pm
    Max Schlereth Saal
    The Rape of Lucretia
    „Go back, Tarquinius!“ – ruft der erzählende Chronist der Oper dem etruskischen Königssohn zu. Unaufhaltsam nimmt die Tragödie jedoch ihren Lauf: Tarquinius fällt über Lucretia, die Gattin seines Kampfgenossen Collatinus her und vergewaltigt sie, trotz erbittertem Widerstand.
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Opera productions

  • © Wolf Silveri
    23.6.2025
    Medusa Giuditta 

    Caught between Baroque and contemporary music, Kai Röhrig and Florentine Klepper's opera class set out in search of clues with ‘Medusa / Giuditta’, following on from the successful double bill ‘Elissa / Dido & Aeneas’ in 2023.

    Opera production
  • © Judith Buss
    25.5.2025
    Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Don Giovanni 

    Mozart's opera Don Giovanni deals with the mythologically charged subject of the womaniser and libertine Don Juan. The focus is on an unscrupulous nobleman who lives excessively, seduces women and even murders – until he is finally brought to account by a higher power. The story is deeply rooted in moral issues and raises questions of guilt, abuse of power and punishment.

    Opera production
  • © Christian Schneider
    31.1.2025
    Christian Jost: Poet's love 

    Opera production
  • © Judith Buss
    15.12.2024
    Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 

    The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity.

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  • © Judith Buss
    26.6.2024
    Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro 

    As a play, La Folle journée by the scandalous author Pierre Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais was banned in Vienna. However, Mozart and Da Ponte were able to suggest to Emperor Joseph II that the genre of opera would defuse the revolutionarily objectionable text and were thus commissioned to compose and write the libretto. The question of whether they did not in fact intensify the play in other ways is one that is posed anew in every production. With Le nozze di Figaro, Gernot Sahler and Alexander von Pfeil's opera class continued their Da Ponte cycle, which began with Così fan tutte in May 2023.

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