Born april 5, 1968 in Munich/Germany
Professional experience and networking in the world of opera since the age of 7:
1976-1983
1st soloist in ”Tölzer Knabenchor”- five years of soloist singing under the baton of all important conductors of the time and at many of the important European music centres (Salzburg and Munich Festival, opera houses of Frankurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Geneva etc.)
CD/ DVD productions (amongst others: Bach Christmas Oratorio – soprano arias with N. Harnoncourt (Universal), Purcell: Dido in ”Dido and Aeneas” (broadcast by West German Television), Mozart: 2nd boy in ”The Magic Flute” unter B. Haitink (EMI), TV- portrait for German State Television etc.)
1983-1986
Work for FIB – films for education, Munich (cultural documentaries about H. Prey, A. Everding a.o.)
1986
end of secondary school with high degrees – main attention on foreign languages such as English, Dutch, French, Italian (all spoken fluently)
1987 -1989
Law school at university of Regensburg with focus on copyright law, during this time:
Work for BMG Classics and artists’ agency Lore Blümel
1989-1995
Studies of opera- directing with Prof. Götz Friedrich at Hamburg high school for music and theatre – final production: Carl Orff: ”Die Kluge”
1995 -2003
Work as a director (Prinzregententheater Munich, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Teatro Communale di Modena), director’s assistant to W. Decker, R. Carsen, A. Homoki, C. Harms, D. Dorn and J. Schaaf and revival director for leading opera houses in Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Austria, Switzerland – artistic collaboration with singers such as W. Meier, P. Domingo, A. Netrebko, R. Villazon, M. Salminen a.o.
2003-05
Head of production planning at Dresden Semeropera House, including work as artistic director of Semperopera’s experimental ”kleine szene”.
2005-06
Work as an artist’s agent with TACT – artists’ agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006-07
Work as an artist’s agent with Allegro Artist Management, Berlin and Helsinki, Finland
August 2007
Opening of Luetje Artist Manageent – promotion, coaching and sales
