About me

I am a German native professional soprano, German diction coach and voice teacher. I have been the German Diction Coach at San Francisco Opera since 2008, where I work for main stage production such as Fidelio, Elektra, Arabella, Der Ring, among others, as well as for the San Francisco Opera’s Merola and Adler Fellows Young Artist programs.

I am very excited to add Houston Grand Opera to my work engagements in 2023 for the productions of Salome and Parsifal. I have been invited to coach for staged concert productions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and worked with singers at the Los Angeles Opera Young Artist Program. Since 2019 I have been the regular German diction coach at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.

I enjoy working with a broad range of singers, from students to professionals. I privately coach singers of all levels, e.g. to help with role preparation, practice spoken dialogue or to refine German repertoire.

My background as a professional singer, being a German native as well as having solid understanding of German diction rules and IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) through my teaching at McGill University and the Université de Montréal allow me to bring great expertise as well as an intimate understanding of the application of German for singing. While I always pay attention to meticulous pronunciation, it is the artistic and musical application that makes me so passionate about the subject.

One of my great passions is the German Lied and I have taught various courses and seminars on this subject at McGill University, such as "Song Repertoire" and "Lied and Poetry of German Romantic Lied".

I am available as a diction coach for private sessions or opera productions, and I offer master classes and workshops on diction, and German Lied and its Poetry.