Musiktheater Bavaria
Oberaudorf, Bavaria
Key facts
- Dates
- Jul 9, 2026 → Aug 1, 2026
- Application deadline
- Mar 15, 2026
- Tuition
- $6,300
- Application fee
- Free
- Stipend / salary
- —Add
- Age range
- 18+
- Scholarship
- Available
About
What is MTB? In German, the term Musiktheater incorporates the genres of opera, operetta and musical theater. The combination of these art forms within Musiktheater recognizes that we are all essentially singing stage actors for whom training in voice, acting, dance, movement and song interpretation is valuable. With this concept at its core, Musiktheater Bavaria offers a culturally enriching, intensive young artist training program in which students choose to study either opera or musical theater . At MTB you'll work with a focused group of talented, competitively selected singers and pianists and excellent, experienced international teaching faculty who are committed to making the maximum possible impact on your performance and audition readiness. You'll perform and you'll study voice, acting, dance, movement, German, audition skills, working in the German-speaking countries, and more, as you experience life in the beautiful Bavarian Alps. Our Opera Studio and Musical Theater Studio artists mostly work separately and sometimes together in classes, workshops, master classes and private lessons tailored to their interests. The entire group is always together for meals and social activities. Most are in college or graduate school or are recent graduates, but in the Opera Studio often are also young opera professionals up to about age 30 who are training at MTB in preparation for auditioning in the German-speaking countries or to generally work on their audition skills and aria package. Although we work intensively Monday through Friday, weekends (except the initial orientation weekend) are free for travel and relaxation. Musiktheater Bavaria is designed as a selective young artist program experience for a limited group of about 24 singers and 4 collaborative pianist fellows, with a 3:1 student to full-time faculty ratio that ensures close personal attention to each student. The MTB experience: • individual attention • advanced instruction • supportive environment • talented colleagues At MTB we embrace your individuality and work with you to recognize your needs, celebrate your strengths and customize your study.
Auditions
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Reviews (1)
1 review
Nick · 2024
I had an overall good Experience with MTB. I had this program recommended to me by the head of the music department at my school. The program lasts about a month and depending on which program you’re in (voice, MT, or Collaborative piano) you’ll be learning two or more scenes from an opera or operetta in German, or American musical theater repertoire in English. They offer acting, vocal coaching, and dance for all students. Singers do take dance classes with Musical theater students depending on apptitude, so it mostly just ended up being the MT students in one class and the vocal students in the other. Again, one could switch to the higher level dance class if that’s their skill level. All students take German class 3 times a week and there are also two levels of German classes, on the 3rd day I switched to the more advanced class. The musical theater students do take German as well but mostly in the lower level. I found them to be just as engaged and willing to learn as the opera students. The biggest draws of the program are the language immersion, the masterclasses, the faculty, and the proximity to major German speaking Opera hubs of Munich and Salzburg. In terms of the location and dormitory situation, They use a main townhouse in the center of the village for most students, with a hotel a few streets over to serve as overflow. Breakfast and lunch are served every day which were very nice, traditional german foods and a choice of soup or dessert. Everyone eats breakfast and lunch together every day which I appreciated and the town had very nice amenities. There was even a local beer festival at the end of our stay in the town. The town itself is situated in the southern German alps 2 hours outside of Munich and very close to the Austrian border with lots of excursions such as hiking or castle tours available on weekends. Weekends are otherwise free to spend how you like and the town is very well connected to the bigger cities via train. I’d recommend this program to anyone finishing up thier undergraduate, or are midway through thier graduate degree. Bonus: for colaborative pianists this program offers a unique oppertunity to live, work, and train with singers and MT performers as a full member of the artist community there.