Background

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Joachim Schamberger has gained great acclaim as an international stage director and video designer. His productions have appeared in the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Brazil, Norway, Israel, Japan and China. In addition to directing and designing, Schamberger is an avid opera educator. He is on the faculty at many young artist festivals and guest lectures at conservatories throughout the world. He most recently served as visiting professor of opera at DePauw University from 2011-2017. Schamberger’s expertise includes vocal and dramatic interpretation as well as style and language coaching.

A native of Germany, Schamberger is a graduate of the Musikhochschule in Würzburg, the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, and the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera. He studied digital film production and 3-D animation at the New York Film Academy.

For more information, visit his website.

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