OPERA STUDIO
2026 Concerts with the AIMS Festival Orchestra
Opera Studio Singers –
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PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL VOCAL WORKS LISTED WILL BE PERFORMED.
Opening Ceremonies
Festliche Eröffnung
Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 19:30 – Kunstuniversität Graz, György-Ligeti-Saal
Dirigent: Marzio Conti
Orchestral works:
Nino Rota – III. Allegretto con spirito: Canzone d’amore from Symphony No. 3 in C Major
Johann Strauß – Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
Richard Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre, WWV 86B
John Williams – Excerpts from Harry Potter Suite: The Philosopher’s Stone
John Williams – Scherzo from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Vocal work:
TBA
AIMS Chorale:
America, the Beautiful
Dachsteinlied
Orchestra Concert #1
Verdi Gala
Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Marzio Conti
Orchestral works:
Giuseppe Verdi – Overture from La forza del destino
Giuseppe Verdi – Ballet Music from Aïda
Giuseppe Verdi – Akt 3 Galop from Il trovatore
Vocal works:
Giuseppe Verdi
from Aïda
Celeste Aida – Radames: Tenor
Ritorna vincitor – Aïda: Soprano
Nile scene – Aïda: Soprano
from Don Carlo
Ella giammai m’amò – Filippo: Bass
Per me giunto … O Carlo, ascolta …Io morrò – Rodriguo: Baritone
O don fatale – Eboli: Mezzosoprano
from Falstaff
È sogno? O realtà? – Ford: Baritone
Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola – Fenton: Tenor
Sul fil d’un soffio etesio – Nanetta: Soprano
from I Lombardi alla prima crociata
La mia letizia infondere – Oronte: Tenor
from Il trovatore
Si la stanchezza m’opprime – Azucena: Mezzosoprano; Manrico: Tenor
from La traviata
Libiamo ne’ lieti calici – Violetta: Soprano; Alfredo: Tenor
Ah, fors’è lui … Sempre libera– Violetta: Soprano
Lungi da lei… De’ miei bollenti spiriti – Alfredo: Tenor
Di Provenza il mar, il suol – Germont: Baritone
Dite alla giovine – Violetta: Soprano; Alfredo: Tenor
Attendo, attendo… Addio del passato – Violetta: Soprano
Parigi o cara – Violetta: Soprano; Alfredo: Tenor
from Luisa Miller
Quando le sere al placido – Rodolfo: Tenor
from Macbeth
Studia il passo – Banco: Bass
from Otello
Ave Maria – Desdemona: Soprano
Canzone del salice “Piangea cantando” – Desdemona Soprano
from Rigoletto
Questa o quella – Il Duca: Tenor
Signor va non ho niente – Sparafucile: Bass; Rigoletto: Baritone
Pari siamo…Deh non larlare – Rigoletto: Baritone
Ah! veglia o donna questo fior – Rigoletto: Baritone; Giovanna: Mezzosoprano
Caro nome – Gilda: Soprano
E il sol dell’anima – Gilda: Soprano; Il Duca: Tenor
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata – Rigoletto: Baritone
Ella mi fu rapita… Parmi veder le lagrime…Possente amor mi chiama – Il Duca: Tenor
Tutte le feste al tempio – Gilda: Soprano; Rigoletto: Baritone
La donna è mobile – Il Duca: Tenor
Bella figlia dell’amore – Gilda: Soprano; Maddalena: Mezzosoprano, Il Duca: Tenor; Rigoletto: Baritone
Lassu in cielo – Gilda: Soprano; Rigoletto: Baritone
from Un ballo in maschera
Saper vorreste – Oscar: Soprano
Volta la terrea – Oscar: Soprano
Re dell’abisso affrettati – Ulrica: Mezzosoprano
Alzatil…Eri tu – Renato: Baritone
A tal colpa e nulla il pianto… Morrò, ma prima in grazia – Amelia: Soprano
La rivedra nell’estasi – Riccardo: Tenor
Orchestra Concert #2
Love is in the Air
Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Lukas Beikircher
Orchestral works:
Richard Strauss – Selections TBA
Vocal works:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from Die Zauberflöte
Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen – Pamina: Soprano; Papageno: Baritone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from Don Giovanni
La ci darem la mano – Don Giovanni: Baritone; Zerlina: Soprano
Leonard Bernstein
from Candide
Oh, happy we! – Cunegonde: Soprano; Candide: Tenor
Giacomo Puccini
from Madama Butterfly
Vogliatemi bene – Cio-Cio San: Soprano; Pinkerton: Tenor
Johann Strauß
from Die Fledermaus
Dieser Anstand, so manierlich – Rosalinde: Soprano; Eisenstein: Tenor
Franz Lehár
from Die lustige Witwe
Heia, Mädel, aufgeschaut – Danilo: Tenor or Baritone; Hanna: Soprano
Lippen schweigen – Danilo: Tenor or Baritone; Hanna: Soprano
Giacomo Puccini
from La bohème
O soave fanciulla – Rodolfo: Tenor; Mimì: Soprano
Richard Strauss
from Der Rosenkavalier
Ist ein Traum … Spür nur dich – Sophie: Soprano; Octavian: Mezzosopan
Leonard Bernstein
from West Side Story
Tonight – Maria: Soprano; Tony: Tenor
Make of our hands – Maria: Soprano; Tony: Tenor
Cole Porter
from High Society
True Love – C.K.: Tenor or Baritone; Tracy: Soprano or Mezzosoprano
Orchestra Concert #3
Entlang der Donau (Along the Danube)
Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:30 – Stift St. Paul im Lavanttal
Dirigent: Patrick Hahn
Orchestral works:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Béla Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123
Vocal works:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
from Die tote Stadt
Mariettas Lied (Glück, das mir verblieb) – Marietta: Soprano
Mein Sehnen mein Wahnen – Fritz: Baritone
Franz Lehár
from Wo die Lerche singt
Wo die Lerche singt, wo die Sichel klingt – Margit: Soprano or Mezzosoprano; Sándor: Tenor or Baritone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from Die Zauberflöte
Zu Hilfe! zu Hilfe! – Tamino: Tenor; Erste Dame: Soprano; Zweite Dame: Mezzosoprano; Dritte Dame: Mezzosoprano
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja – Papageno: Baritone
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – Tamino: Tenor
O zitt’re nicht, mein lieber Sohn … Zum Leiden bin ich fromerkoren – Königin der Nacht: Soprano
Hm! Hm! Hm! – Tamino: Tenor; Papageno: Baritone; Erste Dame: Soprano; Zweite Dame: Mezzosoprano; Dritte Dame: Mezzosoprano
Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen – Pamina: Soprano; Papageno: Baritone
Wie stark – Tamino: Tenor
O Isis und Osiris – Sarastro: Bass
Der Hölle Rache – Königin der Nacht: Soprano
In diesen heil’gen Hallen – Sarastro: Bass
Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden – Pamina: Soprano
Soll‘ ich dich, Teurer! nicht mehr sehn? – Pamina: Soprano; Tamino: Tenor; Sarastro
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – Papageno: Baritone
Klinget, Glöckchen – Papageno: Baritone; Papagena: Soprano
Nur stille – Königin der Nacht, Erste Dame: Soprano; Zweite Dame: Mezzosoprano; Dritte Dame: Mezzosoprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from Le nozze di Figaro
Aprite un po’ quel’occhi – Figaro: Bass-Baritone
Cosa sento? – Susanna: Soprano; Conte Almaviva: Baritone; Basilio: Tenor
Crudel! Perche finora – Susanna: Soprano; Conte Almaviva: Baritone
Deh vieni non tardar – Susanna: Soprano
Dove sono i bei momenti – Rosina: Soprano
Hai già vinta la cfroma…Vedrò mentr’io sospiro – Conte Almaviva: Baritone
La vendetta – Bartolo: Bass
Non più andrai – Figaro: Bass-Baritone
Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio – Cherubino: Mezzosoprano
Porgi, amor – Rosina: Soprano
Se vuol ballare – Figaro: Bass-Baritone
Sull’aria – La contessa d’Almaviva; Susanna: Soprano
Susanna, or via, sortite! – Rosina: Soprano; Susanna: Soprano; Conte Almaviva: Baritone
Tutto e tranquillo e placido – Susanna: Soprano; Figaro: Bass-Baritone
Contessa, perdono – Count Almaviva: Baritone; Rosina: Soprano; Susanna: Soprano; Figaro: Bass-Baritone; Cherubino: Mezzosoprano; Marcellina: Soprano; Bartolo: Bass; Basilio: Tenor
Orchestra Concert #4
Make him laugh … ein Fest bei Prinz Orlowsky
Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 19:30 – Schlossbergbühne Kasematten
Friday, August 7, 2026 at 19:30 – Kunsthaus Weiz
Guest Artist: Elisabeth Schwarz
Dirigent: Alfred Eschwé
Orchestral works:
Johann Strauß – TBA selections from Die Fledermaus
Vocal works:
Johann Strauß
from Die Fledermaus
TBA selections
TBA selections from Broadway shows
Orchestra Concert #5
Meistersinger
Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 19:30 – Helmut-List-Halle
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst
Moderation: Clemens Anton Klug
Orchestral works:
Jennifer Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Meistersinger Finalists will sing before a jury and the Graz public. Prizes will be awarded.
Meistersinger Vocal Competition Rules, repertoire requirements and fee are published on the AIMS website. https://aimsgraz.com/the-program/voice/meistersinger-competition-and-lieder-studio-awards/
LIEDER STUDIO
2026 Liederkonzerte
Jean Anderson, Coach
Title TBA
Theme TBA
Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 17:00 – Robert-Stolz-Museum, Salon Stolz
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Gabriel Dobner, Coach
Title TBA
Theme TBA
Friday, August 7, 2026 at 18:00 – LKH Kirche
Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Kenneth Griffiths, Coach
Title TBA
Theme TBA
Saturday, August 7, 2026 at 17:00 – Robert-Stolz-Museum, Salon Stolz
Sunday, August 8, 2026 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
OTHER PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
– for singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists
Kunst der Verwandlung: ein bunter Melodienstrauß
The Art of Transformation: a Colorful Bouquet of Melodies
Friday, August 7, 2026 at 19:30 – Evangelisch methodistische Kirche
Pianists: TBA
A potpourri concert open to all singers.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
Zauberstimmensommerklänge (Magic Voices – Summer Sounds)
Children’s Concert
Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 10:30 – Robert-Stolz-Museum, Salon Stolz
Coordinator, pianist, and coach: Erin Palmer
Narrator: Andreas Schöneich
A one-hour concert for children. Open to all singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
From Berlin to Broadway…ein Abend mit Kurt Weill
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 19:30 – Theaterhaus
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 19:30 – Theaterhaus
Coordinator, coach, and pianist: John Greer
Stage Direction: Gero Nievelstein
A presentation of semi-staged Kurt Weill songs. Open to all Opera Studio singers.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
AMEN!
American Spirituals Concerts
Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 19:30 – Wallfahrtskirche Maria Straßengel
Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 20:00 – Münzgrabenkirche, Graz
Coordinator and coach: Alfonse Anderson
Pianist: TBA
Spiritual solos and ensembles. Open to all singers.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
Bring music you want to perform.
Concert dress:
Ladies – floor-length gowns with modest necklines and shoulders covered. (No exceptions)
Men – dark suits with ties.
Una festa italiana
Italian Arias & Songs Concert
Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Coordinator, coach, and pianist: Joel Ayau
Stage Direction: TBA
Italian opera arias and ensembles. Open to all singers.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
AIMS in Graz Churches
Performance opportunities at Graz church services
Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 10:00 – Grazer Dom
Sunday, August 2, 2026 at 10:00 – Grazer Dom
Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 10:00 – Münzgrabenkirche
Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 10:00 – Grazer Dom
Coordinator and organist: Minji Kwon
Open to all singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists.
Indicate your interest in performing on the Performance Planning section of the online application.
Repertoire for Grazer Dom masses:
Selections from Handel’s 9 German Arias
Meine Seele hört im Sehen
Flammende Rose
Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise
Künft’ger Zeiten
Fiesta Española!
Spanish Concert
Friday, July 24, 2026 at 19:30 – Autohaus Paier & Paier, Gleinstätten
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress
Coordinator and coach: Gustavo Halley
Pianist: TBA
Songs in Spanish from Spain/Latin America and arias from Zarzuelas. Open to all singers.
Indicate your interest in performing on Performance Planning section of the online application.
Bring music you wish to perform.
La voix céleste
Voice and Organ Concert
Friday, August 14, 2026 at 15:00 – Stadtpfarrkirche
Coordinator and coach: TBA
Organist: Ulrich Walther
A concert featuring opera arias with organ accompaniment.
Repertoire being considered
Soprano: Verdi – Otello Ave Maria
Soprano: Puccini – La rondine Ch’il bel sogno
Mezzo Soprano: Massenet – Werther Va! Lasse couler mes larmes
Tenor: Verdi – Messa di Requiem Ingemisco
Tenor: Puccini – Tosca E lucevan le stelle
Baritone: Gounod – Faust Avant de quitter
Bass: Mozart – Die Zauberfloete O Isis und Osiris
Kammermusik
Instrumental Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:30 – Evangelisch methodistische Kirche
Coordinator: David Thomas
Open to all instrumentalists.
Indicate your interest in performing after arrival.
Bring ensemble music you know. (Additional chamber music available in the AIMS library.)
