German for opera lovers course

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I had so much fun teaching my last German for opera lovers workshop at City Lit discussing- of course in German- Der Rosenkavalier. Each course, opera enthusiasts come together sharing their passion and talking about an opera in German. I am looking forward to the next similar courses in September and October:

https://www.citylit.ac.uk/search/go?w=German+for+opera+lovers

Fond memories of Bruno Ravelli’s most stunning production I worked on a couple of years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmQ2GGeDtNs

Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden

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It’s been a huge pleasure preparing a couple of kids for their video audition for the „Knaben“ for the David McVicar production at RBO. Having coached German on this production several times and being familiar with the audition process, it’s been great fun helping to prepare them during the initial selection stage. The kids have been an absolute delight to work with- and congratulations for getting into the second round! Looking forward to more coaching this week!

https://www.classicalsource.com/concert/the-royal-opera-david-mcvicars-production-of-mozarts-the-magic-flute-benjamin-hulett-elsa-dreisig-vito-priante-andreas-bauer-kanabas-tuuli-takala-conducted-b/

Garsington Fidelio: German language coaching

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Well done to the entire dream cast and dream team. What a powerful revival by Jamie Manton and conducted by Dougie Boyd.

It’s been the greatest pleasure working as German language coach with you all- dialogues and music are sounding amazing.
Robert Murray as Florestan, Sally Matthews as Leonore, Musa Ngqungwana as Don Pizarro, Jonathan Lemalu as Rocco, Isabelle Peters as Marzelline, Oliver Johnston as Jaquino, and Richard Burkhard as Don Fernando. Congratulations also to the fantastic chorus led by Jonathon Swinard.

German language coaching for Bach’s St John Passion

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What a wonderful experience working with the incredible Academy of Ancient Music Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord Nicholas Mulroy Evangelist Dingle Yandell  Carolyn Sampson soprano Helen Charlston alto Ed Lyon tenor Jonathan Brown bass

“Praise must go to German language coach Katja Parmar for her work in ensuring the very best diction throughout – it sounded like native speakers were singing. I single out, as just one example, ‘verlacht, verhöhnt und verspeit’ from ‘Christus, der uns selig macht’. The chorales were beautifully and thoughtfully sung, emphasis on certain words to bring out the meaning.” John Rhodes in https://seenandheard-international.com/2025/04/suitably-dramatic-and-contemplative-st-john-passion-from-the-aam-at-the-barbican/

Teaching German for German opera lover courses @ City Lit since 2024

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Such a joy sharing our passion for German opera whilst helping fellow German opera lovers improve their German speaking, reading, listening and writing skills. Read more

Students’comments: “Very entertaining and a useful way to practice the language in a topic you are really interested in… this was such an amazing course on all levels. Can’t wait to continue… Ms Parmar is a real expert on this stuff, I guess through working in Covent Garden. She is a real expert, but able to help lesser souls (like myself) which is wonderful.”