Meet Our Team
Behind the scenes, making the Greek Opera Studio successful every year
Eilana Lappalainen
General, Artistic Director
Advisory Board
Joan Dornemann
Vocal Coach
Robert Lombardo
Personal Artist’s Manager
Sean Guerrier
Arts Administration
Brent Johnson
Secure Agent Software
Fabrizio Melano
Stage Director
2019 Staff
Conductors & Pianists
Peter Tiboris
General Music Director
Giovanni Pacor
Guest Conductor
Wolfgang Kluge
Assistant Conductor / Principal Pianist
Manolis Papsifakis
Pianist / Coach
Marios Kazas
Pianist / Coach
Daniel Sutton
Pianist / Coach
Pavlos Kordis
Apprentice Conductor / Pianist
Vocal Teachers & Master Classes
Eilana Lappalainen
Vocal Teacher / Master Classes
Abbie Furmansky
Vocal Teacher
Viktor Rud
Vocal Teacher / Master Classes
Jeffrey Hartman
Master Classes
Adrian Angelico
Master Classes
Liuse Fribo
Master Classes
Stefanos Koroneos
Vocal Teacher / Master Classes
Antonis Batsakis
Master Class / Russian Language
Acting / Movement
Detlef Soelter
Stage Director / Acting Workshops
Micheal Siebel
Stage Director / Acting Workshops
Eilana Lappalainen
Stage Director / Body Language
Kayle Boesche
Assistant Stage Director
2018 Staff
Eilana Lappalainen
Dr. Pantelis Polychronidis
Daniel Sutton
Costas Tsourakis
Andriana Choros
Peter Tiboris
Marios Kazas
Tamara Gora
Jens Huebner
Agiouro Mavromati
Giovanni Pacor
Marta Kluczynska
Damir Zakirov
Kristina Franz
Renato Zanella
Abbie Furmansky
Jeorome Boutillier
Spyros Souladakis
2017 Greek Opera Studio Staff
Conductors
Peter Tiboris
Giovanni Pacor
Wolfgang Kluge
Principle Pianist / Assistant Conductor
Fortino Ibarra
Conductor
Stage Directors
Eilana Lappalainen
Johannes Weigand
Detlef Soelter
Kristina Franz
Vocal Teachers & Masters Classes
Eilana Lappalainen
Vassilis Kostopoulos
Abbie Furmansky
Jennifer Arnold
Camille Ortiz
Stage & Technical
Jens Huebner
Kristina Franz
Andriana Choros
Assistant Prop Mistress
Eva Serfiadou
Wardrobe Mistress
Vocal Coaches & Pianists
Spyros Souladakis
Fortino Ibarra
Pianist
Marios Kazas
Vocal Coach
Wolfgang Kluge
Principle Pianist / Assistant Conductor
Manolis Papasifakis
Daniel Sutton
Movement & Dance
Renato Zanella
Tabea Graser
Language & Master Classes
Maria Vassilopoulou
Italian Classes
Lydia Zervanos
Greek Singing Diction
Composer
James Redcay