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
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

Michael Seibel
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
