Gerhard Gall - German Language Coach
GERHARD GALL was born in Treuchtlingen, Germany and graduated from the University of Bayreuth where he was also part of the extra chorus of the Bayreuther Festspiele. As a German Language Coach he has worked with singers of the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Bayreuther Festspiele, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cardiff/Welsh International Academy of Voice, and the National Opera Studio, London.
He has collaborated with Grange Park Opera, (Capriccio, Tristan und Isolde), Longborough Festival Opera (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung), the Royal Academy of Music (Dreisgroschenoper, Die Zauberflöte and Prologue Ariadne auf Naxos), the Royal College of Music (Die Zauberflöte), Guildhall School of Music & Drama (scenes from Fidelio and Capriccio) Classical Opera (Orpheus at the London Handel Festival), Opera Bergen (Fidelio), the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca Records, Universal Music, Oxford Lieder Festival, the BBC Singers, Tenebrae, Philharmonia Voices, and Exaudi as well as with numerous other choirs and vocal ensembles.
"Gerhard, you're a genius!"
Roger Vignoles
"A brilliant language coach, and a perfect gentleman,
who helped me find a new way of singing legato in German."
Roderick Williams
"My German isn't perfect? Don't worry - it hasn't been Gerharded yet!"
Rachel Nicolls
"Gerhard, you're the one for all the gourmet bits!"
Simon O'Neil