Klangraum Laborchert

In my studio, I offer singing lessons and/or speech training for amateurs and professionals. My extensive experience as an opera singer at home and abroad, as well as my decades of teaching experience, enable me to teach you the how and the joy of it, from the first breathing exercises to the professional performance. Whether you are a mother or a grandmother who would like to treat yourself to soul wellness through singing, whether you are a singing student looking for further support or a pupil with singing difficulties, you are all very welcome here. There is of course the possibility of a free trial lesson. Just call and make an appointment and come to Holten Hus. Have the courage. I look forward to meeting you.

Singing

Born in Bad Pyrmont, soprano Julia Borchert studied at the Folkwang University in Essen and in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Since her brilliant role debut as Brünnhilde in Magdeburg, directed by Jakob Peters Messer, she has secured a permanent place in the ranks of dramatic sopranos, which she further consolidated with her engagement as Isolde at the Theater Hildesheim where she delighted audiences and critics alike.

Her beginnings took her to the Nationaltheater Mannheim and the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover, from where she continued her career at important opera houses in Germany and abroad.

The switch to dramatic roles led her via Leipzig, Kassel, and Linz to the Bayreuther Festspiele. She made her debut as Voce dal cielo in „Don Carlo“ under Daniele Gatti at La Scala di Milano and in Tokyo. She sang Ortlinde at the „Teatro Massimo di Palermo“ under Piettari Inkinen and later at the „Palau de les Arts“ in Valencia under Zubin Mehta. Concert tours have taken her throughout Europe, Russia, and Australia.

Under the direction of Marek Janowski, she can be heard as Woglinde in a concert live recording with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. She works regularly with the WDR Cologne Symphony Orchestra: she sang Schubert’s Stabat Mater and Wagner’s Wesendoncklieder under the musical direction of Michael Sanderling.

Julia Borchert has worked with well-known conductors such as Heinz Holliger, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, Pierre Boulez, Axel Kober, Christian Thielemann, Tomáš Netopil, and Daniel Harding as well as with directors such as Stefan Herheim, Christine Mielitz, Graham Vick, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Calixto Bieto, and Anthony Pilavachi and Peter Konwitschny.

In the recent past she has had successes with the Gurre-Lieder/Tove in Essen, recitals with works of Wagner, Mahler and Strauss as well as Rosalinde in J. Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus. Future engagements include Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem and César Franck’s Rédemption.

Bühne Holten Hus (in preperation)

Here, space is created for small and large art. Readings, concerts, theatre, or exhibitions – in the old barn behind the house on the orchard. Are you dreaming of a wedding in the countryside? That and much more will soon be able to take place here. I am already looking forward to when everything is ready and I can receive the first guests.