The International Opera Academy (IOA) offers an affordable two-year postgraduate programme to help prepare young singers and accompanist repetiteurs for the complex job awaiting them in the opera world. Students are intensively prepared for professional practice and auditions through targeted courses with performing artists, and they benefit from the IOA's affiliation with several major European houses. IOA invites performing artists who actually work with these companies to share their experience with our students. In addition, we invite renowned performers to give master classes. As well as numerous projects and concerts in the course of the two years, the second year also involves a fully staged opera production with orchestra.