Musical theatre | scene
Mareike Zimmermann
Lecturer for the development of arias/scenes
Beethovenhaus Belvedere
Professional Experience / Teaching
Since 2025: Lecturer in Stage Performance, University of Music and Dance, Cologne
Since 2023: Lecturer in Basic Training in Musical Drama and Interpretation, Tyrolean State Conservatory, Innsbruck
2021: Stage workshop, Opera Class, Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp (ERASMUS+)
2019 Director of opera project, Conservatorium Maastricht / European Opera Academy
2018 – 2024 Lecturer in musical drama performance, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen
2016, 2017 Director and artistic director of opera projects, Tyrolean State Conservatory, Innsbruck
Professional experience / artistic activities
Since 2025: Freelance intimacy coordinator, including Ruhrtriennale, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Bregenz Festival, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf
Since 2009: Freelance director and writer, including Meiningen State Theatre, Tyrolean State Theatre, Erfurt Theatre, Wiesbaden State Theatre, Baden-Baden Festival, Munich Philharmonic
2002 – 2009 Stage management and direction, artistic director of guest performances at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
2001 – 2002 Assistant director and stage manager, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg
Studies and further training
from 09/2026 “Recognising and Preventing Abuse of Power” (MEV), certificate course, University of Würzburg
2024 – 2025 Further training in Intimacy Choreography for Live Performance, Intimacy Professionals Association, U.S.
2008 Further training in Theatre Management, Ludwig Maximilian University / August Everding Theatre Academy, Munich
1994 – 2001 Master of Arts in German Studies, Italian, Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Cologne
