Prof. Janet Williams
- Originally from Detroit, USA
- Bachelor of Music in Voice and Music Education with Prof. Harlan Jennings at Michigan State University, Master of Music with Prof. Camilla Williams at Indiana University
- Merola Opera Program and Adler fellowship from San Francisco Opera Center, Merola Advanced Training Award for study with Regine Crespin in Paris
- From 1992 to 1997, ensemble member with Staatsoper Berlin
- Guest performances at Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, L’Opéra de Paris Bastille, L'Opera de Lyon, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Frankfurt Opera, Leipzig Opera, Cologne Opera, Handel Festival Halle, Innsbruck Festival of Early Music and Santa Fe Festival USA amongst others
- Solo collaboration with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Sir Andrew Davies, Rafael Frübeck de Brugos, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, Marek Janowski, Dmitrij Kitanjkeno, Fabio Luisi, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Donald Runnicles, Simone Young and Lothar Zagrossek
- Numerous festival performances including Berliner Festwochen, Mostly Mozart Festival New York - Tokyo, Spoleto Festival in Italy, Avignon Festival and Montreux Festival
- Several recordings for CD, DVD and radio, Grand Prix du Disque “Cleopatra e Cesare” with Harmonia Mundi
- Author of “Nail Your Next Audition, The Ultimate 30-Day Countdown for Singers”
- Since 2008, Voice Coach at Lotte Lehmann Academy in Perleberg, from 2009 to 2015, Lecturer for Voice at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre, subsequently until 2013, Deputy Professor
- 2011-2013 Guest Professor for Voice at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
- Since 2014 Honorary Professor at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
- Master classes in Reykyavik, Utrecht, Paris, London