Dr. Valentin Lanzrein is an active performer, ardent voice pedagogue, and native German speaker. He has held positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the DePauw University School of Music. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Graduate Voice Program at the Soochow University School of Music in Suzhou, China. For nearly twenty years Richard Cross was the leading bass-baritone of the Frankfurt Opera in Germany. From 1958 to 1993 he was leading bass at New York City Opera. Mr. Cross has recorded for RCA, CBS-Masterworks, London, and Westminster. He has taught at Mannes College of Music, SUNY Stonybrook, and Juilliard School. Mr. Cross currently serves on the faculty of the Yale School of Music.
The Singer's Guide to German Diction should be the textbook of every college, conservatory, or university course in German lyric diction... After singing in German for many years, this text clarified long-lingering questions I had regarding proper pronunciation. -- W. Stephen Smith, Professor of Voice and Opera, Northwestern University Bienen School of Music The Singer's Guide to German Diction is the most exhaustive, complete German lyric diction text I have ever known or studied... This is a tremendous and important work. -- Margo Garrett, Collaborative Piano Faculty, The Juilliard School