"Ach ich fuhl's - German for opera Singers in Three Acts: Studying, Speaking, Singing" is the first German language book that makes its readers laugh - not from desperation but because they are having fun. This quick, lighthearted guide book immerses singers, vocal students and their teachers in one of the most important languages of their art. They will build their grammar knowledge and their vocabulary through the characters and plots in opera. They will learn to navigate German within the daily routine of a German-language opera house and the world outside. Ultimately they will study 10...

This German language workbook complements the book "Ach ich fuhl's - German for opera Singers in Three Acts: Studying, Speaking, Singing" by Bernd Hendricks (373 pages, ISBN 978-1-312-46345-5). The grammar and vocabulary exercises are based on arias, plots, and the biographies of singers and composers. The readers study the dative case with "Lohengrin" or the future tense with "Zauberflote," learn to count the numbers with a call from a booking agent or to build the relative clause using their own goals and ambitions for singing in Europe. As an essential addition to "Ach ich fuhl's - German...