Lotte Lehmann Week and Lotte Lehmann Academy

An Academy for Young Voices

The Lotte Lehmann Academy in Perleberg is an international summer school for singing and stage presence. It honors the memory of the world-renowned opera singer Lotte Lehmann, born in 1888 in the Roland town of Perleberg in the Prignitz, who later became one of the defining sopranos of the 20th century and founder of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.

Program in Three Stages

The summer program is divided into three consecutive sections:

• Lotte Lehmann Week (July 17–25, 2026) — intensive vocal and stage work for singers of all levels, described as "a week that can change everything"
• Lotte Lehmann Academy (July 27 – August 16, 2026) — a three-week summer academy for aspiring international opera singers
• Concert Series (July 20 – August 16, 2026) — public concerts in historic churches and castles of the Prignitz

Venues in the Prignitz

The concerts take the audience throughout the Prignitz: the Romanesque-Gothic St. Jacobi Church in Perleberg, Hundisburg Castle, churches in Wittstock and Wittenberge, as well as open-air venues. A tour through the Prignitz – one of Brandenburg's most rural districts near the border with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – is thus naturally combined with high-quality classical concerts.

Perleberg and the Roland Town

Perleberg is the district town of the Prignitz district and one of the best-preserved Hanseatic towns in Brandenburg. The Roland on the Großer Markt has stood since 1546 and is a symbol of the town. With the Lotte Lehmann Academy, Perleberg has had a classical music festival for several years, drawing national and international attention to the Prignitz.