From Opera Stage to Boardroom
Ben Jankowitsch — Opera Singer Turned Executive Voice Coach
Hi, I’m Ben! I spent 7+ years performing with Vienna’s leading opera ensembles — Wiener Volksoper, Wiener Kammerchor, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Wiener Singakademie — on stages from the Salzburg Festival to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
On those stages, I learned something that most people never get taught: how to use breath as a performance tool. In opera, if your breath fails, your voice follows. The stakes are absolute. There’s no second take.
I realized the same principles apply in boardrooms, investor pitches, and leadership meetings. The executives I now work with face the same challenge opera singers do: high-pressure moments where your voice, your breath, and your presence determine whether people listen — or tune out.
Now I combine professional voice training, breathwork, and nervous system regulation to help leaders sound as confident as they actually are.
Credentials
- BA in Vocal Pedagogy — University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)
- BEd in Music & German Education — mdw + University of Vienna
- Professional Opera Singer — 7+ years with Vienna’s leading ensembles
- NLP Master Practitioner — The Life Coaching College
- iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher (Level 1) — iRest Institute
- Erasmus at Conservatorio A. Scarlatti, Palermo — Italian vocal technique
- Native German & English speaker. I also speak Italian.