Vera and Volker Doppelfeld support the development of young opera singers with their donation for education. From 2003 to 2010, they donated annually the "Development-Price Kammeroper-Schloss-Rheinsberg". The winners received a scholarship for completing their studies.

Through the donation Vera and Volker Doppelfeld had in 1999 already financially supported the festival performance of the Poulenc opera "The Human Voice" with the blind singer Gerlinde Saemann.

The winners:

2010
Astrid Kessler
Mauro Peter
Alejandro Larraga Schleske

2009
Katrin Adel
Alexandra Büchel
Viktor Schwetschenko

2008
Ekaterina Kudryavtseva
Anne Catherine Wagner
Anna Goryacheva
Dmitry Egorov

2007
Tobias Haaks
Sara Andersson
Sarah Ferede
Joa Helgesson

2006
Anett Fritsch
Tobias Hächler
Sung-Won Jin
Katerina Kneziková
Elena Maier

2005
Daniel Kim
Stephanie Hampl
Betsy Horne
Katia Bentz
Gabriela Scherer
Laura Nicorescu

2004
Hyun-Ju Park
Andreas Taubert
Patrick Schramm
Martin Achrainer
Sonja Gornik
Lydia Teuscher

2003
Marco Jentzsch
Anna-Clara Carlstedt
Ulrike Mayer