Merry London, and a very Verdi Requiem!
After coming back from Bayreuth it is now time to focus on the new things coming up... Which means a lot of office work, planning, communicating, studying and developing! Part of this process is working on new repertoire, and it's not easy to pick the repertoire because there is so much cool stuff! I decided to visit London and work with a veritable Wagner legend on his music... And not only did she confirm my own thoughts of more Wagner in my future, but we also worked on my technique. A voice will always change as we age and develop so it was very nice to zoom in on those details! It will help me immensely as I sing the[...]
Wagnerian Walhalla
After a succesful audition in Brussels earlier this year I traveled to Bayreuth in the summer of 2025 to join the Sonderchor of the Bayreuther Festspiele, the 149 year-old festival[...]
Singing Puccini in Rotterdam
In June 2025 I was invited as laureate of the the International Vocal Competition to sing in the Opera Round of the International Conducting Competition finale in Rotterdam. Together with[...]
Mahler, Puccini and Barcelona
In May 2025 I was so very lucky! In the first week I got to be part of the internationally acclaimed Mahler Festival, organised by the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. As part[...]
Opera on Kings Day!
We have a yearly holiday in the Netherlands where we celebrate our monarch, but also hold an award ceremony for royal honors, for volunteers and people who have done a[...]
Concerts in Christmas style
I love the Christmas season. Lights are hung, food is prepared and people are in for a bit of fun! Pianist Amy Chang and I performed two christmas programmes in[...]
A premiere in Limburg
In October of 2024 pianist Maxime Snaterse and I were asked to perform at the Festival Vocallis in the most southern part of the Netherlands, Limburg. We performed our recital[...]