Il re Lear: Verdi meets Friesland
On June 6 we premiered the opera Il re Lear by Loek van der Heide. This project is based on the Italian project *Per Il Re Lear*, as published by musicologist Gary Schmidgall (1985). Composer Loek van der Heide drew upon Verdi’s compositional style from around 1855. He used the Cammarano/Somma libretto (version 2) authorized by the Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Studi Verdiani (Parma, Italy). I sang the role of Cordelia, King Lear's third daughter and a soprano assoluta role. hoofdrollen Irene Hoogveld (sopraan) | Cordelia Nana Tchikhinashvili (mezzosopraan) | Mica Awn Maarof (tenor) | Edmondo Remmert Velthuis (bariton) | Lear kleinere rollen Sarah Konig (sopraan) | Nerilla, Rosana Twan van der Wolde (tenor) | Mandriano, Araldo Harmen Severiens (bariton) |[...]
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[...]
Popped up in ‘s Hertogenbosch
In preparation for the 2024 edition of the Internation Vocal Competition 's Hertogenbosch I was asked to perform in the city centre and sing some fun opera tunes... And of[...]
Emma at Sea
During this edition of Opera aan Zee I not only sang the role of Santuzza in Mascagni's masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana. I also performed my own creation Dit is Emma, with[...]
Santuzza at Sea
In August I had the pleasure of returning to Opera Aan Zee, the seaside festival in Noordwijk, Netherlands. Last year I sang Tosca, my debut in this role and this[...]