Jeroen
de Vaal
Jeroen de Vaal and Tania
Kross received great reviews for their contributions to the Monteverdi cycle
at De Nederlandse Opera, in which they both sang in L'Orfeo (Pastore 3 and
Messagiere) and Il Ritorno d'Ulisse (Eurimaco and Melanto).
A great debut for Jeroen de Vaal
at La Monnaie. He sings the part of Hänschen in the warmly acclaimed production
Frühlingserwachen.
In September 2006 Jeroen
de Vaal will return to the Opéra de Lyon to sing Scaramouche in Strauss'
Ariadne auf Naxos. Later next season he will return to the Vlaamse Opera
for roles in Franz Léhar's Die Lustige Witwe (Raoul de St. Brioche), a
new opera by Giorgio Batistelli Prova d'Orchestra (First Percussionist)
, and in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Tamino). In June 2007 he will sing
Don Curzio at the Opéra de Lyon in a production conducted by William Christie
and directed by .....
Jeroen de Vaal is performingin the Edinburgh Festival ! Lyon's highly acclaimed opera production of
Kurt Weill's The Lindbergh Flight, and The Seven Deadly Sins will be
performed in Edinburgh on August 14, 15 and 16, 2006
Celebrating the birthday of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands
Jeroen de Vaal, Marcel Reijans and 4 other members of the vocal ensemble
Frommermann present songs of the famous Comedian Harmonists in a concert in the
Ball Room of the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.
Broadcast on national tv NPS/AVRO on May 1st, 2006
Francis van Broekhuizen
Soprano
Francis van
Broekhuizen received
raving reviews of her performance as Suor Angelica at
Opera Zuid
-
check
them out !
Wiard Witholt
Wiard Witholt presented his new cd with Lieder of Samuel and
Daniel de Lange. Daily newspaper Trouw recommends it ! check
Wiard's site
This week
Wiard Witholt can be heard as Gugliermo in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte,
this time in Paris, MC93 in Bobigny
Tania Kross
In the summer of 2008 Tania
Kross will make her debut as Carmen at the Glyndebourne Festival.
Tania Kross made her debut in
Riga in their Carmen production on November 27, 2007. A few more
performances will follow in March and April 2008.
On Wednesday December 12,
2007, Tania was guest at Goedemorgen Nederland.
Tania Kross was special guest at
NPS De Kunst, a live tv
show, broadcast on Sunday December 9 at 17.00 hrs on NL 2 -
www.uitzendinggemist.nl
Tania Kross
to be seen in a
Wereldomroep gala concert
with tenor Enrique Folger, the band Blřf, and percussionist Trilok Gurtu,
to be broadcast on NL 1, Dec 23
(2007), 15.23, and on BVN Worldwide on Dec 24, 21.00 hrs
Tania Kross made her debut as Carmen
at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Performances were scheduled for 15, 17,
20 and 28
February 2007.
On November 17 (Philharmonie Haarlem),
and on November 19 (Pepsi Stage Amsterdam) 2006, Tania Kross has done a gospel
concert together with Edwin Hawkin (O Happy Day !), Brace and Holland
Symfonia. More information on
www.gospelinconcert.nl
Museum Gouda will proudly
welcome the first eidition of Tania's own musical festival June 22, 23 and
24, 2006. Guests are tenor Marcel Reijans, soprano Selma Harkink, tenor
Marcel Reijans, Pieter Hendriks, baritone, Esther Steenbergen on guitar,
Eric Calmes on base, Roel Calister on percussion, Jan Paul Grijpink, Ernst
Munneke and Randal Corsen on piano.
In a live broadcast on national tv Tania was
handed over the Edison award for the best classical album of the year. Corazón was preferred above recently
released cd's of Cecilia Bartoli, Magdalena Kozena, Angela Gheorghiu, Ton
Koopman, Wibi Soerjadi, Nigel Kennedy, etc, which were nominated by a jury
of specialists. Together with Amsterdam Sinfonietta,
Randal Corsen en Roël Calister Tania sang
Nonze su kantika di Tambu,
Tania was dressed by Wendell Elisabeth, and wore jewelry made by
Evelien Sipkes, both
from the Netherlands Antilles.
Tania's final concert in the Rising Star recital
series was supposed to take place on June 14, 2005 in the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Due
to technical problems in the hall the recital now has been relocated in the
central hall of Mozart's residence. What an special closure of an exciting
season !
The translation in Dutch of Jan Rot of J.S. Bach, Mattheus
Passie, released by Deutsche Grammophon, this week reached the nr. 1 position of the
Dutch Album
Mega Top 100 ! Which is the charts including popular bands like Blöf, Prince,
Pink, etc !
Corazón, the debut
cd of Tania Kross :
one
of its reviews:
(for the
others, please check out www.taniakross.com)
●●●●● (=
maximum score)
Last
week, during the Edison Gala, Tania Kross suddenly was giver her big
opportunity to appear on national television. She replaced Angela
Gheorghiu, the ridiculous Roumanian prima donna who refused to sing
because her name was mentioned not prominent enough on the billboards.
Our cheerful Kross from Curaçao was on the winning hand for this reason
to start with. She sang two songs from her new CD Corazón, and stole
our hearts hand in hand with Thomas Hampson. Corazón, with sunny music
in Spanish-American atmosphere, brings us already in the second in the
right mood. Kross, with her crystal clear voice, switches between
lightly, airily, sultry, and somewhat melancholic, as in Guastavino’s
song about the rose being cradled in the branches of the weeping willow,
but was being seized by a small, cheerful girl. The willow is now
weeping for his lost love. And in the song of Granados about the girl
and the nightingale we hear the small bird warble in Kross’s throat.
NRC Handelsblad,
Kasper Jansen, May 14, 2005
Tania Kross' debut album Corazón was released by
Universal Music right after the Edison Gala, in which Tania replaced
soprano Angela Gheorghiu in a duet with baritone Thomas Hampson. Cover stories
were dedicated to it in the magazines Luister and Klassieke
Zaken.
After being elected to represent The
Netherlands during the BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff
Contest 2003 (see picture below), this season Tania Kross has been elected as Rising Star,
representing the Concertgebouw. Besides giving a recital in the Kleine Zaal
of the Concertgebouw on October 13, 2004 Tania Kross has also been invited to sing next season
in Birmingham (October 10), Vienna (October 14), Athens (18 October),
Cologne (November 7), Brussels (November 14), New York - Carnegie Hall (February
4), Paris - Cité de la Musique (June 6) and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Mozarteum)
on June 15.
Margriet
van Reisen
Margriet van Reisen was invited to sing
in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes in Valencia, at the occasion of the
start of the world famous sailing competition, the Coppa d'America On February 17,
2007 during the Nederlandse
Muziekdagen in Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht Margriet Van Reisen will
perform in quite an exciting program featuring Spinvis, who will lead
the audience into the bowels of .....
Another exceptional project for Margriet
in February / March 2007: a tour through Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands
with two orchestras (Schönberg Ensemble and the Orchestra of the 18th
century), both conducted by Frans Brüggen
On Friday June 2, 2006 Michel van der Aa's After Life will
premiere in the
Muziekgebouw aan het IJ,
with Margriet singing the part of Ilya
In June 2006 Margriet van Reisen will
participate in a series of concerts with the National Orchestra of Spain
conducted by Josep Pons, of De Falla's opera Atlantida.
Margriet van Reisen as soloist of
the Residentie Orkest accompanies Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands on
her state visit to Belgium. A private concert was given in Bozar, Brussels
In 2006 Margriet van Reisen will make her
debut with the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, singing a part in Händel's
Thamos, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She can also be heard at De
Nederlandse Opera in Strauss' Elektra, 3. Magd, and as Ilana in Michel
van der Aa's After Life, a world premiere produced in cooperation with the
Holland Festival.
Margriet van Reisen will make her debut at De Nederlandse
Opera on April 10, 2006 as 3. Magd in Strauss' Elektra, directed by Willy Decker,
and conducted by Ingo Metzmacher
In June 2006 Margriet will sing
the part of Ilya at the Holland Festival production After life by Michel van der
Aa.
On Tuesday May 16, 2005 Margriet will perform in Paradiso, Amsterdam, in a program with Ensemble Caméléon, singing
Perception, composed by Sofia Goebaidoelina.
Marcel Reijans
Marcel Reijans will be a
special guest at the Edison Gala at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Other
guests that night are
Thomas
Hampson, Angela Gheorghiu,
Cristina Branco, Janine Jansen, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Tania Kross. The Gala will be
broadcast live by Avro Klassiek and NPS on Nederland 3 on May 3 at 20.30 hrs.
Marcel Reijans sang his first Evangelist (Matthew's
Passion) with the TKK Amsterdam conducted by Boudewijn Jansen. They invited
him immediately for next year's concert, and so did the Philips
Philharmonisch Koor with the Brabants Orkest.
Erik Slik
At the Nationale Reisopera Erik Slik made an
excellent debut as Nathanaël in Offenbach's Hoffmann's
Erzählungen
Erik Slik will make his debut at De
Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp / Gent in the title role of Aladdin, an opera of
Nino Rota. It is a revival after successful performances of the same
production in Luxemburg, also with Erik as Aladdin.
