mostly opera

Love and longing. CD. 2012. Songs by Ravel, Dvorak and Mahler. Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonics. Even after pondering the...

Gerald Finley (barytone) and Julius Drake (piano): Winterreise . Bruxelles, Theatre de Monnaie. June 20th 2012. Gerald Finley´s Winterre...

Il trovatore . Opera Monnaie, Bruxelles. June 19th 2012. Production:  Dmitri Tcherniakov. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Cast: Misha Didyk (Ma...

Arabella. Paris Opera Bastille. June 17th 2012. Production: Marco Arturo Marelli. Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Cast: Renée Fleming (Arabel...

Les Pecheurs des Perles. Opera Comique (Paris). June 18th 2012. Production: Yoshi Oida. Conductor: Leo Hussain with Orchestre Philharmon...

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Carmen. DVD. 2010. Metropolitan Opera. Production: Richard Eyre. Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Cast: Elina Garanca (Carmen), Roberto Al...

Adriana Lecouvreur. DVD. London Royal Opera House 2010. Production: David McVicar. Conductor: Mark Elder. Cast: Angela Gheorghiu (Adriana...

ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER Nationality: South African. Born: 1979, Johannesburg, South Africa. Education and early career in brief : San ...

Aneas, or Enée in French, was a hugely challenging role, one of the biggest challenges in my career. It was a special role for a special o...