ANJA VAN ENGELAND, SOPRAAN | |||
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Anja Van Engeland graduaded in 1999 with highest distinction as “Master in Music” at the Belgian Lemmensinstituut (Leuven), where she was coached by Dina Grossberger. Then, she followed a postgraduate for singing and opera with mezzo-soprano Lucienne Van Deyck and internationally renowned stage director Guy Joosten at the Antwerp Conservatoire and eventually was accepted as a member of the Flanders Opera Studio. Anja Van Engeland folllowed masterclasses with Cyndia Sieden, Mia Besselinck, Ann Rachel-Morgan, Robert Alderson, Mary Brennan, Suzanne Eken and Helmut Deutsch.Among her recent parts : Alicia Ford (Falstaff) and Marguerite (Faust/Gounod) for the company Opera-Zuid (Maastricht, The Netherlands). Just recently she made her debut as Micaela (Carmen) at Opéra Royal de Wallonie at the side of José Cura (December 2010) and last season she made her debut at "de Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam" as Magd 4 in Elektra. Amongst her next new roles : "Konstanze" in Entführung aus dem Serail.She startet her career she sang parts such as Clorinde (La Jolie parfumeuse/Offenbach), Giacinta (La Finta Semplice/Mozart), Juliette (Romeo & Juliette/Gounod), Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice/Gluck) and Mme Silberklang (Der Schauspieldirektor/Mozart). After having left the Flanders opera Studio she was immediately offered to sing roles as : Sophie Scholl (Die weisse Rose/Udo Zimmerman), Leila (Les Pêcheurs de Perles/Bizet), Elvira (I Puritani/Bellini), First lady and Queen of the night (Zauberflöte/Mozart), Mimi (La Bohème/Puccini), Elvire (La Muette de Portici/Auber), Aennchen (Freischütz/Weber) and Ophelia (Hamlet/Thomas).
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