MARION VAN DEN AKKER - SOPRANO
She started her musical career at the age of 16 and studied
in Amsterdam with Erna Spoorenberg. She won scholarships
allowing her to follow master classes with Nicolai Gedda,
Brigitte Fassbaender, Josephine Veasey and Italo Tajo
among others.
She has performed the following operatic roles: Dido (Purcell:
Dido and Aeneas), Carmen (Bizet: Carmen), Dorabella (Mozart:
Cosi fan Tutte), Emilia (Verdi: Otello), Fjodor (Moussorgsky:
Boris Godunov), Laura (Ponchielli: La Gioconda), Orlofsky
(Johan Strauss: Die Fledermaus), Nefertite (Phillip Glass:
Achnaton), The Mezzo (Claude Vivier: Kopernikus), Laura
(Tchaikovsky: Iolanthe), Lola (Mascagni: Cavaleria Rusticana),
Mercedes (Bizet: Carmen), Cherubino (Mozart: Le nozze
di Figaro), L'Enfant (Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges),
Monnica (Dragstra: Marthe), Jeanne d'Arc (Ansink: Ni Dieu
ni Diable, solo opera), Mary (Candeal: Life of Mary),
3rd Nymph (Dvorak: Rusalka), Rosina (Paisiello: Barbier)
with companies that have included De Nederlandse Opera
and De Nationale Reisopera. Marion van den Akker has performed
as a soloist with conductors including Gennadi Rozjdestvenski,
Jean Fournet, Hartmut Haenchen, Edo de Waart, Yakov Kreizberg,
Hans Vonk, Reinbert de Leeuw, Marc Soustrot, Claus Peter
Flor, Kenneth Montgommery and Marc Foster. Her repertoire
with a large orchestra has included Mahler's Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder and Das Lied von
der Erde, Beethoven's 9th symphony under Claus Peter Flor,
the Missa Solemnis under Marc Soustrot, the Stabat Mater
by Rossini and Dvorak in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
and Bach's Passion on many occasions.
She has given song recitals with pianist Rian de Waal
in more than nine languages in cities such as Amsterdam,
London, Bath, Oxford, Athens and Florence. |
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