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Future and most recent engagements of Iris van Wijnen include 2. NORN Götterdämmerung La Monnaie, MARCELLINA Le Nozze di Figaro, ROSSWEISSE Die Walküre, LEITMETZERIN Der Rosenkavalier Dutch National Opera, CLEANING WOMAN The Makropulos Affair, FORESTER’S WIFE/OWL The Cunning Little Vixen Concertgebouw Amsterdam, GERTRUD Hänsel und Gretel Staatsoper Hannover, GRIMGERDE Die Walküre, STIMME AUS DER HÖHE/BLUMENMÄDCHEN Parsifal La Monnaie/De Munt, WELLGUNDE Das Rheingold and WALTRAUTE Die Walküre conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Previous engagements include WIFE/DOREEN/WAITRESS 1/SPHINX 2 GREEK, MARCELLINA Le nozze di Figaro Staatsoper Hannover, the leading role CLITEMESTRA in the world premiere Il canto s’attrista perché?, KITCHEN BOY/KUCHTÍK Rusalka, AKSINYA and SONYETKA Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, FLORA La Traviata Stadttheater Klagenfurt, SECOND SECRETARY Nixon in China, ZWEITE MAGD Elektra, FENENA Nabucco Concertgebouw Amsterdam, JUNGE NONNE Der feurige Engel, and BERTA Il barbiere di Siviglia Bayerische Staatsoper In concert she has sung works such as Shéhérazade by Ravel, Quatres Instants by Saariaho, Wesendonck Lieder and Les Nuits D’été She has also performed in recitals at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival. In oratorio, she sang Bach Cantatas, Handel’s Messiah, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
Iris is an alumna of the Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper and a graduate of the Utrecht Conservatory. She took part in masterclasses to continue with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Leontina Vaduva and Graham Johnson and works closely with Gregory Lamar and Brigitte Fassbaender.
