Our alumni

Many former DNOA students have found success in the international world of opera and perform regularly on the most prominent stages. Meet our past students and find out where they are now.

Barbara Hannigan in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Soprano

Deirdre Angenent (NL)
Aleksandra Anisimowicz (PL)
Karlijn van Baardewijk (NL)
Katrien Baerts (NL)
Elsa Benoit (FR)
Kristina Bitenc (SI)
Hannah Bradbury (UK)
Francis van Broekhuizen (NL)
Taylor Burgess (USA)
Stephanie Desjardins (CA)
Maribeth Diggle (US)
Gita Dirveika (LV)
Marion Dumeige (FR)
Ilse Eerens (BE)
Maari Ernits (EE)
Judith Fa (FR)
Samantha Faina (IT)
Lilian Farahani (NL)

Zinzi Frohwein (NL)
Griet de Geyter (BE)
Hannah Gries (DE)
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað (ISL)
Barbara Hannigan (CA)
Selma Harkink (NL)
Helena Koonings (NL)
Maria Koroleva (RU)
Louise Kwong (HK)
Idil Kutay (TR)
Bauwien van der Meer (NL)
Elisabeth Meyer (SE)
Keren Motseri (IL)
 Kris Ng (HK)
Estefanía Perdomo Nogales (ES)
Violet Serena Noorduyn (NL)

Martina Prins (NL)
Francesca Pusceddu (IT)
Tinka Pypker (NL)
Ella Rombouts (NL)
Eloise Routledge (UK)
Laila Sbaiti (NL)
Alexandra Schoeny (US)
Mijke Sekhuis (NL)
Aylin Sezer (NL)
Sharon Tadmor (IL)
Nikki Treurniet (NL)
Leonie van Veen (NL)
Judith van Wanroij (NL)
Julia Westendorp (NL)
Judith Weusten (NL)
Hanneke de Wit (NL)

Mezzo-soprano

Florieke Beelen (NL)
Zofia Cieszynska (PL)
Linsey Coppens (BE)
Sterre Decru (BE)
Nina van Essen (NL)
Rea Fueter (CH)
Taru Huotari (FI)
Maria Koshiishi (JP)
Barbara Kozelj (SI)

Eva Kroon (NL)
Silvia de la Muela (DE)
Marjolein Niels (NL)
Serena Pérez García (ES)
Anna Pierard (NZ)
Maaike Poorthuis (NL)
Rommie Rochell (IL)
Emma Rothman (UK)

Merlijn Runia (NL)
Kai Rüütel (EE)
Deborah Saffery (CL)
Lidewij Taat (NL)
Kadri Tegelmann (EE)
Lucie van Ree (NL)
Carina Vinke (NL)
Maria Warenberg (NL)

Countertenor

Gunther Vanderven (BE)
Gerben van der Werf (NL)

Tenor

Marcelo Alexandre (PT)
Gevorg Aperánts (AM)
Chen Chen (HK)
Gabe Clarke (USA)
Peter Davoren (UK)

Geoffrey Degives (BE)
Elmar Gilbertsson (ISL)
Matevž Kajdiž (SI)
Hugo Kampschreur (NL)
Nikola Matišić (SE)

Peter O’Reilly (IE)
Theodor Uggla (SE)
Jan-Willem Schaafsma (NL)
Fabio Trümpy (CH)
Zachery Vander Meulen (CA)

Baritone / Bass-baritone / Bass

Neil Baker (UK)
Florian Bonneau (FR)
Tony Butiurca (RO)
Erkut Çantürk (TR)
Zhenhua Chang (CN)
Wiebe-Pier Cnossen (NL)
Laurent Deleuil (CA)
Emmanuel Franco (MX)
Kazuma Goto (JP)
Einar Gudmundsson (IS)

Fabian Homburg (NL)
Yazuv Arman Isleker (TR)
Micahl Karski (PL)
Niklaus Kost (CH)
Filips Krauklis (LV)
Tim Kuypers (NL)
Jasper Leever (NL)
Jussi Lehtipuu (FI)
Karel Ludvik (CA)

Henk Neven (NL)
Gilad Nezer (IL)
Thomas Oliemans (NL)
Marc Pantus (NL)
Alistair Shelton-Smith (UK)
Vincent Spoeltman (NL)
David Visser (NL)
Lukaš Zeman (CZ)

Our team

DNOA students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of well-established and respected specialists from the international opera scene. These include vocal coaches and teachers, directors, conductors and agents as well as people from the field of cultural management and performance psychology who lead masterclasses, seminars and workshops.

Meet our team