Judith
van Wanroij Soprano

The Dutch soprano Judith van Wanroij studied with Margreet Honig at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Nederlandse Opera Academie. She made her debut at the Opéra de Lyon as Virtù and Drusilla in Monteverdi's ‹L'incoronazione di Poppea› and has since sung at renowned opera houses such as the Teatro Real Madrid, the Dutch National Opera, La Monnaie, the Lincoln Centre New York, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. In 2003 she was first prize winner of the Erna Spoorenberg Vocalists Presentation and in 2005 she took part in the vocal programme Le Jardin des Voix of Les Arts Florissants. Her repertoire includes in particular French and Italian baroque music, French romantic repertoire and Mozart's vocal works. Her most important roles include the Contessa in ‹Le nozze di Figaro›, Donna Elvira in ‹Don Giovanni›, Ilia in ‹Idomeneo› and the title roles in Rossi's ‹Orfeo› and Lemoyne's ‹Phèdre›. Recent performances include concerts and recordings of César Franck's ‹Hulda› with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Télaïre in ‹Castor et Pollux› with the Orfeo Orchestra, Handel's ‹Messias› at the Concertgebouw and Bach's ‹Matthäuspassion› with the Philharmonie Zuidnederland. She sang the title role in ‹Ariane et Bacchus› with Le Concert Spirituel and the role of Créuse in Charpentier's ‹Médée›. In the 25/26 season, she can be seen in ‹Don Giovanni› at the Cologne Opera and in ‹Die Zauberflöte› at the Theater Basel.