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Elza van den Heever

Soprano | Bruckner’s Heaven and Earth 2025-2026

Born: Johannesburg, South Africa
Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Awards: Seattle Opera International Wagner Competition (2008)
Opera roles: Elettra/Idomeneo, Donna Anna/Don Giovanni, Leonora/Fidelio, Elisabetta/Maria Stuarda, Elsa von Brabant/Lohengrin, Sieglinde/Die Walküre, Marie/Wozzeck, Kaiserin/Die Frau ohne Schatten
Opera houses: Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2020

Photo: Chris Gonz

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