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Wiebke Göetjes was born and raised
in Monnickendam. She studied at the Conservatory
of Utrecht with professor Marianne
Blok and graduated in 1992. At the same time
she studied in the opera class of the Royal
Conservatory in The Hague directed by conductor
Kenneth Montgomery. She currently studies
with Cristina Deutekom and Monica Pick-Hieronimi.
After her graduation she was immediately given
a contract for the role of Carlotta Giudicelli
in the Dutch version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
musical The Phantom of the Opera,
a part which she performed about 600 times
in two years!
In 1995 she was contracted by the
State Theater of Meiningen, Germany, where
she made her debut in the title role of Verdi’s
Aida. She remained in Meiningen for
four years, singing many leading parts in
her vocal range, among them: Tosca/Tosca,
Aida/Aida, Elisabeth/Tannhäuser,
Leonore/Fidelio, Senta/The Flying
Dutchman, Araidne/Ariadne auf Naxos,
Donna Anna/Don Giovanni, Konstanze/The
Abduction from the Seraglio, Dolly/Sly,
and working with prestigious stage directors
such as Peter Konwitschny (Aida),
Pet Halmen (Tannhäuser) and
Brigitte Fassbinder (Ariadne auf Naxos).
After she left Meiningen to work as a free-lance
singer, she was engaged by the State Opera
of Stuttgart to participate in their acclaimed
Ring (Ring der Nibelungen) as Ortlinde
in The Walküre. This complete
Ring has recently been broadcasted
and is now available on DVD.
Her next engagement brought her to the opera
house of Pforzheim where she made her debut
as Princess Turandot in Puccini’s opera
of the same name, a role that will be important
in her career and which she will perform in
the State Opera of Prague in the coming season
with Peter Dvorsky as Kalaf. The Prague Opera
also succesfully hosted her debut of Abigaille
in Verdi’s Nabucco earlier
this season.
Before debuting in Prague in April of last
season she was engaged by the State Opera
of Kassel, Germany, where she performed the
title role in Madama Butterfly by
Puccini, did a new production of Wagner’s
Tannhäuser where she could star
again in one of her most important parts,
Elisabeth, this time working with British
director Rosamund Gilmore, and was a special
guest in the musical On the Town by
Leonard Bernstein in which she played the
role of Russian Prima Donna/Singing teacher,
Miss Dilly.
As a crown on the season she received the
“TZ-rose”, a prize given by the
important newspaper of Germany, die Tageszeitung,
for her creation of Antonia in Hoffman’s
Erzählungen by Jac. Offenbach, which
she performed in the Operfestival of Gut Immling
am Chiemsee.
As well as opera, Wiebke enjoys singing
concerts and oratorio. Her most recent
performances include a tour in Germany with
the Philharmonic Orchestra of Halle as soloist
in The Four Last Songs by R. Strauss
and concerts with the Vogtland Philharmonic
in performances of Mahler's Second
and Fourth Symphony.
Her concert repertoire ranges from Bach to
Brahms and from Mahler to Sofia Gubaidulina.
As part of the traditional New Year's Day
concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
she sung works by Gubaidulina in a live broadcast
with the the Dutch Wind Ensemble.
This season Wiebke will be performing in Germany
and the Netherlands as a soloist in Verdi's
Requiem, a piece that she has repeatedly
sung in the Concertgebouw. Further engagements
include a tour of Wagner's Wesendonck
Lieder and gala concerts through Italy
with the Philips Orchestra conducted by Jules
van Hessen.
She is a regular guest in the traditional
Amsterdam Openair Opera, where she sang Lady
Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth,
Giselda in I Lombardi and Odabella
in Attila in concert, the latter
also staged for “Rotterdam European
Capital of Culture” in 2001.
Together with her pianist Gilbert den Broeder
she frequently performs lied and opera recitals
in the Netherlands and abroad.
Besides her own activities as a singer,
she feels obliged to help young singers with
her experiences, and gives workshops and private
singing lessons. From September 2004 she will
be teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The
Hague.
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