MARTIJN CORNET
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Dutch baritone Martijn Cornet is an ensemble member at the Aalto Theater in Essen, where roles have included Il Conte di Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Moralès in Carmen, Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Valentin in Faust, Barbier in Die schweigsame Frau, Pantalon in L'amour des trois oranges, Heerrufer in Lohengrin, General von Rohnsdorff in Die Czardasfürstin, Kruschina in Smetana’s Die verkaufte Braut, Pappacoda and Makkaronikoch in Eine Nacht in Venedig and Schaunard in La Bohème.

At Dutch National Opera he has sung roles such as Padde in Little Dog’s Heart, Le Crieur in La Juive, Patrocle in Iphigénie en Aulide, Cithéron and Un Satyre in Platée, 2nd Walvisvaarder in Legende by Dutch composer Jan-Peter Wagemans and, most recently, the role of He in in the world premiere of Louis Andriessen’s new opera Theatre of the World in a staging by Pierre Audi, which was also performed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. 

Other recent engagements include a highly acclaimed performance as Don Giovanni for Holland Opera, Gregorio in Roméo et Julliette and Caronte in Haydn’s Orlando Palladino, both at the Zaterdagmatinee series at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Enrico in L’Isola Disabitata at the Nederlandse Reisopera, the title role in Monteverdi’s Orfeo in a special anniversary production of the Opera Studio Nederland, Cithéron and Un Satyre in Platée with the Early Opera Company in London, Horatio in Thomas’ Hamlet, Hermann/Schlémil in Offenbach’s Les contes d'Hoffmann, Ivan Zhuran in Tchaikovsky’s The Sorceress, all at Theater an der Wien, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus at Opéra national de Lorraine, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at the New Israeli Opera and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Semperoper Dresden.

In 2018/19 he returns to the Aalto Theater Essen to reprise roles such as Guglielmo, Moralès, Papageno and Schaunard, whilst adding Jason in Cherubini’s Medea and Gamekeeper in Dvorak’s Rusalka to his repertoire.

His concert repertoire includes works such as Kurt Weill’s Berliner Requiem, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Schönberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, the Fauré Requiem and both Bach’s Johannes- and Matthäus-Passion, which he has performed with orchestras such as, The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. At the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, he has appeared in two chamber operas by Jonathan Dove and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach. In recital, he also performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as part of their “Young Artists” series.

Mr Cornet has already had the pleasure of working with conductors such as Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, James MacMillan, Carlo Rizzi, Jan Willem de Vriend, Martyn Brabbins, Tomas Netopil, Reinbert de Leeuw, Alessandro de Marchi, Paul Agnew and Richard Egarr and with stage-directors such as Nigel Lowery, Pierre Audi, Christoph Loy, Guy Joosten, Philipp Himmelmann and Carlos Wagner.

Martijn Cornet graduated at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and was a member of the Opera Studio Nederland. He is currently working Margreet Honig.
 
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Opera|Concert
ComposerWork
BachJohannes PassionArias
GluckIphigénie en Aulide Patrocle
GounodRoméo et Julliette Gregorio
HalévyLa Juive Le Crieur
HaydnL’Isola DisabitataEnrico
HaydnOrlando Palladino Caronte
MonteverdiOrfeoOrfeo
MozartDon GiovanniDon Giovanni
MozartDon GiovanniMasetto
MozartLe Nozze di FigaroIl Conte di Almaviva
MozartDie ZauberflötePapageno
OffenbachHermann/Schlémil Les contes d'Hoffmann
RameauPlatéeCithéron / Un Satyre
Strauss (Johann)Die FledermausFalke
Strauss (Richard)Ariadne auf NaxosHarlekin
ThomasHamletHoratio
VerdiLa TraviataBaron Douphol
WagemansLegende2e Walvisvaarder
Opera|Concert
ComposerWork
BachMatthäus PassionChristus / Arias
BachHohe MesseBass
BrahmsEin Deutsches RequiemBaritone
HaydnPaukenmesse-
WeillBerliner RequiemBaritone

MARTIJN CORNET: K. Weill, Das Berliner Requiem

MARTIJN CORNET: G. Fauré, Requiem

Sinfonia Rotterdam, Laurenscantorij Rotterdam, Conductor: Conrad van Alphen

"Memorably, there is a gorgeous love duet[...] marvellously sung by Martijn Cornet and Nora Fischer."
 
Opera Magazine, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Theatre of the World (CD release), March 2018
“Klangschön und mit Witz, aber auch leichter Wehmut singt Martijn Cornet den Heger keineswegs wie eine Nebenfigur,”
Online Musik Magazin, about the role of Der Heger in Rusalka at the Aalto Theater Essen, May 2015
“Martijn Cornet ist der die Fäden ziehende Barbier, der allerdings nicht so aalglatt ist, wie sein Äusseres zunächts vermuten lässt. Der Bariton erfüllt die Partie mit ausgezeichneter Stimmführung und guter Technik.”
Das Opernglas, about the role of Der Barbier in Die schweigsame Frau at the Aalto Theater Essen, May 2015

Martijn Cornet

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Martijn Cornet

Photo Credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek

Martijn Cornet

Photo Credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek

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