Ilse Eerens

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Biography
Praised for her ‘heavenly radiant’ (Opernglas) and ‘luminous and stratospheric’ (resmusica) voice, ‘brilliance, clear projection and elegant phrasing’ (Bachtrack), Belgian soprano Ilse Eerens enjoys an international opera and concert career in repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to contemporary music.

Engagements in 2026/27 include her return to the Takefu Festival in Japan, singing works by Mozart, Debussy and Hosokawa, Abrahamsen’s let me tell you with Orchestre National de Metz and Emilia Hoving, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium at St. Michaelis in Hamburg, the Matthäus-Passion with the Residentie Orkest under the baton of Jan Willem de Vriend and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with Octopus Kamerkoor.

Most recent highlights include her return to the New National Theatre Tokyo to create the title role in the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Natasha, a residency at the Oregon Bach Festival, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Gulbenkian Orchestra as well as the Windsbacher Knabenchor, Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with Alain Altinoglu and the hr-Sinfonieorchester across major European venues, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at La Monnaie, Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with the Bergen Philharmonic, Bach cantatas at Casa da Musica Porto and Weber’s Jubelmesse with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.

Ilse Eerens has performed at leading opera houses and festivals including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festival, Opernhaus Zurich, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Lille, Theater an der Wien, and Bregenz Festival in roles that reflect her versatility: from Mozart’s Pamina, Susanna and Despina to Mélisande/Pelléas et Mélisande, Héro/Béatrice et Bénédict, Vixen/The Cunning Little Vixen, Tschang-haitang/Der Kreidekreis, Marianne in HK Gruber’s Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, the soprano parts in Gottfried von Einem’s Der Prozess and the title role in Hosokawa’s Matsukaze.

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