Linard Vrielink

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Dutch tenor Linard Vrielink, praised for his “enchanting vocal elegance” (Das Opernglas) and “velvety tenor” (Onlinemerker), is rapidly gaining recognition on Europe’s leading opera and concert stages. The recording of Mozart’s Idomeneo with Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony where he appeared as Arbace received the Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award 2025 as best new classical recording.

In the 2025/26 season, Linard Vrielink performs Jonathan in Handel’s Saul for his debut with both the Handel & Haydn Society and Oper Köln as well as with Arcangelo, Arbace at Theater Luxemburg, Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at Theater Bern, the role of Prism in the world premiere of Marc Blitzstein’s Parabola and Circula with Norrköping Symfonieorkester and he returns to DNO Amsterdam to perform Hirt and Seeman in Tristan und Isolde. He closes the season with his return to the Bregenzer Festspiele to perform in Janáček’s Brouček.

Recent highlights include his house and role debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Jonathan in Barrie Kosky’s acclaimed production of Saul, conducted by Jonathan Cohen and apperances at Staatsoper Berlin as Janek/The Makropulos Case and in Robert Carsen’s production of Brouček, both under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. He also performed Arbace at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam with Laurence Cummings.

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