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Ganz in Pink mit einem Sopran aus Marzipan
".... der Eröffnungspremiere `Hoffmanns Erzählungen
(...) und - Publikumsliebling von der ersten Sekunde an - (...)
Wiebke Goetjes, ganz in Pink, mit Blumenreifrock, marzipanernem
Sopran und weicher Grazie: Ein Fleisch gewordenes Albumbildchen
- die witzige, selbstironische Alternative zur Jammernummer der
schwindsüchtigen Antonia."
Traunsteiner Tagblatt, 8. Juli 2003, zu "Hoffmanns
Erzählungen"
Tannhäuser, Staatstheater Kassel, 15 februari 2003
" ... Das Ensemble bietet eine geschlossene Leistung.
Herausragend Wiebke Göetjes Elisabeth. Wer diese Partie
so, dynamisch bis zur stimmlichen Brüchigkeit auskostet,
gibt zu erkennen, daß ihr dramatischer Konflikt sich nach
innen richtet ... "
Dr. Andreas Bomba |
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Wiebke Göetjes was born on 19 June 1961 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
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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.
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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
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Staatsoper Praag 2004
G.Puccini Turandot/Turandot (Kalaf: Peter Dvorsky), stage-manager
Vaslav Veznik
G.Verdi Nabucco/Abigaille, stage-manager Karel Nemec
Festival Gut Immling 2003
Jac.Offenbach Hoffmann's Erzählungen/Antonia, stage-manager
Esther Szabö
Staatstheater Kassel 2002/2003/2004
G.Puccini Madama Butterfly/Cio-Cio-San, stage-manager Urs Leicht
R.Wagner Tannhäuser/Elisabeth, stage-manager Rosamund Gilmore
L.Bernstein On the Town/Madame Dilly, stage-manager Forche
Volkstheater Rostock 2001/2002/2003
G.Verdi Aida/Aida, stage-manager Arila Sieger
Open-air Opera Amsterdam
2002/2003/2004
V. Bellini Norma/Norma, concert performance
G. Verdi I Lombardi/Giselda, concert performance
G. Verdi Nabucco/Abigaille, concert performance
G. Verdi Macbeth/Lady Macbeth, concert performance
Opera Rotterdam 2001
G.Verdi Attila/Odabella, stage-manager Jan Bouws
Stadttheater Pforzheim
2000/2001
G. Puccini Turandot/Turandot, stage-manager Ernö Weil
Staatstheater Stuttgart
1999/2000 Reprise 2002/2003
R. Wagner Stuttgarter RING, Die Walküre/Ortlinde, stage-manager
Christof Nel
Staatstheater Meiningen
1995/1999
L. v. Beethoven Fidelio/Leonore, stage-manager Peter Seiffert
J.W.v. Goethe Cagliostro/Prima Donna, stage-manager Pet Halmen
W.A. Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail/Konstanze, stage-manager
Ingolf Huhn
W.A. Mozart Don Giovanni/Donna Anna, stage-manager Ingolf Huhn
W.A. Mozart Die Zauberflöte/Königin der Nacht, stage-manager
Brigitte Fassbinder
G. Puccini Tosca/Tosca stage-manager Jean Marc Oubrey
R. Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos/Ariadne, stage-manager Brigitte
Fassbinder
G. Verdi Aida/Aida, stage-manager Peter Konwitschny
G. Verdi Luisa Miller/Luisa (concert performance)
R. Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer/Senta, stage-manager Jürgen
König
R. Wagner Tannhäuser/Elisabeth, stage-manager Pet Halmen
E. Wolf-Ferrari Sly/Dolly, stage-manager Bruno Berger-Gorski
Concert repertoire a.o. :
L.van Beethoven Symphony no. 9, Various orchestras
and conductors
G. Mahler Symphony no. 2, Orchester Meininger Theater, conductor
Marie Jeanne Dufour
G. Mahler Symphony no. 4 , Various orchestras and conductors
R. Strauss Die Vier Letzte Lieder, Various orchestras and conductors,
a.o. Marcus Bosch
G. Verdi Messa da Requiem, Various orchestras and conductors,
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
R. Wagner Wesendonck Lieder, 'Lieder evening' with piano
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