Lies Vandewege

Zangers in Tragedy of a Friendship

Biography

Education
Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Bernadette Degelin (voice), Jozef de Beenhouwer (Lieder), Guy Joosten (opera); Music Chapel Queen Elisabeth, afdeling Operastudio, bij José Van Dam; perfection with June Anderson, Jocelyne Dienst & others

Debut
Haydn Amoreled by Guy Van Waas (Music Chapel Queen Elisabeth, France & Portugal)

Highlights
Concert with the Gulbenkian orchestra, led by Lawrence Foster (Lisbon); Christmas concert at the Royal Palace with Brussels Philharmonic, led by Michel Tabachnik (2009); tribute concert for José Van Dam (2010); European Opera Days (La Monnaie, 2011); solo recital at Flagey (Brussels) for the “Festival de Wallonie”; Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) (Antwerp cathedral); Rotterdam Opera Days (2012); Giulietta/Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Little England(La Monnaie); soloist in Idomeneo (La Monnaie); La Speranza, Una Ninfa & Uno Spirito/Orfeo (Opéra de Montpellier); various roles in outdoor performances led by Yannis Pouspourikas

Recordings
CD with Maria songs, together with Peter Van de Velde

Worked with
Conductors such as Frank Agsteribbe, Dirk Brossé, Dirk De Caluwé, Ewald Demeyere, Richard Egarr, Robert Groslot, Theodor Guschlbauer, Hervé Niquet, Kaspar Putnins, Ivo Venkov.

Recent and future productions
Tragedy of a Friendship (Vlaamse Opera); Spookhuis der Geschiedenis (NTGent)

Last update on 25 February 2013