Iris van Wijnen

Future and recent engagements include LEITMETZERIN Der Rosenkavalier Dutch National Opera, GERTRUD Hänsel und Gretel Staatsoper Hannover, GRIMGERDE Die Walküre, STIMME AUS DER HÖHE/BLUMENMÄDCHEN Parsifal La Monnaie, WELLGUNDE Das Rheingold, WALTRAUTE Die Walküre (conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and CLEANING WOMAN The Makropulos Case, FORESTER’S WIFE/OWL The Cunning Little Vixen Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

Previous engagements include MARCELLINA Le nozze di Figaro andWIFE/DOREEN/WAITRESS 1/SPHINX 2 in Turnage’s Greek Staatsoper Hannover, the leading role CLITEMESTRA in the world premiere of Sciarrino’s Il canto s’attrista perché?, KITCHEN BOY Rusalka, AKSINYA and SONYETKA Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, FLORA La Traviata Stadttheater Klagenfurt, SECOND SECRETARY Nixon in China, ZWEITE MAGD Elektra, FENENA Nabucco Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and JUNGE NONNE Der feurige Engel, BERTA Il barbiere di Siviglia Bayerische Staatsoper.

In concert, she has sung works such as Shéhérazade by Ravel, Quatres Instants by Saariaho, Les Nuits D’été by Berlioz, Bach Cantatas, Handel’s Messiah, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Wesendonck Lieder. She has also performed in recitals at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival.

Iris was a member of the Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper and graduated from Utrecht Conservatory. She took part in masterclasses with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Leontina Vaduva and Graham Johnson and works closely with Gregory Lamar and Brigitte Fassbaender.