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The Dutch contralto, Ingeborg Bröcheler, graduated in Public Administration and in Criminology at Free University Amsterdam, and studied at the Amsterdam School of Arts, before she moved into the world of opera. She got her musical education at Schumann Academy. She studied with Paula de Wit and participated in master-classes- and courses by Rosemary Joshua, Margreeth Honig, Claron McFadden, Dale Duesing and Sarah Connolly. At the moment she is working with Elène Golgevit in Paris.
Ingeborg Bröcheler appeared as 3rd Witch in the world premiere of Louis Andriessen's Theatre of the World conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw, stage direction Pierre Audi (co-production Dutch National Opera and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra). She sung the alto-solo in ‘Before: Present’, a unique collaboration of Amsterdam Dance Event and Dutch National Opera (stage direction: Sjaron Minailo). As a member of the Dutch National Opera talent program, she was talent cover for Polinesso in George Frideric Handel's Ariodante and part of the ensemble (co-production Dutch National Opera and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence/Richard Jones, Concerto Köln/Andrea Marcon). Under the baton of Kenneth Montgomery she interpreted Bradamante in G.F. Handel's Alcina (production DNOA). In 2019 she appeared as Présidente de Tourvel in the newly composed Antonio Vivaldi's opera Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Opera2day (2nd cast, also vocal cover Vicomte de Valmont).
As a concert soloist, Ingeborg has performed works by J.S. Bach (St. Matthew Passion BWV 244, St. John Passion BWV 245, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, B-minor Mass BWV 232, various cantatas), in G.F. Handel (Saul, Messiah), Haydn (Missa in Angustiis), W.A. Mozart (Requiem, Vesperae), Rossini (Petite Messe Solennelle, Messa di Gloria), Johannes Brahms (Alto Rhapsody), Maurice Duruflé (Requiem), Johann Joseph Fux (Kaiserrequiem), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Stabat Mater) and A. Vivaldi (Gloria). Recent recitals include song cycles by Robert Schumann (Frauenliebe und Leben), Edward Elgar (Sea Pictures), Wagner (Wesendonck-Lieder; revised Henze-orchestration) and Benjamin Britten (A Charm of Lullabies). She sung ‘Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann’ by Frank Martin, staged by Klaus Bertisch. She sang in concert halls like Château de Versailles (Versailles, France), BOZAR (Bruxelles, Belgium), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, USA) and, among others, worked with orchestras as Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and ASKO|Schönberg.
Future engagements are title role in G.F. Handel's Giulio Cesare (production Opera North, cover Giulio Cesare, Leeds & Newcastle, UK) under the baton of Christian Curnyn and Manoj Kamps, stage direction Tim Albery; alto solo in W.A. Mozart's Requiem with Jan Willem de Vriend and the Orchestre National de Lille (Lille, France); Vicomte de Valmont in A. Vivaldi/Moretto Dangerous Liaisons (production Opera2day and TOBS) under the baton of Facundo Agudin, stage direction Serge van Veggel (Biel/Solothurn a.o., Switzerland). |
