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The Dutch baritone, Peter H. Schoenaker, studied singing with Margreet Honig at Conservatorium Amsterdam (1995-1998), and privately with Pierre Mak (1998-2002). He was also coached by Pieter van den Berg (2002), Martin Wright (2005), James Mc Cray; and attended master-classes: with Professor Norma Enns in Montepulciano, Italy (1998) and Paula de Wit & David Prins in Ratilly, France (2002).
Since 2000 Peter Schoenaker has been working as a freelance singer. He does not limit his choice of repertoire and as such this includes roles like Miltenberger from Bremer Freiheit by Adriana Hölzsky (Konzert Haus, Berlin) and the General from Drebbel by Kees Wieringa (de parade Alkmaar) as well as roles such as Grimbald in King Arthur by Purcell (ABConsort Amsterdam) and Erminio from Il Trionfo dell'Onore by Alessandro Scarlatti (Opera Trionfo). Childrenís opera forms a seperate branch of mhis work, one which he finds very rewarding. Worth mentioning are the roles of Isegrim in Reineke Fuchs by Ulrike Haage (Opernwerkstatt am Rhein) and Malatesta in Don Pasquale by Donizetti (Luxembourg National Theatre).
Engagements have included: Jimmy in Mahagonny Songspiel by K. Weill (conservatorium production, 1996); Erminio in Il Trionfo dell'Onore by D. Scarlatti (Opera trionfo, Zwolle, 1998); Ensemble in Curlew River by Benjamin Britten (Zeeland Zomerfestival, 2000); Ensemble in Les Mamelles de Théresias by Francis Poulenc (Opera trionfo, Haarlem, 2001); Rudolph in The Contactlens by L. Ziblat (Opera Buffo, Utrecht, 2002); Grimbald in King Arthur by H. Purcell (Amsterdam Bach Consort, 2003); Graf von Falsky in Die Bettler by M. Fargerudd (Yo- Festival Utrecht en Nat.Opera Helsinki, 2003); Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream by B. Britten (Favoritendagen Utrecht, 2004); Der Consument in La Route Impèriale no.2 by G.Tarján. (Yo-Festival Utrecht, (2005); Malatesta in Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti (Theatre National du Luxembourg, 2005-2006); Roeland in Roeland by J. Bisquert (Oerol festival Terschelling, 2006); Staged Winterreise by F. Schubert (Yo- Festival Utrecht, 2007); Ensemble in Liedergallerie and Die 12 Baritons (Hamburg, 2008); Admiraal in Drebbel by K.Wieringa, (St Nachtwerk Alkmaar, 2008); Ensemble in Opernwerkstatt am Rhein (Keulen, 2008-2009); Luigi in Manche Mögen's Mozart and Dr. Miracle and Dappertutto in Hoffmans Erzählungen (2008-2009); Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte by W.A. Mozart, (St. opera Culemborg, 2009); Marot in Slot seyst Story (St. Kunstrijk Zeist, 2009); Rigoletto in children's performance Rigoletto by G. Verdi (Theater Fabulijn Maastricht, 2009); Papageno in Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart (Hoorn oude muziek, Hoorn, 2010); Miltenberger in Bremer Freiheit by A. Hölzsky (Kammeroper Berlin, 2010); Laurens in Magnifiek Broekhuizen (St. Kunstrijk Zeist, 2011); Isegrim in Reineke Fuchs" by U. Haase (Opernwerkstatt am Rhein, Köln, 2011); Florestan in Ämadis by J. B. Lully (Vrede van Utrecht, (2012); B in Nicola (techno-opera) by P. Oomen (Voiz festival in Zwolle, 2012)
Peter Schoenaker has also a wide Oratorio and Lied repertoire. |
