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The Dutch baritone, Nanco de Vries, began his vocal studies as a bass at the Utrecht Conservatory with Udo Reinemann and completed them with distinction (UM degree as singer classical opera and concert: 1987-1993). In the same year, he was a prize winner at the Christina Deutekom competition and was admitted to the study programme for the Dutch Music Prize. He continued his vocal studies with Diane Forlano in the Opera class at the Concervatory of the Hague (1993-1994) and developed his voice further in the baritone field with American tenor James McCray. Currently, he is coached by Gundula Hintz.
Nanco de Vries then made his baritone debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana. He has worked with several prominent conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen, Graham Jenkins, Alan Lombard, Yuri Simanov, Hans Vonk, Edo de Waart and Vladimir Spivakov. And with directors such as Willy Decker, Peter Stein and Christine Mielitz.
Highlights of his last engagements in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw include Christ in J.S. Bach's Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Brabants Orkest, Die Theresien Messe and Die Schöpfung (Haydn) (Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Frans Brüggen), L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Claus Peter Flor) and Janáceck's Osud (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edo de Waart). Furthermore he sang the title roles in 'outdoor-concerts' in Amsterdam of Verdi`s Nabucco and Macbeth.
Abroad, Nanco de Vries could be heard in Italy in Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No.14 (Padua Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Vonk) and in the Canary Islands in the same work (Las Palmas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Viktor Libermann), in Spain in W.A. Mozart's Requiem (Moscow Virtuosi conducted by Vladimir Spivakov), in Turkey in L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and W.A. Mozart's Requiem. Vladimir Spivakov), in Turkey in L.v. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and W.A. Mozart's Requiem (Bilkents Symphony Orchestra Ankara conducted by C.A. Rickenbacher) and in France the title role in Robert Schumann's Szenen zu Goethes Faust (Orchestre National de Lille conducted by C.A. Rickenbacher). At the Große Festspielhaus in Salzburg and at the Philharmonie München, he could be heard as Alberich with the Münchner Symphoniker conducted by H. Förster in Loriot's Ring an einem Abend. In Norway he participated in a scenic performance of Georges Bizet's Carmen as Escamillo.
Abroad, Nanco de Vries was associated with the Meininger Staats Theater (August 1996-June 2002), where he performed parts in Tosca, W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, W.A. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, D. Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, Engelbert Humperdinck;s Hänsel und Gretel, Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung, La Traviata and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. Afterwards he was a permanent member of the Komische Oper in Berlin (May 2002-June 2006). At present he is working as a freelance opera and concert singer alongside his job at the Groot Omroepkoor. |
