Anne-Sophie Sevens
Soprano
Belgian soprano Anne-Sophie Sevens studied classical singing at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Anne-Sophie was invited by the Richard Wagner Cercle in Vienna to join the 2019 Festspiele in Bayreuth and she participated in the prestigious Opernwerkstatt in 2016 and 2018 (Switzerland).
Anne-Sophie made her professional operatic debut in TOBS (Theatre Orchestra Biel Solothurn) as Sopranistin in «Masterclass» of Terrence McNally, singing the aria of Lady Macbeth «Nel dì della vittoria». In 2015 - 2017 she was a member of the Swiss Opera Studio Biel in which she participated, among others, in Idomeneo, Mozart, interpreting the role of Elettra with Orchestra Biel Solothurn. Furthermore she performed opera scenes in the roles of Micaela, Marie in Die verkaufte Braut, Smetana, Agathe, Contessa and Desdemona. In Opernwerkstatt she sang the role of Gerhilde in 2016 and 2017, as well as Marie in Wozzeck, Berg, and Santuzza in concerts in Sigriswil, Bern, Basel and Zürich.
Beside her Belgian musical education she took regular lessons and participated in several masterclasses in Germany, Switzerland and Italy notably with Siegfried Jerusalem, Edda Moser, Vesselina Kasarova, Nadine Secunde and Gerd Uecker.
In 2017 she was Prize-winner in the Bellincanto Competition in Bellinzona, Switzerland and in the Ljuba Welitsch Singing Competition in Vienna, where she was invited in 2018 as a jury member. She participated in 2017 and 2019 at the final rounds of the Elizabeth Connell competition and in 2018 at the final rounds of the Belvedere competition in Jurmala. In 2019 she was finalist in the Rita Gorr competition in Ghent and in the BIVC competition in Bologna.
Upcoming roles
Maureen - Opéra d’Aran - Gilbert Bécaud - Minard in Gent, BE - 11 October 2020
Gerhilde - Die Walküre - Wagner - Landestheater Coburg, DE 2021
Understudy* Sieglinde - Die Walküre - Wagner - Landestheater Coburg, DE 2021
Previous Roles
Marie (Wozzeck), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Gerhilde (Die Walküre)
Opernwerkstatt in Sigriswil, Bern, Basel, Zürich, CH 2018
Laetitia -The Old Maid and the Thief - Menotti
Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn: Biel, Solothurn, CH 2017
La Contessa Le nozze di Figaro
Syquali Crossmedia, Ticino,CH 2016
Gerhilde Die Walküre
Opernwerkstatt Basel, Zürich... CH 2016
Elettra Idomeneo
Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn: Biel, Solothurn, CH 2016
Lauretta Gianni Schicchi
Belcanto Academy Bilthoven, NL 2015
La Badessa Suor Angelica
LUCA School of Arts Leuven, BE 2011
Schweizer Opernstudio Bern (2015-2016): Agathe Der Freischütz, Marie Die verkaufte Braut, Micaela Carmen