Meet the cast

Meet the cast of La Veuve joyeuse: soprano Hendrickje Van Kerckhove and tenors Thomas Blondelle and Sébastien Droy.

Voice: soprano
Born: Lokeren (Belgium), 1980
Studies: Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Operastudio Flanders, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Breakthrough performance: world premiere Julie by Philippe Boesmans @ De Munt/La Monnaie, 2005
Striking roles: Blonde/Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera Tel Aviv, Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona), Soeur Constance/Dialogues des Carmélites (Theater an der Wien), Claire/Quai Ouest by Régis Campo (world premiere in Opéra national du Rhin te Straatsburg), Au Pair/Frankenstein by Marc Grey (world premiere in De Munt/La Monnaie 2019)
Awards: ECHO Rising Star 2008

Voice: tenor
Born: Bruges (Belgium), 1982
Studies: Stedelijk Conservatorium Brugge, KU Leuven
Breakthrough performance: Hans Scholl/Die Weiße Rose @ De Munt/La Monnaie, 2003
Striking roles: Erik/Der fliegende Holländer (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National du Rhin), Melchior Gabor/Frühlings Erwachen by Benoît Mernier (world premiere in De Munt/La Monnaie), Walther/Tannhäuser (BBC Proms), tenor solo/Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with New York Philharmonic (Lincoln Center, Philharmonie de Paris)
Awards: Second Prize Queen Elisabeth Competition 2011, Palazzetto Bru Zane Prijs Belvedere Competition Vienna 2012

Voice: tenor
Born: Reims (France), 1975
Studies: Conservatoire National de Musique of Paris, Conservatoire de La Courneuve, Sorbonne Université
Breakthrough performance: Aventures du Roi Pausole by Arthur Honegger @ Opéra de Fribourg, 2003
Striking roles: Ottavio/Don Giovanni (Tours, Monte-Carlo), Tamino/Die Zauberflöte (Saint-Etienne, Marseille, Metz, Bordeaux, Strasbourg), Manfred by Robert Schumann with Orchestre National de France under the baton of Kurt Masur
Awards: Premier Prix CNSM de Paris 2003

Info concert

Thursday 20 December | 20:00 | Concertgebouw - Brugge

Joie de vivre and the delight of dance in an iron-strong blockbuster operetta

Friday 21 December | 20:15 | Flagey - Brussels

Joie de vivre and the delight of dance in an iron-strong blockbuster operetta

Saturday 22 December | 20:15 | Flagey - Brussels

Joie de vivre and the delight of dance in an iron-strong blockbuster operetta

Sunday 23 December | 15:00 | CC De Spil - Roeselare

Joie de vivre and the delight of dance in an iron-strong blockbuster operetta