Nina van Essen
Nina van Essen makes her La Scala debut in season 24/25
All about Nina
Nina van Essen is currently making rapid career both on opera and concert stages all over the world, such as; Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Theater an der Wien, Royal Danish Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon, Zaterdag Matinee Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Opera de Dijon, Oper Leipzig, and many more. During her time in the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover she has highly enriched her repertoire from Baroque to Bel Canto and contemporary music.
Read more about Nina in the "about" section.
Nina van Essen's bloeiende carrière brengt haar naar zowel opera- als concertpodia over de hele wereld, zoals; Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Theater an der Wien, Koninklijke Deense Opera, Nederlandse Nationale Opera, Zaterdag Matinee Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Opera de Dijon, Oper Leipzig en nog veel meer. Tijdens haar tijd bij het ensemble van de Staatsoper Hannover heeft ze haar repertoire enorm verrijkt, van barok tot belcanto en hedendaagse muziek.
Lees meer over Nina in "about".
2.11.2024
Cherubino - Le nozze di Figaro
Musical direction - Nicholas McGegan/ Nick Fletcher
Regie - Anne Barslev
Count Almaviva - Theodore Platt
Contessa Almaviva - Sofie Elkjaer Jensen
Susanna - Clara Cecilie Thomsen
Figaro - Henning von Schulman
Marcellina - Cecilia Lund Tomter
Bartolo - Morten Staugaard
Basilio / Don Curzio - Fredrik Bjellsäter
Antonio - Antti Mähönen
Barbarina - Annika Beinnes
8.11.2024
Cherubino - Le nozze di Figaro
Musical direction - Nicholas McGegan/ Nick Fletcher
Regie - Anne Barslev
Count Almaviva - Theodore Platt
Contessa Almaviva - Sofie Elkjaer Jensen
Susanna - Clara Cecilie Thomsen
Figaro - Henning von Schulman
Marcellina - Cecilia Lund Tomter
Bartolo - Morten Staugaard
Basilio / Don Curzio - Fredrik Bjellsäter
Antonio - Antti Mähönen
Barbarina - Annika Beinnes
15.11.2024
Cherubino - Le nozze di Figaro
Musical direction - Nicholas McGegan/ Nick Fletcher
Regie - Anne Barslev
Count Almaviva - Theodore Platt
Contessa Almaviva - Sofie Elkjaer Jensen
Susanna - Clara Cecilie Thomsen
Figaro - Henning von Schulman
Marcellina - Cecilia Lund Tomter
Bartolo - Morten Staugaard
Basilio / Don Curzio - Fredrik Bjellsäter
Antonio - Antti Mähönen
Barbarina - Annika Beinnes
17.11.2024
Cherubino - Le nozze di Figaro
Musical direction - Nicholas McGegan/ Nick Fletcher
Regie - Anne Barslev
Count Almaviva - Theodore Platt
Contessa Almaviva - Sofie Elkjaer Jensen
Susanna - Clara Cecilie Thomsen
Figaro - Henning von Schulman
Marcellina - Cecilia Lund Tomter
Bartolo - Morten Staugaard
Basilio / Don Curzio - Fredrik Bjellsäter
Antonio - Antti Mähönen
Barbarina - Annika Beinnes
15.12.2024
Liv - Der Herzlose Riese - Elena Kats-Chernin
Conductor - Gábor Káli
Regie - Catharina von Bülow
Lena Dahl - Carina Schmieger
König Henrik der Hilflose - Zoltan Nagy
Liv - Nina van Essen
Dappert Dapp - Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Hanno - Alexander Kaimbacher
Der Erzähler - Angelo Konzett
15.12.2024
Liv - Der Herzlose Riese - Elena Kats-Chernin
Conductor - Gábor Káli
Regie - Catharina von Bülow
Lena Dahl - Carina Schmieger
König Henrik der Hilflose - Zoltan Nagy
Liv - Nina van Essen
Dappert Dapp - Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Hanno - Alexander Kaimbacher
Der Erzähler - Angelo Konzett
16.12.2024
Liv - Der Herzlose Riese - Elena Kats-Chernin
Conductor - Gábor Káli
Regie - Catharina von Bülow
Lena Dahl - Carina Schmieger
König Henrik der Hilflose - Zoltan Nagy
Liv - Nina van Essen
Dappert Dapp - Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Hanno - Alexander Kaimbacher
Der Erzähler - Angelo Konzett
16.12.2024
Liv - Der Herzlose Riese - Elena Kats-Chernin
Conductor - Gábor Káli
Regie - Catharina von Bülow
Lena Dahl - Carina Schmieger
König Henrik der Hilflose - Zoltan Nagy
Liv - Nina van Essen
Dappert Dapp - Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Hanno - Alexander Kaimbacher
Der Erzähler - Angelo Konzett
18.1.2025
Mercedes - Carmen - Theater Magdeburg
Carmen - Héloïse Mas/Weronika Rabek
Micaëla - Amy Ní Fhearraigh
Mercédès - Emilie Renard/Julia Deit Ferrand/Nina van Essen
Frasquita - Elvire Beekhuizen/Rosha Fitzhowle
Don José - Aleksandr Nesterenko
Escamillo - Giorgi Mtchedlishvili
Dancaïro - Marko Pantelić
Remendado - Adrian Domarecki
Moralès - Doğukan Kuran
Zuniga - Johannes Stermann
Tänzerinnen Valeria Busdraghi, Claudia Greco, Bronwyn Jolley, Amanda Mitrevski
14.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
16.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
19.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
22.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
26.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
30.3.2025
We are the lucky ones - Three - Philip Venables
Composition - Philip Venables
Libretto - Nina Segal and Ted Huffman
Musical direction - Bassem Akiki
Regie and set design - Ted Huffman
One - Claron McFadden
Two - Jacquelyn Stucker
Three - Nina van Essen
Four - Helena Rasker
Five - Miles Mykkanen
Six - Frederick Ballentine
Seven - Germán Olvera
Eight - Alex Rosen
Residentie Orkest
Co-production with Ruhrtriennal
18.5.2025
Mitridate, Re di Ponto - Arbate - Mozart
Musical direction - Christophe Rousset
Mitridate - Sergey Romanovsky
Aspasia - Jessica Pratt
Sifare - Olga Bezsmertna
Farnace - Rose Naggar-Tremblay
Ismene - Maria Kokareva
Marzio - Alasdair Kent
Arbate - Nina van Essen
25.5.2025
Arabate - Mitridate, Re di Ponto - Mozart
Musical Direction - Christophe Rousset
Les Talens Lyriques
Mitridate - Sergey Romanovsky
Aspasia - Jessica Pratt
Sifare - Olga Bezsmertna
Farnace - Rose Naggar-Tremblay
Ismene - Maria Kokareva
Marzio - Alasdair Kent
Arbate - Nina van Essen
17.8.2025
Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano
20.8.2025
Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano
24.8.2025
Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano
5.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
8.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
12.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
15.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
18.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
21.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
23.11.2025
Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte
Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy
Regie - Robert Carsen
Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig
Dorabella - Nina van Essen
Despina - Sandrine Piau
Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti
Ferrando - Giovanni Sala
Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley
13.12.2025
Siebel - Faust - Charles Gounod - NTR Zaterdag Matinee
NTR Live Radio broadcast Zaterdag Matinee
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Choir, conducted by Stéphane Denève
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