Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruckner - Te Deum - Soprano
Sep 26/28 Rotterdam
Dec 6 Musikverein Wien

OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS
Wagner - Walküre - Sieglinde
PREMIERE Nov 11
Nov 15/18/21/24/27/30

BERLIN STATE OPERA
Wagner - Lohengrin - Elsa
Jan 18/25, Feb 1/7

TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO
Wagner - Walküre - Sieglinde
March 3/11

OPER FRANKFURT
Puccini - Turandot - Turandot
PREMIERE Apr 12
Apr 16/19/25, May 3/9/14/17

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
Strauss - Elektra - Chrysothemis
June 7/11/14/19/23/27

BAYREUTH FESTIVAL
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - Soprano
July 25
Wagner - Walküre - Sieglinde
July 28, August 5/13

Biography

The French-South African soprano Elza van den Heever is one of the world's most important representatives of the dramatic soprano repertoire.

Elza van den Heever opens the 2026/27 season with performances of the title role in Turandot at the Oper Frankfurt . At the Opéra national de Paris She will sing the role of Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre . Together with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, she will perform the final scene from Salome in London and Paris under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She will then appear at the Metropolitan Opera as Anna Sørensen in Kevin Puts' Silent Night and will also participate in the Diamond Jubilee: 60 Years at Lincoln Center Gala as well as performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 8. Elza van den Heever's concert engagements will take her to the Orchestre National de Lyon to France with Alexander Soddy and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, to Berlin with the Konzerthausorchester under Joana Mallwitz and the final scene from Salome, and to Philadelphia for concert performances of Wagner's Lohengrin under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Among the outstanding engagements of recent seasons are her Bayreuth engagements – her debut as Elsa in Lohengrin , the opening concert of the 2026 anniversary festival with Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and Sieglinde in the Ring of the Nibelung , all conducted by Christian Thielemann – as well as the Empress ( Die Frau ohne Schatten ) and Salome at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, her Sieglinde debut at La Scala in Milan under Simone Young, the Empress at the Vienna State Opera under Thielemann, and Sieglinde in the new production of Wagner's Die Walküre at the Opéra national de Paris as well as Elsa in Lohengrin at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. In addition, she made her role debuts as Elisabeth ( Tannhäuser ) and Senta ( The Flying Dutchman ) under Thomas Guggeis at the Metropolitan Opera, and Chrysothemis ( Elektra ) under Kirill Petrenko at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival. concert version at the Berlin Philharmonie and the San Francisco Opera, her role debut as Salome in Paris (Simone Young / Lydia Steier) and Julia in Spontini's La Vestale in a new production by Lydia Steier under the direction of Bertrand de Billy.
Audiences in Vienna, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Zurich, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Bordeaux celebrate the soprano for her outstanding performances. Her vocal abilities allow her a wide-ranging repertoire, from Handel (Rodelinda) and Mozart (Vitellia, Elettra, Donna Anna) to Beethoven (Fidelio-Leonore), the bel canto repertoire (Norma, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda) via Verdi (Elisabetta, Desdemona, Ernani-Elvira, Trovatore-Leonora), Puccini (Suor Angelica, Giorgetta), Wagner (Elisabeth, Elsa, Senta, Sieglinde) up to the 20th century to Strauss (Salome, Empress, Chrysothemis) and Britten (Ellen Orford).
Elza van den Heever cultivates the concert repertoire alongside her operatic engagements. The 9th Symphony by [composer's name] is a prime example. Beethoven , Messa da Requiem Her repertoire includes works by Verdi, Brahms's A German Requiem, Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, Bruckner's Te Deum, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, and Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs. In the concert arena, she regularly collaborates with conductors such as Simone Young, Kirill Petrenko, Bertrand de Billy, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Elza van den Heever was an ensemble member of the [company name] from 2008 to 2013. Oper Frankfurt where she was able to build her extensive repertoire. She made her sensational European debut there as Giorgetta in Puccini's Il trittico. Since then, she has been one of the most sought-after sopranos of her generation.
Her interpretation of Giorgetta, conducted by Bertrand de Billy, has been released on CD by Capriccio. Her MET debut as Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda is documented on DVD.
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