OPER FRANKFURT
Puccini - Manon Lescaut - Geronte de Ravoir
Sep 26, Oct 5/10/16/26
Handel - Giulio Cesare - Achilla
Nov 2/6/8/14/21/23/26
Bizet - Carmen - Escamillo
Dec 13/19/21/27, Jan 9/16/18/24/31

Biography

In the 2025/26 season, the baritone Erik van Heyningen again in challenging and varied games at the Oper Frankfurt where he has established himself as a distinguished ensemble member with vocal presence and stylistic versatility.

He will take on the role of Escamillo in Carmen and the Mandarin in a new production of Turandot by Andrea Breth, under the musical direction of Thomas Guggeis. In the revival of the successful production of Manon Lescaut, directed by Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus), he will appear on stage as Geronte de Ravoir. He will also be heard as Achilla in Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto under Laurence Cummings.

Erik van Heyningen He was a member of the Vienna State Opera's opera studio, where he drew attention as Donner ( Das Rheingold ), as Number One in Henze's Das zeigene Meer , and in the roles of Littore, Tribune, and Famigliare in L'incoronazione di Poppea , among others. He made his Frankfurt debut as Angelotti ( Tosca ) and as the Speaker ( Die Zauberflöte ). At the Tyrolean Festival in Erl, he performed the role of Guido in Mercadante's Francesca da Rimini .
Also in the 2024/25 season Erik van Heyningen in numerous roles in Frankfurt, including Monterone ( Rigoletto ), the policeman in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , the grandfather in Aribert Reimann's L'invisible , Capellio in Rossini's Bianca e Falliero and Melisso in Handel's Alcina .
His other roles at the Oper Frankfurt include Plumkett ( The Merry Wives of Windsor ), Biterolf ( Tannhäuser ) and Elmiro in Rossini's Otello .

In North America, he has sung Simon Fenton in Emmeline at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Angelotti at the Michigan Opera, and the Speaker at the Santa Fe Opera. At the Juilliard School in New York, he has performed roles such as Leporello (Don Giovanni), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), and Aragante (Rinaldo). He made his debut at the Spoleto Festival USA as Jochanaan in Salome and sang Escamillo in Carmen at the Pacific Opera.
His repertoire also includes roles such as Figaro and Conte (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni, Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), and Balstrode (Peter Grimes).
Erik van Heyningen He has received numerous awards, including the Barbara and Stanley Richman Memorial Award from the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where he was also named a Richard Gaddes Festival Artist. In 2016, he won first prize at the Gerda Lissner Lieder & Song Competition. From 2017 to 2018, he was a member of the Michigan Opera Opera Studio. In 2018, he received the Mackay Family Grant from the Santa Fe Opera. From 2018 to 2020, he studied at the Juilliard School in New York. 2025/26
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