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Janny Zomer began her musical studies as
a flautist at the Conservatorium of Groningen, before
deciding to change to singing with Mya Besselink
at the Conservatorium of Maastricht. She went on
to study further at the International Opera Centrum
Nederland with Margreet Honig. She was a finalist
as Donna Elvira in the International Don Giovanni
Wettbewerb in Athens and was runner-up in the Internationale
Concours de Chant Toulouse 1998 and the Christina
Deutekom Concours 1999.
In 2006 she replaced Carol Vaness
at short notice with great success in the role
of Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) conducted
by Carlo Rizzi. Janny Zomer has also sung the
Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) for Opera
Zuid and Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos 2001),
Tosca (Tosca 2002/5), Santuzza (Cavalleria
Rusticana 2004), Hanna (Die Lustige Witwe
2005) and Gabriele (Wiener Blut 2006)
for The International Opera Stichting Amsterdam.
Outside the Netherlands she has sung Nella (Gianni
Schicchi 2003) in Luxembourg and Miss Jessel
(The Turn of the Screw 2004) in Germany.
With the Nationale Reisopera she sang Miss Jessel
in 2002 and 2006. She also sang Anna in a concert
performance of Le Villi in 2005.
In 1996 she made her debut with
the Netherlands Opera singing Vertraute in Willy
Decker’s production of Elektra
conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Further work followed
with Masha (Pique Dame 1998) and Dama
(Macbeth 2003).
Her 1996 debut with the Nationale Reisopera singing
Diana in L’Arbore di Diana was
followed by 2nd Flower Maiden (Parsifal
1997), Feklusa (Katya Kabanova 1998),
Sacerdotessa (Aida 1999), Die junge Dirne
(Reigen/Boesmans 1999), 2nd Niece (Peter
Grimes 2000), Vrouw van de menseneter (Pollicino/Werner
Henze 2003).
On the concert podium she has sung
Lady Macbeth (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in the Concertgebouw
and Masha and Prilepa (Pique Dame) on
radio. She was also soloist in a Kurt Weill programme
with the Nationale Ballet.
Her contemporary music performances
include, L’Oiseau de la Guerre
(Harlap) with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted
by Jan Stulen and Les Aveux de Phèdre
(Johan Wagenaar) with the Radio Symphonie
Orkest under Eri Klas. She has a wide oratorio
repertoire, including the Verdi and Dvorak Requiem,
The Company of Heaven (Britten), La
Petite Messe Solenelle (Rossini) and Stabat
Mater (Szymanovski).
Her future plans include Sieglinde
(Die Walküre) in Bangkok in 2007,
Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn
and the Fourth Symphony with Michael
Tabachnik and Wagner’s Wesendoncklieder
and Isoldes Liebestod with the Holland
Symfonia. She will also sing Helmwige in Die
Walküre with the Vlaamse Opera.
Janny Zomer
has worked with conductors like Eri Klas, Thierry
Fischer, Reinbert de Leeuw, Julian Reynolds, Carlo
Rizzi, Semyon Bychkov, Hartmut Haenchen, Lawrence
Renes, Ed Spanjaard, Nikolaj Alexeejev, Peter
Selwyn, Mark Elder, Gert Albrecht en Mark Wigglesworth.
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