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Elza van den Heever
Soprano
© Dario Acosta / Roberto Giostra
Biography
Born in South Africa, Elza van den Heever has dual French and South African nationality and lives in France. She was quickly invited to perform on international stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Opéra National de Paris, the Vienna State Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, and La Scala in Milan, where she performed a variety of roles, from Mozart (Elettra in Idomeneo) to Strauss (the title role in Salome, Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Chrysothemis in Elektra) and Britten (Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes), as well as bel canto, Puccini (Giorgetta and Suor Angelica in Il Trittico) and Wagner (Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer). She made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Elsa and at the Salzburg Festival in concert in Act I of Die Walküre.
During the 2025-2026 season, she will perform Elsa in Berlin, Sieglinde in Milan, the title role in Turandot in Frankfurt, Chrysothemis in San Francisco and Sieglinde at the 2026 Bayreuth Festival.
At the Paris National Opera: Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi), 2011; Elektra (Chrysothemis), 2022; Salome (title role), 2022; La Vestale (Julia), 2024.
