Tineke Van Ingelgem

TINEKE VAN INGELGEM is a Belgian soprano with an unforgettable stage presence. Her acting skills, combined with her bright and powerful voice, make her perfect for strong women roles as Rusalka, Marschallin and Chrysothemis and have led her to opera houses in the whole of Europe, from La Monnaie in Brussels tot La Scala in Milan. Tineke's main repertoire contains the big roles of Germanic and Eastern-European music: she sang Marschallin/Der Rosenkavalier (Opéra Grand Avignon, Luzerner Theater and Theater Trier), Rusalka (Opera Vlaanderen), Chrysothemis/ Elektra (Teatro Politeama di Palermo), Jenny/Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Opera Vlaanderen), Ortlinde/Die Walküre (La Monnaie) and Second Niece/Peter Grimes (Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Teatro alla Scala). Tineke’s vocal colour lends itself equally well for the French-Italian repertoire. After a.o. La maestra delle novizie - Suora Infirmiera - La Ciesca/Il Trittico (La Monnaie and Teatro Regio Torino), Alice Ford/Falstaff (Opéra Royal de Wallonie, concert version) and La Dame de Monte-Carlo (Teatro Regio di Parma), Médée/Cherubini became her signature role. Her very emotional performance at the Opéra de Dijon and the Opéra de Rouen was a huge success – which got her an invitation from the Staatsoper Berlin to cover their Médée, conducted Daniel Barenboim. Tineke is also an established Lied and oratorio singer.