Biography
Before his exceptional voice quality brought him to many of great opera centers, Hendrik Vonk played trumpet in several orchestras, graduated in musicology at the University of Utrecht, and studied conducting and singing at the Conservatoires of Rotterdam and Utrecht. After participating in 1990 in the studio of Opera-Forum (Enschede, NL), he started his career as a Mozart- Belcantotenor, singing numerous leading- and comprimarioroles. In the following years Mr. Vonk developed into a dramatic tenor, under the tutelage of James McCray. Some of the highlights of his operatic career include: Don José in "Carmen", on tour through Germany with the opera of Krakow, Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana" in the Hague, Boris in "Katja Kabanova" in Liege, and Laca in "Jenufa" in St Gallen
Performance credits
Past performances 2001 — Yesterday
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), Weill
Oper LeipzigJim Mahoney (Jimmy Mahoney)
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Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Mozart
Opéra de LausanneErster Geharnischter (First armored man) + 1 roles
View cast and crewAufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), Weill
Theater ErfurtJim Mahoney (Jimmy Mahoney)
View cast and crewAufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), Weill
Bühnen BernJim Mahoney (Jimmy Mahoney)
View cast and crewBiography
Before his exceptional voice quality brought him to many of great opera centers, Hendrik Vonk played trumpet in several orchestras, graduated in musicology at the University of Utrecht, and studied conducting and singing at the Conservatoires of Rotterdam and Utrecht. After participating in 1990 in the studio of Opera-Forum (Enschede, NL), he started his career as a Mozart- Belcantotenor, singing numerous leading- and comprimarioroles. In the following years Mr. Vonk developed into a dramatic tenor, under the tutelage of James McCray. Some of the highlights of his operatic career include: Don José in "Carmen", on tour through Germany with the opera of Krakow, Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana" in the Hague, Boris in "Katja Kabanova" in Liege, and Laca in "Jenufa" in St Gallen
