Wiebke Göetjes

Wiebke Göetjes was born and raised in Monnickendam. She studied at the Conservatory of Utrecht with Marianne Blok. At the same time she studied in the Opera class of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague directed by conductor Kenneth Montgomery. After finishing the Music Academy she studied with famous Coloratura Cristina Deutekom for many years. She currently works with Kammersängerin Gabriele Schnaut. After her graduation she was immediately given a contract for the role of Carlotta Giudicelli in the Dutch version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom of the Opera”, a part which she performed about 600 times in two years! In 1995 she was contracted by the State Theater of Meiningen, Germany, where she made her debut in the title role of Verdi’s“Aida”. She remained in Meiningen for