Nina van Essen

Mezzosoprano

Teatro alla Scala debut 24/25

Nina van Essen makes her la scala debut in season 24/25

Biography

All about Nina

Nina van Essen is currently making rapid career both on opera and concert stages all over the world, such as; Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Theater an der Wien, Royal Danish Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon, Zaterdag Matinee Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Opera de Dijon, Oper Leipzig, and many more. During her time in the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover she has highly enriched her repertoire from Baroque to Bel Canto and contemporary music.

Read more about Nina in the "about" section.

Nina van Essen's bloeiende carrière brengt haar naar zowel opera- als concertpodia over de hele wereld, zoals; Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Theater an der Wien, Koninklijke Deense Opera, Nederlandse Nationale Opera, Zaterdag Matinee Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Opera de Dijon, Oper Leipzig en nog veel meer. Tijdens haar tijd bij het ensemble van de Staatsoper Hannover heeft ze haar repertoire enorm verrijkt, van barok tot belcanto en hedendaagse muziek.

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“Nina van Essen, in what is, remarkably, her role debut as Rosina, makes the part sound as if it was written for her, with clarity, wit, lyricism and charm. “ Financial Times

Financial Times

La Scala Milano

18.5.2025

Mitridate, Re di Ponto - Arbate - Mozart

Musical direction - Christophe Rousset

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Mitridate - Sergey Romanovsky

Aspasia - Jessica Pratt

Sifare - Olga Bezsmertna

Farnace - Rose Naggar-Tremblay

Ismene - Maria Kokareva

Marzio - Alasdair Kent

Arbate - Nina van Essen

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Theatre des Champs-Elysées

25.5.2025

Arabate - Mitridate, Re di Ponto - Mozart

Musical Direction - Christophe Rousset
Les Talens Lyriques

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Mitridate - Sergey Romanovsky
Aspasia - Jessica Pratt
Sifare - Olga Bezsmertna
Farnace - Rose Naggar-Tremblay
Ismene - Maria Kokareva
Marzio - Alasdair Kent
Arbate - Nina van Essen

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Nagano, Japan

17.8.2025

Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano

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Nagano, Japan

20.8.2025

Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano

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Nagano, Japan

24.8.2025

Hermia - A Midsummer night's dream - B.Britten - Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto festival

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Nagano

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Concertgebouw

27.9.2025

Bianca - Eine Florentinische Tragödie - Zemlinsky - NTR ZaterdagMatinee Concertgebouw

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Karina Canellakis dirigent

Attilio Glaser tenor (Guido Bardi)

Nina van Essen sopraan (Bianca)

Josef Wagner bariton (Simone)

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La Scala di Milano

5.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

8.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

12.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

15.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

18.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

21.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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La Scala di Milano

23.11.2025

Dorabella - Cosi fan tutte

Musical Direction - Alexander Soddy

Regie - Robert Carsen

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Fiordiligi - Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella - Nina van Essen

Despina - Sandrine Piau

Guglielmo - Luca Micheletti

Ferrando - Giovanni Sala

Don Alfonso - Gerald Finley

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Concertgebouw Amsterdam

13.12.2025

Siebel - Faust - C. Gounod - NTR Zaterdag Matinee

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Groot Omroepkoor
Stéphane Denève

Pene Pati tenor (Faust)
Vannina Santoni sopraan (Marguérite)
Anthony Robin Schneider tenor (Méphistophélès)
Florian Sempey bariton (Valentin)
Nina van Essen mezzosopraan (Siebel)
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo mezzosopraan (Marthe)
Michael Wilmering bariton (Wagner)

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