401Ned Opera Boek 1 
Theatre Français 
Amsterdamse Liedschool
Bonus CD Boek
401Concerts 1 
Dutch Heldentenor
401Concerts 3
DutchDivas in the 401DutchOperas book-I
The 401 Dutch Operas book Vol I charts the development of Dutch operas from Sweelinck to the end of the French Period. This development goes hand in hand with the history of Dutch singers, as most Dutch operas were naturally created by Dutch Divas & Divos.
Vol I begins with Sweelinck's secular song cycles from around 1594 and continues through the end of the French Period, during which composers such as Ruloffs, Meissner, Beethoven (the Zutphen birth legend is explored), and the Gouda/Frisian Jean des Communes predominate. Much has been lost over the past 225 years, but a number of singers’ names came down through time. These included Utricia Ogle (the muse of Constantijn Huygens), Rose Baptiste Anselme (the muse of Jacob Jan van Wassenaer and the audience of the French Theatre The Hague), Anna Davia (Diva in the travelling company of Domenico De Amicis), Princess Carolina (who probably performed Mozart's very first opera experiments from The Hague herself) and Ernestine Louisa Anderegg (muse and wife of Bartholomeus Ruloffs).
DutchDiva of the Moment
From Huygens & Utricia Ogle to Elly Ameling & Cyril Auvity
Homo universalis Constantijn Huygens composed the anonymously published song and psalm collection "Pathodia Sacra et Profana Occupati" in 1646. Huygens' primary goal was to impress his muse at the time, harpsichordist and singer Utricia Ogle, to whom the work is dedicated. The scabrous/amourous/masochistic songs (just listen to "Con la candida man") demonstrate his knowledge of the latest fashions in Italy and France at the time. Besides Boësset, Monteverdi and his idol Luigi Rossi also resonate. Since the collection's rediscovery by Aafke Komter-Kuipers in 1934, Jo Vincent and the contralto Annie Hermes have been gradually putting Huygens on the map. Several complete recordings are now available, including the 1979 EMI LP with soprano Elly Ameling and bass Max van Egmond, the 2000 NM-Classics CD with soprano Anne Grimm, bass Peter Kooij, mezzo Wilke te Brummelstroete, and tenor Nico van der Meel, and the 2020 Glossa recording with tenor Cyril Auvity. The 401 Dutch Operas Handbook I devotes over 14 pages to Huygens, the Pathodia Profana, muse Utricia Olgle, and the pathodia discography.
Photo Policy
401DutchDivas is a non-profit volunteer website that highlights Dutch singers and their operas, both past and present. The portraits of post-war singers were created in collaboration with the singers themselves or their relatives. The biographies serve solely to promote the singers. No commercial interest is served. This falls under the globally accepted 'fair use' principle, which also governs Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Recently, aggressive copyright groups have become active, placing bizarre claims on postage-stamp-sized photos, "tracking" them down using obscure dragnet techniques and threatening draconian fines if they are not "immediately removed." For us, it's very simple: if a photographer or a relative thinks we're not allowed to use photo X or Y, we remove it. However, this aggressive approach is not without consequences: in the post-war category, we have now removed dozens of biographies of Dutch singers as a precaution. Oh yes... the accompanying illustration is my own creation.
Julia Bronkhorst (DvdM Nov 16)
Julia Bronkhorst
The versatile soprano Julia Bronkhorst made numerous notable recordings in less known repertoire, among ese many Dutch song recordings and productions that were oriented toward South-African song repertoire. We bring an extensive portrait of this modest Diva whom we have followed with the video camera for some years. This resulted in unique world premiere recordings of Leo Samama's 'Ubuntu' and Caroline Ansink's opera Polish jews in Plan South. Six downloads and an array of photographs and videos provide a complete survey of her career since 1987.
Biography Julia in Opera
In Dutch Song In Concert
In Religious Music Rosa Iberica
Elly Ameling (Diva vd Maand September-16)
Elly Ameling
Together with the world famous song and oratorio soprano Elly Ameling we have produced a unique video portrait in which she looks back at her career and forward to the future. An exceptional portrait of an exceptional Diva!
Aafje Heynis (In Memoriam)
AAFJE HEYNIS IN MEMORIAM
The world famous Dutch alto Aafje Heynis passed away from 17 on 18 December 2015, at the age of 91. 401DutchDivas looks back at her career in an exclusve English language portrait, with extensive interview excerpts in a special page.
Hendrik Vonk (DvdM)
Hendrik Vonk
Kommt der neue Held gegangen... Since his debut in 1989 Dutch Heldentenor Hendrik Vonk has carved out an impressive career that has reaped him triumphs in Wagner en Strauss roles such as Tannhäuser, Tristan, Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), Menelaus (Ägyptische Helena) in Leipzig, Neuschwannstein, La Scala Milan and many other operatic tempels. 401DutchDivas is proud to announce Vonk's participation in 401Concerts 4. There, on December 18 in the OBA Concert Hall at Spui he will perform an array of highlights from Dutch operas in a coproduction with Netherlands Music Institute. Entrance is free of charge. Vonk's portrait on our website features impressive videos and mp3s that place him in a lineage with the likes of Hendrik Appels and Jacques Urlus to Hans Kaart, Adriaan van Limpt and Frank van Aken.
Jolien De Gendt
Flemish soprano Jolien De Gendt appeared at the very first 401DutchDivas concert of April 26, 2015. we selected her for this historicconcert with Dutch and Flemish opera arias and duets after she enchanted us during a Lyrica Ghent performance of Miry's Bouchard d'Avesnes and later also as Blondchen Mozart's Enführung.
Rom Kalma (Divo of the Month Aug. 2016)
Rom Kalma
The Frisian bass-baritone Rom Kalma had a celebrated concert and oratorio career in the Netherlands and Germany from the 1950's to the 1970's. 401DutchDivas honors him here with an extensive biography with lots of sound and vision as well as with 5 downloads: in Lieder, Opera, Oratorio, Popular Song and a video of Die Winterreise.
Flemish Opera Symposium
Flemish Opera Symposium
On November 26 2015 there was a Symposium in the Ghent Opera House on past, present and future of Flemish Operas. Following this symposium a concert with Flemish opera arias was given, try-out voor our 401Concerts Nr. 2 download.
401Concerts Nr. 1
On 26 April 2015, 401DutchOperas presented her first ever live concert wiith Dutch and Flemish opera arias. The performance featured soprano Jolien De Gendt, tenor Denzil Delaere and pianist Pieter Dhoore. With arias and duets from operas by Ten Cate, Brucken-Fock, Van Bree, Eckert, Lilien, Jan Rijken, Harry Mayer, De Pauw, Miry etc.
DENZIL DELAERE
DENZIL DELAERE
In 2013 we were so enthusiastic regarding tenor Denzil Delaere's appearance in Miry's Charles Quint, that we made him divo of the month. We promised him that we would invite him to our own 401DutchDivas concerts, which we wereplanning to organize. On 26 April 2015 he ultimately appeared at our concerts, together with soprano Jolien De Gendt , in a unqiue program of arias and duets from Dutch and Flemish operas.
PIETER DHOORE
The Flemish pianist Pieter Dhoore shall accompany soprano Jolien De Gendt and tenor Denzil Delaere on the piano at the first ever 401DutchOperas/ 401DutchDivas live concert with arias and duets from Dutch and Flemish operas (April 26, 2015).
