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.
Lieuwe Visser
Hans Kox - Dorian GrayCD: €25.00
The bas Lieuwe Visser was born on 23 augustus 1939 in Diemen, near Amsterdam in thé North of The Netherlands. Noord-Holland. Initially, he worked as a historian, but after he discovered his voice he studied singing with Jo van de Meent in Amsterdam. he continued his vocal studies with Giorgio Favaretto at the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He completed his studies with the Studio of the Dutch Opera Foudation, where he made his debut in 1973 as Don Basilio in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Following his debut, he sang a plenitude of roles in a variety of repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to Dutch contemporary composers such as Hans Kox and Theo Loevendie. Outside The Netherlands Visser appeared in Germany, Belgium, France (Opera of Toulouse), Engeland (Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Glyndebourne Festival, 1981), Austria (1980, Karinthischen Sommer in Ossiach) and The United States. At the Vocal Competition of Toulouse he won the Golden Medal. In 1966 he already participated in the Holland Festival and onwards he appeared in many world premieres, a. o. Hans Kox' Dorian Gray (1974), Konrad Böhmer's Dr. Faustus (1985), Theo Loevendie's operas Esmée, and Gassir the Hero (1991), Guus Janssen's Noach (1995), Willem van Manen's Roger Roger and Kees Olthuis' De naam van de maan. In 1983 he participated in the Centre Français Lyrique Paris world premiere of H.K. Gruber's opera Frankenstein. Apart from serious opera roles, he also appears in buffo parts, while his concert appearances include the most divers works for voice and orchestra, as well as song, both classic and modern repertoire..
His first steps in singing Lieder were made alongside pianists Rudolf Jansen and Felix de Nobel. In concert he appeared with such notable conductors as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Hans Vonk, Bruno Maderna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Reinbert de Leeuw, Charles Dutoit and many others. He was the reciter in all works composed by Schönberg that included spoken parts. For his interpretation of Theo Loevendie's The nightingale he received the prestigious Dutch Edison Award.
Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, Lieuwe Visser was one of the most important Dutch basses.Following his singing career, he bcame a vocal teacher at the Conservatory of Maastricht.
F.Busoni, Goethe-lieder: "Schlechter Trost", VARA 1982
Lieuwe Visser died on Tuesday, March 4, in hs residence Amsterdam.
