Brigitte Heuser is a mezzo-soprano from Wellington, New Zealand.
Biography
Brigitte holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Otago (majoring in Film and Media Studies) and a Bachelor of Music (Hons, 1st Class) from the New Zealand School of Music.
In 2007 Brigitte took up a full scholarship at the Australian Opera Studio and graduated from their Emerging Performer Programme in 2008 with Merit.
Brigitte returned to New Zealand in 2009 to take up a contract as a PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist with NZ Opera for 2009/10. During her time in New Zealand Brigitte was chosen as the Circle 100 Scholar 2010 by the New Zealand Opera Guild
In July 2010 Brigitte took part in the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh, UK: Mozart Scenes with Claudio Desderi.
Brigitte is currently based in Cardiff, studying with Dennis O’Neill at the Wales International Academy of Voice.
Repertoire
Brigitte’s operatic repertoire includes Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck); Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro; Annio, La Clemenza di Tito; Idamante, Idomeneo (Mozart); The Mother, Mavra (Stravinsky); Aloes, L’Etoile (Chabrier); Jenny Diver, Threepenny Opera (Weill), Susan, The Genteel Pigeons (Drummond), and Olga, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky).
Brigitte’s concert repertoire includes the Alto solos in Bruckner’s Te Deum, Mozart’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria.
