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“As Armida, the bright-voiced, fearless soprano Elza van den Heever stole every scene she was in...”

The New York Times
2018/19 Season Highlights

"Blessed with a plush, dramatic voice capable of formidable power and dazzling high notes ..." soprano Elza van den Heever's current season includes performances in Lohengrin, Elektra, La Clemenza di Tito and Norma.

Associated Press
‘Anna Bolena’ - Opéra National de Bordeaux

“Elza van den Heever moves us deeply, enthrals and captivates… she delighted us with her powerful and controlled voice, with a splendid midrange that does not exclude dazzling high notes. ”

Forum Opéra
'Peter Grimes' at English National Opera

"Elza van den Heever, a superb South African soprano who looks and sounds remarkably like the young Joan Sutherland, stands out from the herd as a stolid and sensible Ellen Orford, with a voice of angelic sheen and purity promising hope and redemption."

The Telegraph
The Metropolitan Opera's 'Maria Stuarda'

“Elza van den Heever ... whose career is rising internationally, is a vocally burnished and emotionally tempestuous Elizabeth (Elisabetta) … her voice has penetrating depth and character. She turns flights of coloratura passagework into bursts of jealousy and defiance ..."

The New York Times

About Elza

Highlights of Elza van den Heever’s 2019/20 season include role debuts in La Vestale (Julia) at the Theater an der Wien, Wozzeck (Marie) at the Metropolitan Opera, and Die Frau ohne Schatten (Die Kaiserin) singing it first in Paris and then in Rotterdam presented in concert. Later in the season, she revisits the role in a staged production at Dutch National Opera. She also stars as Leonora in Fidelio in Paris under the baton of Simone Young, and lastly, sings Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin at the Opernhaus Zürich.

In the 2018/19 season, Ms. van den Heever’s engagements led her to the Metropolitan Opera with Clemenza di Tito (Vitellia), to Oper Frankfurt with Norma (title role), to the Wiener Staatsoper with Lohengrin (Elsa), and to the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Elektra (Chrysothemis), as well as further concerts with Simone Young in Lausanne, with Bertrand de Billy in Berlin, and Kirill Petrenko in Bregenz.