On September 26 and 28, Elza van den Heever joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for Anton Bruckner’s monumental choral-orchestral work, Te Deum. She has previously sung the Te Deum with the Philadelphia Orchestra, where she was complimented on her “stunning high pianissimos” (Bachtrack).
This program is part of a multi-year Bruckner cycle, beginning in 2018 and spearheaded by Rotterdam’s Chief Conductor, Lahav Shani. Shani will lead this concert from the podium, which also features Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. Van den Heever will be joined onstage by mezzo-soprano Gerhild Romberger, tenor Daniel Behle, and bass-baritone Kostas Smoriginas.
This program marks a triumphant return to Rotterdam for van den Heever, who joined the orchestra last season for her highly anticipated role debut as Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre. She will join the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra again later this season, performing Bruckner’s Te Deum at Vienna’s Musikverein.