Tania Kross is a Dutch mezzo-soprano singer born in Curaçao.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
Kross was born in 1976 in Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. She trained at the Utrechts Conservatorium and at the International Opera Studio in Amsterdam.[1]
Career
Kross reached the final of the 2003 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[1]
She took the title role in Carmen at Glyndebourne in 2008.[5] The reviewer in the Financial Times said "The voice is smooth, lyrical and mellow in the lower register but without the snarl or tang the ideal Carmen should muster."[6]
Kross encouraged Carel De HasethPapiamento, the language of the ABC islands. She was one of the cast of three who performed the opera at Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam on 1 July 2013, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the Dutch Caribbean.[7][8]
to adapt his novel Katibu di Shon into the first opera in theThe Independent's reviewer described her 2014 album Krossover: Opera classics revisited as an "attempt to restore populist appeal to classical music without resorting to another 'opera hits' aria collection".[9]
Kross won the Dutch 2019 edition of The Masked Singer, disguised as a robot.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "BBC - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2003 - The Final - Netherlands: Tania Kross". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Tania Kross, Mezzo-soprano". Operabase. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Tania Kross (Mezzo-soprano) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Operazangeres Tania Kross werkt altijd door". AD (in Dutch). 27 June 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Tania Kross". Glyndebourne. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Carmen, Glyndebourne Opera". Financial Times. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "First opera in Papiamentu: Katibu di Shon". Repeating Islands. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Lobo, Jairo (2013). "Katibu di shon is an unmistakable enrichment of our cultural heritage". Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Classical album reviews: Tania Kross, Bruno Perrault & Matteo Ramon". The Independent. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Mysterieuze robot wint The Masked Singer, maar wie zit er toch in?". AD (in Dutch). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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