Tania Kross is a Dutch mezzo-soprano singer born in

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Early life and education

Kross was born in 1976 in

in the

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. She trained at the Utrechts Conservatorium and at the International Opera Studio in Amsterdam.

Career

Kross reached the final of the 2003

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. She took the title role in

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

at Glyndebourne in 2008. The reviewer in the ''

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'' said "The voice is smooth, lyrical and mellow in the lower register but without the snarl or tang the ideal Carmen should muster." Kross encouraged to adapt his novel ''Katibu di Shon'' into the first opera in the

Papiamento Papiamento () or Papiamentu (; nl, Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), with official status in Arub ...

, the language of the ABC islands. She was one of the cast of three who performed the opera at

Stadsschouwburg The Stadsschouwburg (; Dutch: ''Municipal Theatre'') of Amsterdam is the name of a theatre building at the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the Na ...

in Amsterdam on 1 July 2013, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the Dutch Caribbean. '' The 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". Kross won the Dutch 2019 edition of ''

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'', disguised as a

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References

External links

Official websiteProfile
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* 1976 births Living people Curaçao women Curaçao musicians 21st-century Dutch women opera singers Dutch operatic sopranos Masked Singer winners Dutch mezzo-sopranos Utrecht School of the Arts alumni {{Curaçao-bio-stub