Gré Brouwenstijn
Gré Brouwenstijn (born Gerda Demphina: 26 August 1915 in Den Helder – 14 December 1999 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch soprano singer whose stage career spanned from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s.Rosenthal H. Gré Brouwenstijn. In: ''New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Career She studied voice at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum, with Jaap Stroomenbergh, Boris Pelsky and Ruth Horna. She made her operatic début in 1940 as the First Lady in ''Die Zauberflöte, The Magic Flute''. Brouwenstijn then became a member of the Hilversum Radio Choir, later performing as a soloist in operatic broadcasts. In 1946, she joined the De Nederlandse Opera, Netherlands Opera, where she made her debut as Giulietta in ''Les contes d'Hoffmann''. In 1949, Brouwenstijn made her debut at the Holland Festival as Leonora in ''Il Trovatore'', the beginning of a long association. In subsequent years, she sang Reiza (''Oberon''), Jenůfa, Amelia, Donna Anna, Desdemona, the Countes ...
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Gre Brouwenstijn (1968)
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