Biography

 

…excellence, as Dorset recently proved with Turandot, in which Opera Dortmund’s Christine Groeneveld (Pugel) was stupendous, returning to deliver an equally magnificent Santuzza...

Roderic Dunnett: Nov/Dec 2009 issue Opera Now

 

Born in the Netherlands, Christine Pugel Groeneveld is a passionate singer who studied voice with Annette Kleine at the Hochschule für Musik in Enschede and with Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar. In 2003, Christine received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation in Bayreuth and was a finalist in the International Wagner Singing Competition in 2004. She participated in master and song classes with Jard van Nes, Breda Zakotnik, Julius Best, Claudia Eder, and Claudio Nicolai.

 
She made her debut in England in the summer of 2007, where she sang the title role in Puccini's "Turandot" at Dorset Opera. Opera Now praised her: "...Groeneveld's Turandot, a voluminous Lady of Shalott, was a vocal delight. The grand scena at her second appearance was fabulously delivered..."
 
In the summer of 2009, she was invited again by Dorset Opera and successfully sang the role of Santuzza. Opera Magazine noted: "...The exchange between Santuzza and Mamma Lucia was shattering. Christine Groeneveld was an impressive Santuzza..." (OPERA, October 2009). In the summer of 2010, Christine excelled in the roles of Amneris and Agathe with Opera Classica Europa.
 
Currently, she is engaged in the opera choir at the Dortmund Opera. She is also active in solo performances, having taken on several roles, including Ulrica in "Un ballo in Maschere," Juno in Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld," Fruma Sara in "Fiddler on the Roof," Ludmilla in "The Bartered Bride," Frau Venus in "Frau Luna," and Annina in "La Traviata." In the 2024/2025 season, she will be seen as Ortlinde in Wagner's "Die Walküre."
 
Together with pianist Vanda Albota, she forms the song duo Deux Femmes, which is dedicated to the art of song by female composers.
 

 

..Hovering above a steeply raked stage, Groeneveld's Turandot, a portly Lady of Shalott, was a vocal treat. The big scena at her second entry was fabulously delivered...

Opera Now Roderic Dunnett

 

 

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