Elza van den heever born
South African-born Elza van den Heever is one of the world's most important lyric-dramatic sopranos.
Elza van den Heever (born ) is a South African soprano in opera and concert, who began her career as a mezzo-soprano..
"The night was Elza van den Heever’s, though. As the Empress, she turned in technically polished, empathetic and outlandishly beautiful singing from her first line to her last."
Die Frau Ohne Schatten - The Metropolitan Opera
Elza van den Heever’s voice proved the sweetest of the dramatic sopranos, her high notes the purest in execution
Fidelio - Lyric Opera Chicago
"The South African soprano is at her absolute best in Leonore’s big aria in Act 1, drawing on a range of sometimes dark-tinged vocal timbres to subtly and powerfully inhabit all the character’s contradictory emotions, generating an unusually long and well-deserved ovation."
Tannhäuser - The Metropolitan Opera
Elza van den Heever was a radiant Elizabeth.
The soprano’s voice was thrilling in “Dich, teure Halle,” as she sang of Elizabeth’s joy upon Tannhäuser’s return.
New York Classical Review
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South African-born Elza van den Heever is one of the world's most important