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Elza van den Heever
Soprano
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Biography
Born in South Africa, Elza van den Heever holds dual French and South African citizenship and lives in France. After performing at San Francisco Opera, she made her European debuts at Oper Frankfurt and the Opéra National de Bordeaux.
She was soon invited to perform at leading international opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Paris Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and La Scala in Milan, as well as the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals. Her repertoire includes the Empress (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Elettra (Idomeneo), Chrysothemis (Elektra), Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes), Marie (Wozzeck), Armida (Rinaldo), Elisabeth (Don Carlo), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Elsa (Lohengrin) and Senta (The Flying Dutchman), as well as the title roles in Salome, Turandot and Rodelinda.
During the 2026–2027 season, she appears as Anna Sørensen in Kevin Puts’s Silent Night at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
At the Paris Opera: Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi, 2011); Elektra (Chrysothemis, 2022); Salome (title role, 2022); La Vestale (Julia, 2024); Die Walküre (Sieglinde, 2025, 2026).
