ABOUT

Dutch mezzo-soprano Hanna de Bruin has graduated with a Master of Music Vocal Performance (2023) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) under the tutelage of Scott Johnson. She obtained her Bachelor of Music (2020) at the Fontys Academy of Music and Performing Arts (NL) where she studied with Sinan Vural and Margriet van Reisen. Currently, she is receiving coaching from Helen Lawson and Jard van Nes.

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In 2023, Hanna performed the title role of Orpheus in the Glasgow University Opera Society’s production of Orpheus & Eurydice, and she performed the role of La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with Fife Opera in Kirkcaldy, UK. She has also sung in a range of choruses and minor roles, including Le Nozze di Figaro and Le Roi de Lahore with the Dorset Opera Festival, and L’étoile with the RCS.

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Hanna is a keen recitalist, performing across the Netherlands, including receiving second place in the Willem Twee Chamber Music Contest 2021. She enjoys performing the music by J.S. Bach, and has sung as both a chorus member and soloist in St Matthew’s Passion and Christmas Oratorio, and is preparing to sing as the alto soloist in St John’s Passion and Bach’s Mass in B Minor later this year.

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She is also interested in the music by R. Wagner; she performed a selection of songs from his Wesendonck Lieder with the RCS Lab Orchestra. In 2023, she became the recipient of the Wagner Society of Scotland Bayreuth Stipendium, which allowed her to attend the Bayreuther Festspiele, which culminated in a lecture-recital for the society.

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Hanna’s studies at the RCS were generously supported by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust, VSBfonds Beurs, Het Hendrik Muller Fonds, and Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. In November 2021, she was also awarded the Margit Widlund Stipendium, a bursary managed by Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.