Students 2023-2025

Spanish pianist Enric Roda Beltran has worked with singers in different environments, such as opera, Lied, choir and theatre. He collaborated in the creation of a multidisciplinary Lied recital El paso de las horas, based on a set of poems by Fernando Pessoa. Enric also assisted as a collaborative pianist for the productions of La Bohème (G. Puccini) and L’elisir d’amore (G. Donizetti) with the association Project’Opera in Barcelona.

He has performed in the puppet show Monsieur Croche, based on the life and music of Claude Debussy.

Enric studied at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and ESMUC and has been sponsored as a New Artist by the Victoria de los Ángeles foundation. In addition, he has worked with the Young Choir of the Conservatori del Liceu. Enric now studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent, Belgium.

Belgian soprano Klara Vermeer has performed in several operas, oratorios, concerts and Lied recitals. In 2019 she made her opera debut as Belinda in H. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, followed by the role of Zerlina in W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni directed by Louisa Muller.

In 2022, Klara performed the Belgian premiere of Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo with Vocaal Ensemble Markant and sang G. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony at De Singel Anwerp conducted by Alexander Zemtsov. That same year she started BOS Producties, a collective of singers who produce music theatre for children. She premiered their first production Het Geheim van Nonkel Bos in 2023.

Klara had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses by Dorothea Röschmann, Malcolm Martineau, Furio Zanasi, Robert Crowe, Roberta Faroldi, Ronny Lauwers, Mareike Zimmerman and Martin Wölfel. In 2023, she won the Hans-Judenkünig Preis for her vocal performance in lute song.

Klara graduated with highest distinction and congratulations from the jury from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2023, where she studied with soprano Anne Cambier. Klara is currently studying at the International Opera Academy in Ghent.

In 2023, British mezzo-soprano Lucy Gibbs made her operatic debut as La Duchessa in O. Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco and covered Un pâtre in M. Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges for Royal College of Music Opera, directed by Liam Steel. She went on to perform for the 2023 National Gilbert & Sullivan Festival at Buxton Opera House. In addition, Lucy has participated in masterclasses with Michael Chance and Sarah Connolly. Lucy, alongside pianist Daniel Adipradhana, was a SongEasel young artist.

Lucy graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in London, where she was gratefully supported by the Robert Lancaster scholarship and the Josephine Baker Trust. She read Music at Merton College, Oxford. Lucy now studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent, Belgium.

Italian soprano Marianna Giulio has enjoyed national success in the role of Adina (L’elisir d’amore by G. Donizetti), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart), Suor Dolcina (Suor Angelica) and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly, both by G. Puccini). She has also performed the role of Eponine in the musical Les Misérables by C.M. Schönberg. In addition, she has performed in galas and concerts such as Opereta Fest in the Teatrul Național de Operetăși Musical in Bucarest.

In January 2024 she made her debut in the role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart in the Romanian National Opera Theater from Cluj-Napoca.

Marianna studied at the conservatory of Luigi Boccherini in Lucca, Italy. As of last year, Marianna studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent.

In 2023 Belgian soprano Marjolein Appermont sang her first leading role in G.F. Händel’s Alcina at the Lyric Opera Festival in Jerusalem.

Together with Fleur Strijbos and Mike Docters, she initiated her own production titled 100 Years of Maria Callas, an animated performance (season 2023-2024).

In 2020 Marjolein earned her master’s degree in classical singing with Anne Cambier at the Antwerp Conservatory. During her studies, she received lessons from renowned figures such as Lucienne van Deyck, Jozef De Beenhouwer, Guy de Mey, Korneel Bernolet, Ewald Demeyere and Guy Joosten. Marjolein took part at summer academies like the Berlin Opera Academy in 2021 and the Margreet Honig Summer Academy in 2022. In the meantime, she has performed as a soloist with various Belgium orchestras including the Royal Harmony of Peer, Volksgalm, the Harmony Orchestra Demer & Laak. Currently she studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent with support from SWUK Flanders association.

Swedish mezzo-soprano Mathilda Sidén Silfver has been a regular singer at Ulriksdals Palace Theatre’s summer Opera and Music Festival where, she made her role debut in 2021 as Second Witch and Mercury in the production of H. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with director William Relton and conductor Olof Boman. In 2023 she performed as Mme de Croissy in the Opera Studio Kulturamas production of F. Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des carmélites.

Mathilda also frequently performs as an oratorio and concert soloist. Her repertoire contains many works by a.o. J.S. Bach and G.F. Händel.

During her bachelor studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (2019-2021) she began singing in professional ensembles such as the Eric Ericson’s Chamber Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir. She has been a regular member of the latter since 2021.

Mathilda currently studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent.