Repertoire

Education and Awards
Barbara Haveman began her vocal studies at the Maastricht Conservatory and continued under the guidance of Carlo Bergonzi. Over the years, she has distinguished herself by winning several prestigious competitions, including the Voce Verdiane Competition, the Belvedere Competition, the Concours International de Chant de Verviers, and the Franco Corelli Competition. As a Lirico Spinto soprano, her repertoire includes a wide variety of Italian, French, German, and Slavic operas.

Operatic Repertoire

Puccini

La Bohème (Mimì)

• Opera North, Leeds (January/February 2002)
• Teatro del Bicentenario, León, Mexico (July 2012)

Manon Lescaut

• Wiener Staatsoper (June, September 2005; October 2007; September 2009)
• Hungarian State Opera (October 2009)
• Alden Biesen Zomeropera (May/June 2011)
• Hamburgische Staatsoper (December 2012)

Tosca

• Opera National Timisoara (May 2008)
• Oper Frankfurt (October/November 2008)
• Wiener Staatsoper (April 2011, June 2014)
• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (December 2014)
• National Opera Prague (January 2017)
• Oper Stuttgart (June/July 2017)

La Fanciulla del West

• Oper Frankfurt (April/May 2014)
• Teatro alla Scala (April/May 2016)

Verdi

Simon Boccanegra

• Opera National de Lorraine, Nancy (May 2000)
• Liceu, Barcelona (December 2008/January 2009)
• Oper Frankfurt (April 2010; January/February 2011)
• Opéra de Nice (October 2012)
• Wiener Staatsoper (November 2012)
• Oman Opera (December 2012)
• Semperoper Dresden (June 2014)
• Opéra de Avignon (March 2015)

Ernani

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (October 2001)

Don Carlo (Italian Version)

• Zagreb National Theatre (March 2004)
• Semperoper Dresden (February 2016)
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein (March 2016)

Don Carlos (French Version)

• Hamburgische Staatsoper (January/February 2013; October/November 2015)

Un Ballo in Maschera

• Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg (October/November 2008)
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein (October 2009; May 2013; May/June 2015)
• Wiener Staatsoper (December 2010; January 2012; November 2017)
• Sigulda Opera Music Festival (July 2016)
• Beijing (NCPA) (May 2017)

Falstaff

• Deutsche Oper Berlin (November/December 2013)

Les Vêpres siciliennes

• De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam (September 2010)
• Oper Frankfurt (November/December 2017)

Aida

• Liceu, Barcelona (July 2012)

Otello

• Opera de Montpellier (January/February 2010)

Requiem

• Philharmonie Zuidnederland (September 2007)
• Freiburger Bachchor (July 2017)

Boito

Mefistofele

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (June 2007)

Rossini

Moïse et Pharaon (Sinaide)

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (November 2007)

Petite Messe Solennelle

• Philharmonie Zuidnederland (September 2010)

Pergolesi

Stabat Mater

• Maastricht Chamber Orchestra (April 2015)

Wagner

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

• Volksoper Wien (June 2006)
• Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (February 2009)
• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (January 2012)
• Oper Köln (February/March 2012)

Tannhäuser

• Hamburgische Staatsoper (January, April/May, December 2007)
• De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam (February 2007)
• Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg (April 2013)
• Opera Bucharest (April 2013)
• Beijing (NCPA) (April 2016)

Lohengrin

• Opéra de Rouen (May 2015)
• Maifestspiele Wiesbaden (May 2015)
• Opéra de Marseille (May 2018)
• De Vlaamse Opera (November 2018)
• National Opera Prague (January 2019)

Die Walküre (Sieglinde)

• Teatro San Carlo, Naples (May 2019)

Tristan und Isolde

• Hessische Staatsoper Wiesbaden (2021/2022)

Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos

• Oper Köln (November/December 2011)

Vier Letzte Lieder

• Vredenburg (June 2010)
• Orkest van het Oosten (February 2012)
• Nationale Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam (September 2016)

Schönberg

Lieder, Opus 8

• Vlaamse Opera (October 2012)

Gurre-Lieder

• Gürzenich Orchester Köln (June 2014)

Mahler

Symphony No. 8

• Gürzenich Orchester Köln (September 2011)

Das klagende Lied

• NRT (Nederlandse Radio en TV) (May 2012)

Brahms

Ein deutsches Requiem

• Nice (June 2002)

Beethoven

Symphony No. 9

• Nice (September 2003)
• Madrid Symphony Orchestra (December 2006)
• Orchestre National de Lyon (December 2006)

Fidelio

• Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden (2022/2023)

Mozart

Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi)

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (December 2002; May 2006)

Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa)

• Opéra National du Rhin (January/February 2004)

Don Giovanni (Elvira)

• Opéra National du Rhin (October 1998)
• Théâtre du Capitole (November 2007)

Die Zauberflöte (Erste Dame)

• Opéra National de Paris (March 1999)

Requiem

• Teatro Reggio di Torino (April 2003)
• NTR (Nederlandse Radio & TV) (December 2006)

A. Previn

A Streetcar Named Desire

• Opéra National du Rhin (December 2001)
• Teatro Reggio di Torino (March 2003)

Zemlinsky

Eine florentinische Tragödie (Bianca)

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (March 2001)
• Opéra de Monte Carlo (February 2015)

Der König Kandaules (Nyssia)

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (January/February 2006)
• Opéra de Nancy (March 2006)

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 14, Opus 135

• Vlaamse Opera (March 2001)

Smetana

Prodaná nevěsta

• Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg (December 1999)

Dvořák

Rusalka

• Opéra de Monte Carlo (January 2014)

Janáček

Kát’a Kabanová

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (October 2000)
• Teatro San Carlo, Naples (November 2018)

Jenůfa

• Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse (October 2000)
• Opéra de Monte Carlo (April 2008)
• Opéra de Rouen (May 2011)
• Israeli Opera,

Massenet

Hérodiade (Salome)

• Opéra Royal de Wallonie (May 2002)
• Wiener Staatsoper (September 2003)
• Bayrische Staatsoper (2004)