Olivia Vermeulen

Praised for the “exceptional wealth of colors” of her voice (Opernwelt) and her singing of “exquisite, inexhaustible sweetness” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Olivia Vermeulen has established herself as one of the leading vocal artists in today’s classical music scene. Her performances span a wide range of repertoire, from early music to 21st-century works, stunning audiences worldwide.

After celebrating her debut at the Opéra national de Paris in 2019 in a landmark production of Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio conducted by René Jacobs and directed by Romeo Castellucci, Olivia Vermeulen joined the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra for an international tour as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She also returned to Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where in 2016 she had made her tumultuously celebrated debut in the lead role of Turno in Steffani’s Amor Vien dal Destino. In 2018, she debuted with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor conducted by Daniel Harding.

Other recent engagements include her debut at the Opernhaus Zurich as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Fyodor in Boris Godunov in Amsterdam under Pablo Heras-Casado, Musica and Messagiera in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Teatro Liceu in Barcelona and Amanzio in Vivaldi’s Il Giustino at the Berlin Staatsoper.

Upcoming highlights include her debut at the Salzburg Festival in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under Jordi Savall, her debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Idamante in Idomeneo, and her appearance as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem in Tokyo with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. In 2025 she will also debut at the Oper Köln in the world premiere production of Die letzten Tage der Menschheit by Philippe Manoury.