Gré Brouwenstijn [SEP] voice type
Gré Brouwenstijn
Gré Brouwenstijn (born Gerda Demphina: 26 August 1915 in Den Helder – 14 December 1999 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch soprano singer whose stage career spanned from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s.
Career.
She studied voice at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum, with Jaap Stroomenbergh, Boris Pelsky and Ruth Horna. She made her operatic début in 1940 as the First Lady in "The Magic Flute". Brouwenstijn then became a member of the Hilversum Radio Choir, later performing as a soloist in operatic broadcasts.
as Jenůfa at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
She made her farewell appearance singing Leonore, with the Netherlands Opera in 1971.
Brouwenstijn was married twice; from 1948 to 1953 to tenor Jan van Mantgem, and from 1954 until her death to former tennis player and TV doctor Hans van Swol. Gré Brouwenstijn died in 1999 at age 84 in Amsterdam and was buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
Recording.
Of published opera recordings, many are taken from live performances; her studio recordings include "Un ballo in maschera