Concert with Jeanine De Bique

Jeanine De Bique was born in Trinidad and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Since her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 as Annio in Peter Sellars’ production of La clemenza di Tito, she has performed at all major opera houses worldwide. She sang Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the San Francisco Opera, Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Opéra National du Rhin, and Aida in the world premiere of Caruso a Cuba by Micha Hamel in Amsterdam. In the 2021/22 season, she made her role debut as Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) in Budapest, Geneva, and Vicenza, and performed Alcina at the Paris Opera. She also gave song recitals with Gerold Huber, including at Carnegie Hall, where she celebrated her first solo appearance. Highlights in the concert field include Ein deutsches Requiem under Raphaël Pichon, Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tugan Sokhiev, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer at Lincoln Center. The 2022/23 season took her to the Paris Opera as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and to the Theater an der Wien as Nitocris (Belshazzar). In 2021, her first solo album Mirrors was released, which received a Diapason d’Or, an Opus Klassik, and the “Editor’s Choice Award” from Gramophone. She has also won numerous competition prizes, including the Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition and the National Council Auditions at the Met. Additionally, she was appointed “Youth Ambassador of Peace” by the National Commission of UNESCO Trinidad and Tobago.