Der Schauspieldirektor, Opera Zuid, 2023 (picture: Bjorn Frins)

Dutch lyric tenor Mitch Raemaekers made his debut at Nationale Opera & Ballet (NL) in 2015 as ‘Le Fils’ in Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc). He has recently been touring with Opera Zuid (NL) twice, as ‘Snout’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten) and as ‘Monsieur Vogelsang’ in Der Schauspieldirektor (Mozart), this time sharing the stage with the renowned British baritone Sir Thomas Allen. His concertrepertoire includes the Matthäus- and Johannes-Passion (Bach), the Messiah (Händel) and the Petite messe solennelle (Rossini). Mitch closely collaborates with the Belgium pianist Virgile Van Essche in the performance of Lied, using either the modern concert piano or the historical pianoforte as the instrument of accompaniment. 

Mitch has participated in numerous masterclasses, hosted by institutes such as the Britten-Pears-Young-Artist-Programme or BPYAP (UK), International vocal competition IVC (NL) and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (BE). Tutors of these classes include Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, José van Dam, Rosemary Joshua, Ann Murray, Roger Vignoles and Andrew Watts among others. His involvement with BPYAP resulted in a concertseries at the Red House (Benjamin Brittens former residence). 

Mitch studied classical singing at the Conservatory of Maastricht (NL). He then earned his masters in musicology at KU Leuven (BE) cum laude, writing a thesis on Riccardo Zandonai's opera Francesca da Rimini. Vocally, Mitch has been coached by Manuela Ochakovski since 2017.