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Jeanine De Bique

The soprano Jeanine De Bique, originally from Trinidad, leaves no listener unmoved. She is one of the most popular singers of the moment. Opera, classical songs, folk music from her native soil: De Bique's repertoire list is wide. Reviewers speak of an endless wealth of colours and a radiant timbre. Her first solo CD in 2021, Mirrors , won many prizes, including an Edison Klassiek. You can hear De Bique in the Concertgebouw, she sings music by Handel.

Handel: arias and duets from Belshazzar, Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare

Jeanine De Bique sings arias and some of the most subtle and sensitive duets Handel ever wrote. In Giulio Cesare the romance between the Roman general and Cleopatra blossoms. Belshazzar , about the downfall of Babylon, is, next to the Messiah , one of Handel's greatest oratorios. In the opera Rodelinda the powerful attitude of the main character in a male society seems strikingly modern. Voices and emotions merge here.