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Reinoud Van Mechelen

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Tenor

Representation : World

Reinoud Van Mechelen graduated from his vocal-studies at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels in the class of Dina Grossberger in 2012. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious Caecilia Prize as Young Musician of the Year from the union of the Belgian music-press. An acknowledgement from “home” for the artist who managed to establish himself meanwhile at numerous international stages.

Being barely 20 years old Reinoud Van Mechelen caught attention already in 2007 at the European Baroque Academy in Ambronay (France) led by Hervé Niquet. Having joined William Christie’s and Paul Agnew’s “Jardin des Voix” in 2011, he became subsequently a regular soloist of Les Arts Florissants. Guest appeareances with this ensemble have made him perform in the most prestigious concert halls.

Many renowned Baroque-ensembles ensured his cooperation then, among others the Collegium Vocale Gent, Le Concert Spirituel, Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Talens Lyriques, Pygmalion, Le Poème Harmonique, B’Rock, Ricercar Consort, Scherzi Musicali and Hespèrion XXI.

In 2014 he sang the part of the Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion for the first time in his career with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. A part he sang again a few years later on tour with Les Arts Florissants and at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of William Christie as well as on tour with the Collegium Vocale Gent under Philippe Herreweghe.

On opera-stage he appeared outstandingly successful with Rameau’s title-roles such as DardanusZoroastrePygmalionHippolyte (Hippolyte et Aricie). He also sang Jason (Médée by Charpentier), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Gérald (Lakmé) and Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles) in venues such as the opera-houses of Bordeaux, Dijon, Lille and Toulon, the Opéra Comique (Paris), the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Opéra royal de Versailles, with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Beaune Festival, the Brussels La Monnaie / De Munt, the Théâtre de Luxembourg, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin), the  Zurich Opera and the Theater an der Wien.

In season 2021/22 Reinoud Van Mechelen joined the revival of Hippolyte et Aricie (Hippolyte) at the Berlin Staatsoper, performed Così fan tutte (Ferrando) at the Vlaamse Opera, Titon et l’Aurore by Mondonville (Titon) at the Opéra royal de Versailles and made his debut at the Paris Opera (Mercure in Platée). Among numerous concert appearances he sang the Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with the Collegium Vocale and Philippe Herreweghe on tour through Europe.

His schedule for 2022/23 includes Céphale et Procris by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre together with the ensemble a nocte temporis which he himself founded in 2016 and the Choeur de Chambre de Namur. He will be performing in this project both as a singer and as conductor at the Brussels Bozar, at the Grand Manège in Namur and at the castle of Versailles. Further highlights of the season include David et Jonathas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (part of David) with the Ensemble Marguerite Louise at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, Orphée in Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice (Paris-version) at the Philharmonie de Paris with Les Arts Florissants, the Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion on tour with the Collegium Vocale Gent, Haydn Die Schöpfung in Winterthur conducted by Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas.

Among his upcoming projects : Les Boréades (Abaris) for a European tour, Médée (Jason) at the Staatsoper Berlin, at the Opéra de Paris and at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Iphigénie en Tauride by Desmarest (Pylade) with Le Concert Spirituel at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Atys (title part) with Les Talens lyriques in Versailles and in Vienna, Parmi ses projets récents et à venir : Les Boréades (Abaris) on European tour, Médée (Jason) at the Staatsoper Berlin, at the Opéra de Paris and at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Iphigénie en Tauride by Desmarest (Pylade) with Le Concert Spirituel at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Atys (title role) with Les Talens lyriques in Versailles and in Vienna, Iphigénie en Tauride (Pylade) and Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and Castor et Pollux (Pollux) at the Opéra National de Paris and at the Grand-Théâtre de Genève

Reinoud Van Mechelen has sung under the baton of conductors such as William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet, Raphaël Pichon, Sir Simon Rattle and others.

His discography includes five solo-albums for the label Alpha Classics together with the ensemble a nocte temporis which he himself has founded: Erbame Dich (arias by J. S. Bach, 2016), Clérambault, cantates françaises (2018), The Dublhinn Gardens (Irish folk- songs, 2019), Dumesny, haute-contre de Lully (2019) and Jéliote, haute-contre de Rameau (2021). Furthermore Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux Enfers with a nocte temporis and Vox Luminis (2020) and melodies by the Belgian composer Edouard Lassen accompanied by the pianist Anthony Romaniuk (Collection “inédits”, Musique en Wallonie, 2021). Most recent releases are concerning Les Fêtes d’Hébé with Orfeo Orchestra and the Purcell Choir (Glossa, 2022) as well as the new solo-album with a nocte temporis Oh, ma belle brunette (Alpha Classics, 2022) and Zoroastre with Les Ambassadeurs/La Grande Écurie (Alpha Classics, 2022). Two DVD-productions also need to be mentioned: Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau and Titon et l’Aurore by Mondonville, two productions by the Opéra Comique (2021, Naxos).

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February 2024

Repertoire


Opera

  • BIZET - Les Pêcheurs de perles (Nadir)
  • CARDONNE - Omphale (Iphis)
  • CHARPENTIER - David et Jonathas (David)
  • CHARPENTIER - Médée (Jason)
  • DEBUSSY - Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas)

Events


Requiem - Mozart
Stadthaus, Winterthur
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With the Musikkollegium Winterthur
15/11/2024 - 16/11/2024
Concert - Rameau
Grand Manège de Namur | Concertgebouw Brugge | Opéra royal de Versailles
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With a nocte temporis
28/11/2024 - 02/12/2024
Weinachtsoratorium - Bach
Concertgebouw Amsterdam | TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht | Amare, Den Haag | Pieterskerk, Leiden | Musis & Stadstheater, Arnhem
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Ténor
With le Nederlands Kamerkoor
10/12/2024 - 23/12/2024
Castor et Pollux - Rameau
Opéra National de Paris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Castor
Stéphanie d’Oustrac
- Phébé
20/01/2025 - 23/02/2025
Persée - Lully
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Hélène Carpentier
- Mérope
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Mercure
With Le Concert Spirituel
14/02/2025
Concert - Mozart
Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing | Salle Gaveau, Paris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Ténor
With a nocte temporis
07/03/2025 - 08/03/2025
Dardanus - Rameau
Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing | Auditorium de Radio-France, Paris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Dardanus
With Les Ambassadeurs
15/03/2025 - 18/03/2025
Concert - Beethoven & Von Weber
AMUZ, Anvers | 30CC Schowburg, Leuven
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With a nocte temporis
23/03/2025 - 27/03/2025
Concert - Mozart
Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With a nocte temporis
26/03/2025
Bizet Recital
Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With Anthony Romaniuk
02/04/2025
Johannes-Passion - Bach
deSingel, Antwerp | Kölner Philharmonie | Tonhalle Zürich
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With the Collegium Vocale Gent
11/04/2025 - 19/04/2025
David et Jonathas - Charpentier
Opéra Royal de Versailles
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- David
With l'ensemble Marguerite Louise
16/05/2025 - 18/05/2025
Concert - Clérambault
Namur Concert Hall | Chapelle royale du Château de Versailles
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Ténor
With a nocte temporis
22/05/2025 - 23/05/2025
Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège - Philidor
Grande salle des Croisades du Château de Versailles
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Sandomir
27/05/2025
Bizet Recital
Philharmonie de Paris
Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Tenor
With Anthony Romaniuk
10/06/2025

Videos


Lakmé – Delibes

« Fantaisie aux divins mensonges » (Gérald)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor
Münchner Rundfunkorchester – Laurent Campellone
Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, München (2017)

Les Nuits d’été – Berlioz

« Le Spectre de la rose »
Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor
Brussels Philharmonic – Thierry Fischer
Flagey, Bruxelles (2022)

Les Boréades – Rameau

« Charmes trop dangereux » (Abaris)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor
a nocte temporis
Enregistrement Alpha Classics (2021)

Audio


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