Pia Douwes
Pia Douwes (actually: P etronella I rene A llegonda Douwes ; born August 5, 1964 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch musical performer who became known in particular for the role of " Elisabeth " in the musical of the same name , which she performed in Germany, Austria and in the Netherlands embodied. She achieved international fame for her role as Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago (performances on Broadway , West End and in the Netherlands). This makes her one of the most successful musical actors in Europe alongside Ute Lemper , Anna Montanaro and Willemijn Verkaik .
biography
Pia Douwes was born to an art dealer and social worker and has three brothers. At the age of 19 she was despite the lack of education in the London dance school Brooklyn School of Ballet accepted and got there 1983-1986 trained as a ballet dancer. In 1984 she attended a musical course in Vienna led by Susi Nicoletti and Sam Cayne .
In 1986 she got her first role in the musical Little Shop of Horrors in Vienna. After further smaller roles, the first major production followed in 1987 with Cats in Amsterdam. Her breakthrough came in 1992 with the lead role in the world premiere of the musical Elisabeth in Vienna.
This was followed by other leading and supporting roles in various musicals and tour productions. She has also appeared as a soloist at concerts and gala evenings at the Volksoper Vienna and as an interpreter of Cole Porter songs.
2007 brought Pia Douwes her first solo CD with their version of the December Songs , one of Franz Schubert's Winterreise inspired German initial reception of Maury Yestons song cycle December Songs , on the market and performed in several solo concerts. In 2008 she was a member of the jury for the musical casting shows Ich Tarzan, Du Jane! ( Sat.1 ) and Op zoek naar Evita (Netherlands). She has since worked on over 25 CD productions and guide me Musical - Workshops . In 2012/13 she was in Stuttgart in the role of Mrs Danvers in the musical Rebecca . In 2013 she played in Kramer vs. Kramer in the Netherlands. From July 16, 2013, she played the main female role (Claire Zachanassian) in The Old Lady's Visit at the Thunerseespiele , in Germany Douwes played mother Diana in the German-language premiere of Next to Normal in Fürth. In 2014 Douwes played the role of Claire Zachanassian again for The Visit of the Old Lady , this time for the Austrian premiere at the Ronacher in Vienna . In the 2016/2017 season she appeared at the Dortmund Opera and Bonn Opera in the role of Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Sunset Boulevard .
Engagements
musical
- 1986: Little Shop of Horrors - Vienna (as Crystal / street brat)
- 1986–1987: Sammy, Mario & Dancers - Tour Germany (Ensemble)
- 1987: Cats - Amsterdam (as Grizabella, Jellylorum and Swing)
- 1988–1989: Cats - Vienna (as Grizabella, Jellylorum, Demeter)
- 1988: Cats - Moscow Tour (as Grizabella, Jellylorum)
- 1989–1990: Adele in Casablanca - tour Netherlands (ensemble)
- 1990: West Side Story - Tour Belgium and the Netherlands (as Maria)
- 1991–1992: Les Misérables - Amsterdam and Scheveningen (as Fantine)
- 09 / 1992-04 / 1994: Elisabeth - Vienna (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 08/1994: West Side Story - Amstetten (as Maria)
- 09 / 1994–01 / 1995: Grease - Vienna (as Rizzo)
- Summer 1995/1996: Cabaret - Bad Hersfeld (as Sally Bowles)
- 1995: Cats Tour - Vienna (as Grizabella)
- 1996–1997: Evita - Tour Netherlands (as Eva Péron)
- 1997: Rocky Horror Show - Bad Hersfeld (as Janet)
- 05 / 1999–08 / 1999: Chicago - Utrecht (as Velma Kelly)
- 11 / 1999–11 / 2000: Elisabeth - Scheveningen (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 03 / 2001–01 / 2002: Elisabeth - Essen (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 10 / 2002–11 / 2002: Fosse - Tour Netherlands (as a soloist)
- 03 / 2003–01 / 2004: 3 Musketeers - Rotterdam (as Milady De Winter)
- 03 / 2004-04 / 2004: Chicago - London (as Velma Kelly)
- 04 / 2004–05 / 2004: Chicago - Broadway (as Velma Kelly)
- 08 / 2004–01 / 2005: Passion - Tour Netherlands and Belgium (as Clara)
- 04 / 2005-10 / 2005: 3 Musketeers - Berlin (as Milady De Winter)
- 02 / 2006–07 / 2006: Cabaret - Amsterdam (as Sally Bowles)
- 07 / 2006-09 / 2006: Elisabeth - Stuttgart (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 11 / 2006–03 / 2007: 3 Musketeers - Stuttgart (as Milady De Winter)
- 07/2007: Cats - Amsterdam (as Grizabella)
- 01/2008: 3 Musketeers - Stuttgart (as Milady De Winter)
- 04 / 2008–07 / 2008: Elisabeth - Berlin (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 10 / 2008-07 / 2009: Sunset Boulevard - Tour Netherlands and Belgium (as Norma Desmond)
- 09 / 2009–10 / 2009: Chicago - London (as Velma Kelly)
- 09 / 2010–12 / 2010: We Will Rock You - Utrecht (as Killer Queen)
- 12 / 2011–01 / 2013: Rebecca - Stuttgart (as Mrs. Danvers)
- 07 / 2013–09 / 2013: The visit of the old lady - Thun (as Claire Zachanassian)
- 10 / 2013–11 / 2013: Next to Normal - Fürth (as Diana Goodman)
- 02 / 2014-06 / 2014: The Old Lady's Visit - Vienna (as Claire Zachanassian)
- 11 / 2014–11 / 2015: Billy Elliot - The Hague (as Mrs. Wilkinson)
- 04 / 2015–05 / 2015: Next to Normal - Fürth (as Diana Goodman)
- 04 / 2016–05 / 2016: Next to Normal - Vienna (as Diana Goodman)
- 09 / 2016-02 / 2017: Monty Python's Spamalot - Salzburg (as a fairy from the lake)
- 10/2016 - 01/2017: Sunset Boulevard - Dortmund (as Norma Desmond)
- 04/2017: Next to Normal - Fürth and Dresden (as Diana Goodman)
- 06/2017 - 06/2017: Elisabeth in Concert - Paleis Het Loo, Netherlands (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 07 / 2017-09 / 2017: Rebecca - Tecklenburg (as Mrs. Danvers)
- 09/2017 - 01/2018: Sunset Boulevard - Bonn (as Norma Desmond)
- 05/2018 - 05/2018: A little color - Vienna (as Helena and other roles)
- 06/2018 - 06/2018: Elisabeth in Concert - Paleis Soestdijk, Netherlands (as Empress Elisabeth)
- 09/2018 - 09/2018: Ludwig² - Füssen (as Sybille Meilhaus)
- 11/2018 - 03/2019: The Addams Family - Tour Netherlands (as Morticia Addams)
- 07/2019: Elisabeth in Concert - Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (as Empress Elisabeth)
play
- 1994: Other People's Money - Prague (as Kate Sullivan)
- 1997–1998: Jane Eyre - Tour Netherlands (as Jane Eyre)
- 11/1998: Savanah Bay - Netherlands (as a young woman)
- 02 / 2011-05 / 2011: Master Class - Tour Netherlands and Belgium (as Maria Callas)
- 11 / 2012-05 / 2013: Kramer vs. Kramer - Netherlands Tour (as Johanna Kramer)
TV appearances
- 2005, March 31, Volle Kanne (ZDF)
- 2008, February 16, welcome to Carmen Nebel (ZDF)
- 2008, February 29th to May 2nd in Ich Tarzan, Du Jane! (Sat 1)
- 2008, Musical Showstar 2008 (ZDF)
- 2012, on March 17th with Lucy Scherer in Feste der Volksmusik in Riesa (ARD)
- 2012; on May 11th in SWR Landesschau aktuell Baden-Württemberg (SWR)
- 2014, on March 22nd Folk Music Festival in Magdeburg (ARD)
Discography
- Dutch
- 1987 Cats , cast album
- 1991 Les Misérables , cast album
- 1992 Here sta ik , single
- 1995 Pocahontas , original soundtrack
- 1995 Evita , cast album
- 1998 Pocahontas II , original soundtrack
- 1998 Joop van den Ende presenteert: Het best huit de musicals , sampler
- 1998 Chicago , cast album
- 1999 Elisabeth , cast album
- 1999 Mijn leven is van mij , single
- 2000 Hoogtepunten uit de musicals, aangeboden door Persil , sampler
- 2003 3 Musketeers , cast album
- 2004 Het mooiste uit de nederlandse musicals II , sampler
- 2004 Passion , cast album
- 2005 Christmas Stories song Auld lang syne
- 2006 Cabaret , cast album
- 2009 Sunset Boulevard , cast album
- 2012 Rebecca, cast album Stuttgart
- 2014 The visit of the old lady, cast album Vienna
- 2015 Next to normal-almost normal, cast album Germany
- 2017 Monty Python's Spamalot, Cast-Album Salzburg
- 2017 The greatest musical hits of all time, cast album Germany tour
- 2017 After all this time, solo album
- 2018 A Little Color, Cast Album
- German and English speaking
- 1989 It's time to say we care , single for the benefit of the AIDS gala in Vienna
- 1992 I belong to me , single
- 1992 Elisabeth , cast album Austria
- 1994 Aidan Bell: Time Warp Duet: Maybe we can make it
- 1994 Grease , cast album Austria
- 1995 Living Water , benefit CD
- 1995 Musical Christmas in Vienna , sampler
- 1995 Cabaret , cast album
- 1996 Stars sing Christmas carols , samplers
- 1997 Rocky Horror Show , cast album
- 1997 Still in love with Musical , live recording
- 1997 Shades of night, musicals go rock , sampler
- 1998 10 for ten , benefit CD
- 2000 The Sound of Life
- 2000 The fantastic world of musicals , sampler
- 2000 Everything musical , sampler
- 2000 Hilversum Calling , sampler
- 2001 Ernst Daniël Smit e amici: Una voce particulare Duet , Sampler - Tu Cosa Fai Stasera
- 2001 Elisabeth , cast album Germany
- 2001 In love with musical again , live recording
- 2001 3 CD track: "I belong only to me" , single
- 2001 Uwe Kröger: Only the best
- 2001 Uwe Kröger: Musical Moments
- 2002 10th anniversary concert Elisabeth
- 2002 Steve Barton Memorial Concert , live recording in Vienna
- 2003 Everything , single
- 2003 Uwe Kröger: Musical Moments 2
- 2005 The Three Musketeers , cast album Germany
- 2005 women only
- 2007 No Frontiers song Raise me up with Andreas Bieber
- 2007 December songs , solo CD
- 2008 When Rose Petals Fall (Composer: Rory Six )
- 2008 Musical Forever
- 2008 The Count Of Monte Christo , studio cast album
- 2009 Kika
- 2010 The Songs of Charts Miller & Kevin Hammonds
- 2011 Pia's Choice Maria Callas sings
- 2011 Frank Wildhorn & Friends - Live from Vienna
- 2012 Rebecca , cast album Germany
- 2013 The visit of the old lady , cast album Vienna
- 2013 Next to Normal - Fast Normal , cast album Fürth
- 2016 Monty Python's Spamalot - Cast-Album Salzburg
- 2017 After all this time , solo album
- 2017 The greatest musical hits of all time , tour
- 2018 Hollywood Dreams , tour
- 2018 A Little Color , One Woman Musical by Rory Six
- 2019 Elisabeth , concert performance open air in front of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Awards
- 1996: Image-Award (Germany) for the best female leading role (Elisabeth)
- 1996: Bad Hersfeld Audience Award (Germany) for the role of Sally Bowles in "Cabaret"
- 2002: John Kraaijkamp Musical Award (Netherlands) for best actress abroad
- 2014: Musical1.de musical elections for the best female musical actress
- 2018: German Musical Theater Prize: Honorary Prize
Web links
- Works by and about Pia Douwes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pia Douwes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of Pia Douwes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landestheater starts with Monty-Python-Musical , on the website: salzburg.orf.at , accessed on January 23, 2017
- ↑ our colleague Dietlind Ellerich: Fight against the shadows of the past . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de [accessed on July 29, 2017]).
- ↑ musical1.de/wahlen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Douwes, Pia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Douwes, Petronella Irene Allegonda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch musical actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |