Susan Rigvava-Dumas

Susan Rigvava-Dumas, October 2006

Susan Rigvava-Dumas (born December 31, 1966 in Enschede , Netherlands ) is a Dutch musical performer and opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ) in opera and operetta .

Career

As an actress

Susan Rigvava-Dumas studied acting in Maastricht and singing at the University of Music in Munich and at the Salzburg Mozarteum . During her training, she was hired for various roles. She played the Stranger Princess in a performance of Dvořák's Rusalka and took part in both versions of Die Fledermaus and Figaro's Wedding .

As a musical performer

Due to her interest in a wide variety of musical styles, she also tried her hand at performing in musicals and soon had success as such. She embodied Madame Giry in the Stuttgart production of The Phantom of the Opera . There she could also be seen as Archduchess Sophie in a production by Elisabeth .

From 2006 Rigvava-Dumas worked at the Raimund Theater in Vienna . There she played Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca alongside Uwe Kröger and Wietske van Tongeren from the premiere until 2007 . The musical by Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier was performed after a break in 2008 from September to December 2008 with the original actors. Between January and July 2008, a production of the Queen musical We Will Rock You was played at the theater , in which she starred as Killer Queen.

In the spring of 2013 she appeared at the Klagenfurt City Theater instead of the sick Dagmar Koller alongside Harald Serafin in Andrew Lloyd Webber's successful musical Sunset Boulevard .

In 2014 she played Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde at the Staatstheater Kassel and from 2015-2016 Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate .

As a musician

In addition to her work as an actress, she is also successful as an interpreter of classical and contemporary music. In Moscow she gave concerts with works by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky . She has also performed with excerpts from Porgy and Bess and jazz pieces by Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein . Since December 2007 she has been a regular guest with Heinz Czadek's mini-big band Project Two in Vienna's Jazzland . Susan Rigvava-Dumas performed with the band in several other Austrian bars and clubs and played at music festivals.

Awards

Susan Rigvava-Dumas was honored with the International Dvořák Prize in 1990 for her work. In addition, her recording was recognized as the best jazz CD in France in 1996.

Discography

• 2002: Elmau Stride Project - with Bernd Lhotzky and Louis Mazetier
• 2006: Rebecca (cast album)
• 2006: Rebecca - complete recording
• 2007: Musical Forever - The best of twenty years of musicals

Engagements

As an actress

• 1990: Enschede , Vestzaktheater, Zoete Liefdeswaan, musical by G. Beumers
• 1991: Antwerp , De Munt concert hall, Countess in Figaro's wedding of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Belgian Chamber Orchestra
• 1991: Enschede, music center, Petite Messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini (solo soprano)
• 1991/92: Leiden , St. Peter Cathedral, Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel (solo soprano)
• 1992: Isny , Opera Festival, The Strange Princess in Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák
• 1993: Isny, Opera Festival, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
• 1995: Linz , Brucknerhaus, Ars Electronica, Cyber-Opera by Peter Weibel with the Wesendonck songs by Richard Wagner
• 1997: Gießen , Stadttheater, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
• 1997/98: Stuttgart , Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart , Iduna in The Fireworks by Paul Burkhard
• 1999: Munich , Comedy, Iduna in The Fireworks by Paul Burkhard
• 2001/02: Munich, Pasinger Fabrik, Jeane in The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti
• 2002: Munich, Pasinger Fabrik, are these your legs or mine or ..., musical by D. Wilgenbus
• 2002–2004: Stuttgart, Madame Giry in The Phantom of the Opera .
• 2005: Stuttgart, Archduchess Sophie in Elisabeth
• 2006–2007: Vienna , Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca
• 2008: Vienna: Walk in Cover / Killerqueen in We Will Rock You
• 2008: Vienna: Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca (revival)
• 2009: Jazz Days Vienna
• 2013: Klagenfurt , Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt
• 2014: Kassel , Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde at the Staatstheater Kassel
• 2015–2016: Kassel, Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate

Concerts

• 1990: Karlovy Vary , winner of the International Dvořák Competition followed by a tour
• 1991: Brussels , concert hall, arias and duets by Mozart with the Belgian Chamber Orchestra
• 1993/94: Moscow , Tchaikovsky Hall, solo concerts with the Ossipov Orchestra
• 1994: Moscow, House of Composers, Festival for Contemporary Music, concert with works by Wilhelm Killmayer and Dieter Schnebel .
• 1995: Munich, Prinzregententheater . Carl Orff Night with works by Carl Orff , Günter Bialas and John Cage .
• 1996: Paris , L'Attitude St-Germain, solo jazz concert with Bernd Lhotzky and Lois Mazetier .
• 1996/97: Munich, Lustspielhaus , concert with works by George Gershwin and Cole Porter .
• 1999/2001: Southern Germany and Lake Constance area, numerous concerts (pop, rock, jazz).
• 2007–2016: Heinz Czadek's “Project Two” feat. Susan Rigvava-Dumas
• 2008: Danube Island Festival

Web links

• Susan Rigvava-Dumas at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Susan Rigvava-Dumas homepage
• Susan Rigvava-Dumas on rebeccamusical.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rebecca - The Musical. (No longer available online.) In: musik.ciao.de. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008 ; Retrieved December 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ "Elisabeth" in Stuttgart. In: mkv-ev.de. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Rebecca. In: musicalvienna.at. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Rigvava-Dumas in "We Will Rock You". In: musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved December 28, 2009 : "Susan Rigvava-Dumas ('Rebecca') joins the cast of the Viennese version of 'We Will Rock You' as the killer queen, which was largely taken over from Zurich. 
5. ↑ Heinz Czadek's Project Two feat. Susan Rigvava-Dumas. (No longer available online.) In: events.wien.info. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 28, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ^ Jazz Encore at the Café Central. In: wordpress.com. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
7. ↑ Musical Forever (2008) - Original Vienna Cast. (No longer available online.) In: musical-total.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009 ; Retrieved December 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ "The Phantom of the Opera" in Stuttgart. In: m-iz.de. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
9. ↑ Jazz days in Wiener Neustadt. In: adaxas.net. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
10. ↑ Heinz Czadek's "Project Two" feat. Susan Rigvava-Dumas. In: vienna.at. Retrieved December 28, 2009 . 
11. ↑ All that Jazz - Susan Rigvava-Dumas Danube Island Festival. (No longer available online.) In: musicianjazz.com. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 28, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.