Janine Kitzen (born 1 March 1978 in Kerkrade, The Netherlands) is a
soprano singer in opera and musical theatre. Although she was born in
a family with no real musical background, Kitzen knew from an early
age she wanted to build a career in singing. At the age of ten, she
sang her first public solo guided by André Rieu.Kitzen studied solo
singing at the Maastricht Academy of Music. After finishing this study
successfully in 2001, she continued with a one-year program of musical
theatre at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg.
During her study, the soprano performed in leading roles in operas,
operettas and musicals. For example, she played Bastienne in Mozart's
opera Bastien und Bastienne. In 1998 she won the first prize at the
television contest Una Voce Particolare [nl].After her studies, Kitzen
continued performing and played in numerous productions including her
role as leading character Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The
Phantom of the Opera and, more recently, during the 2010 Monschau
Klassik festival as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni.Kitzen has made
several recordings. Following the television show Una Voce
Particolare, she recorded a CD as part of the quartet Luxus. She
introduced her first single "Only Love" and has created a solo CD My
Musical Diary with combinations of sounds from musicals and pop-music.
soprano singer in opera and musical theatre. Although she was born in
a family with no real musical background, Kitzen knew from an early
age she wanted to build a career in singing. At the age of ten, she
sang her first public solo guided by André Rieu.Kitzen studied solo
singing at the Maastricht Academy of Music. After finishing this study
successfully in 2001, she continued with a one-year program of musical
theatre at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg.
During her study, the soprano performed in leading roles in operas,
operettas and musicals. For example, she played Bastienne in Mozart's
opera Bastien und Bastienne. In 1998 she won the first prize at the
television contest Una Voce Particolare [nl].After her studies, Kitzen
continued performing and played in numerous productions including her
role as leading character Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The
Phantom of the Opera and, more recently, during the 2010 Monschau
Klassik festival as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni.Kitzen has made
several recordings. Following the television show Una Voce
Particolare, she recorded a CD as part of the quartet Luxus. She
introduced her first single "Only Love" and has created a solo CD My
Musical Diary with combinations of sounds from musicals and pop-music.
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