 Denzil Delaere studied at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where he obtained his Master's degree in singing in 2013. He subsequently perfected his skills at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the International Opera Academy in Ghent. Following this, he joined the ensembles of the operas of Lucerne, Opera Flanders, and the Grand Théâtre in Geneva consecutively, gradually acquiring an extensive repertoire.
During the current season (2025-2026), the artist made his debut at the Turin Opera in the role of Pedrillo (Entführung aus dem Serail). At the Dutch Touring Opera Enschede, he performed various roles in Janáček's The cunning little vixen and at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, he was invited to sing Goro (Madama Butterfly) again.
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For now we look forward to his Rodolfo (La Bohème) at the Alden-Biesen Opera Festival. Amongst his upcoming role debuts : Andres (Wozzeck) at La Monnaie/De Munt, Graf Hohenzollern in Der Prinz von Homburg (Hans Werner Henze) at the Klagenfurt Opera house and Prince Sternschnuppe in Frau Luna (Paul Lincke) at Operazuid Maastricht.
More recent roles include : Roberto (Le Villi, Puccini) at Operazuid Maastricht ; Goro (Madama Butterfly) and Narraboth (Salome) at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and Alfredo (La Traviata) at the Alden-Biesen Opera Festival. At La Monnaie, he performed Aristide in the world premiere of "On purge bébé" by Philippe Boesmans and the Wirt (Der Rosenkavalier).
At the invitation of the renowned Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the artist participated in the role of Pietro in the concert performance and CD recording (both at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam) of Franz Schreker's opera “Die Gezeichneten”.
Career overview
It all started as an ensemble member of the Luzern Opera house where Denzil made his debut as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and Roberto (Maria Stuarda) and deepened the lyric tenor repertoire. He successively joined the young ensembles of the Flanders Opera and the Grand Théâtre Geneva and made his debut in the opera houses of Montpellier and ORW Liège. In that period he appeared as Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Brighella and Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos) ; Prince Arjuna (Satyagraha) ; Messaggero (Aida), Pedrillo in (Entführung aus dem Serail) ; Janek (The Makropoulos Affair)…Noteworthy are his debut as Gonzalve in Ravel's L’heure espagnole at Flanders Opera and at the Nederlandse reisopera Enschede as Rodolfo in a pocket version of La Bohème and as Hans in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride in a complete new dutch translation of the work, Antinoos in Hadrian, an opera by Rufus Wainwright (at deSingel Antwerp, Bozar Brussels and Tivoli Vredeburg Utrecht, alongside Brussels Philharmonic) ; Alfredo (La Traviata) at Summer Opera Festival Alden-Biesen ; as Innkeeper (Der Rosenkavalier) directed by Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz, as Haci Baba, le Mafieux (Voyage vers l’espoir, by Christian Jost) in the French premiere of his opera “Reise der Hoffnung”, as Giove (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) with Europa Galante, all three at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva and on tour in Spain's major concert halls.
Denzil Delaere sings regularly at the three major Belgian opera houses and the Grand Théâtre in Geneva. In concert, he has performed as a soloist alongside the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra. This under the musical direction of Paolo Arrivabeni, Dmitri Jurowski, Stefan Klingele, Tomas Netopil, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Alexander Joel, Koen Kessels, Kristiina Poska, Cornelius Meister, Markus Stenz, Antonini Fogliani, Fabio Biondi, Alejo Perez, Jonathan Nott, Alain Altinoglu…
In a constantly growing recital and concert activity Denzil Delaere participated in J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, Christmas-Oratorio, Kaffeekantate, Missa Brevis in A major, Matthew Passion, in Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation and Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem. His “Lied” repertoire includes songs by Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven, Fauré, Poulenc and Rachmaninov.
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