Vis Francine
Dutch mezzo-soprano, she studied with Valérie Guillorit at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam, where she received her master ’s diploma with distinction in June 2009. Francine Vis currently studies with Kirsten Buhl Møller at the Danish Royal Opera Academy. For these studies she received scholarships from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds: the Aafje Heynis Fonds, the Gulberg Fonds and the Romke Kalma Fonds.
Francine Vis frequently performs with VocaalLAB Nederland for contemporary music, both theatrical and concert performances, under the guidance of Romain Bischoff. In 2011 she sang the part of Amore in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea at The Royal Danish Opera Academy, and the part of the Squirrel in Richard Ayres’ opera The Cricket Recovers, directed by Pierre Audi, for the Holland Festival 2011. In the Autumn of 2011 she sang as a soloist with the Danish Athelas Ensemble for contemporary music.
In 2012 she is singing the part of Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Danish Royal Opera.
