22. March 2026
Soprano Jeanine De Bique
Concerto Köln
Arias, symphonies, and suites from operas by Georg Friedrich Händel, Carl-Heinrich Graun, Leonardo Vinci, and Georg Philipp Telemann
The Trinidad-born soprano Jeanine De Bique studied voice and piano at the renowned Manhattan School of Music in New York. Her wide-ranging repertoire includes roles such as Télaïre ("Castor et Pollux"), Ilia ("Idomeneo"), Violetta ("La traviata"), the title roles in "Alcina" and "L’incoronazione di Poppea", Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni"), Susanna ("Le nozze di Figaro"), Annio ("La clemenza di Tito"), Micaëla ("Carmen"), Agathe ("Der Freischütz"), Helena ("A Midsummer Night’s Dream"), and La Folie ("Platée"). Guest engagements have taken her to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Konzerthaus Berlin, Theater an der Wien, the Opéra National de Paris, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the San Francisco Opera, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and the Houston Grand Opera, as well as to the BBC Proms and the Salzburg Festival. At the Zurich Opera House, she sang Isabel in George Benjamin’s "Lessons in Love and Violence" in 2023. She has worked with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Vienna and Rotterdam Philharmonics, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the London Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and with conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Herbert Blomstedt, Lorin Maazel, Iván Fischer, Simon Rattle, Manfred Honeck, William Christie, Raphaël Pichon, and Marin Alsop. Her first solo album "Mirrors" with Ensemble Concerto Köln received the Opus Klassik, the Diapason d’or, and the Edison Award in the classical category in 2022, was Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice, and was praised by Fono Forum. Jeanine De Bique was appointed Youth Ambassador for Peace by the National UNESCO Commission of Trinidad and Tobago.
The ensemble Concerto Köln is one of the leading orchestras in the field of historically informed performance. Firmly rooted in the musical life of Cologne while also appearing regularly in the world’s major musical centres and at renowned festivals, Concerto Köln stands for outstanding interpretations of early music. In 2025 the ensemble celebrates its 40th anniversary with the new concert series "We celebrate", whose first edition is dedicated to the music of Alessandro Scarlatti. Further highlights of the 2025/26 season include concerts at the International Chopin Festival in Warsaw, the Bachfest Leipzig and the Handel Festival in Halle. Interpretations are developed collaboratively following meticulous study of the sources. Baroque and early Classical works are usually prepared under the direction of concertmasters Evgeny Sviridov, Mayumi Hirasaki, Justyna Skatulnik and Anna Dmitrieva. Concerto Köln has a long-standing collaboration with its honorary conductor Kent Nagano and the violinist Shunske Sato. With Nagano, the ensemble continues the scientific-artistic large-scale project "The Wagner Cycles" in the current season. In 2026 "Götterdämmerung" will be performed in Dresden, Bayreuth, Hamburg and Lucerne. Further highlights include Handel’s opera "Flavio, Rè de Longobardi" in Cologne and Amsterdam, Bach’s "St John Passion" together with the NDR Vokalensemble at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and at Kiel Castle, as well as the Mass in B minor in Brixen and Schwäbisch Gmünd. The ensemble’s discography includes more than 75 recordings, among them the recording of Mozart’s "Le nozze di Figaro" under René Jacobs, which received a Grammy Award.
Jeanine De Bique and Concerto Köln transport the audience into the dazzling sound world of the late Baroque. The singer and the ensemble have shared an inspiring artistic partnership for many years – in 2021, their highly acclaimed joint album "Mirrors" was released. In Zurich, selected arias from operas by Handel, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Telemann will be performed.
