Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"Jansen’s staging of Nixon in China is ingenious in its simplicity". Volkskrant Opera director Elsina Jansen made her debut with the opera Nixon in China by John Adams in 2005. In the press some aspects of her directing work are recurring pointed out: her subtle direction, the inventive, strong images with minimal resources and its musicality. Elsina is versatile, inventive and passionate about working with singers. Elsina Jansen worked at companies such as Vaasa Opera Finland (La Bohème) Dutch Touring Opera (La Barca, revival director for La Traviata and La Traviata RAP) Opera Trionfo (Zaide, Les adventures du roi Pausole) at The Dutch National Opera Academy (Cosi fan tutte), Orkest van het Oosten (Die Fledermaus, Coppelia) the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra (educational program around Heroes) and the North Netherlands Orchestra (Die Fledermaus, Love is in the air). She worked with conductors such as Jan Willem de Vriend, Robbert van Steijn, Mark Shanahan, Balázs Kocsár, Ed Spanjaard and Henrik Schaefer, Jari Hiekkapelto, Ivo Meinen and Dmitry Sitkovetsky. As artistic director, director and producer Elsina created with her own company; Opera op Zak. Opera op Zak produces small-scale opera and music theatre performances with young singers and actors, mostly on location. For more information see www.operaopzak.nl In addition to her work as a director and producer, Elsina also works as a teacher. Since 2011, Elsina works as a drama teacher on the vocal department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, she also gives workshops and projects at the conservatoires of Amsterdam, Groningen and ArtEZ. Elsina teaches and organizes an annual summer workshop in France, Zen, Singing and Acting with voice teacher Margreet Honig and Zen teacher Marc Brookhuis. Together with David Prins, Elsina is artistic director and teacher of PERFORMING OPERA. Summer school for Singers. The Summer school is part of the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam.
I am working with the Master students of the vocal department on acting and performance skills.
I work as a drama teacher with young singers on acting and performing skills.
Stage director of opera, music theatre and music productions www.elsinajansen.nl
Director and producer of small scale operaproductions on location. Opera op Zak also organises workshops for young opera singers. See www.operaopzak.nl
Producer and stage director of We Two. A collage performance of one act opera The Telephone (Menotti) and Four Dialogues, song cycle (Ned Rorem). Anne van Amerongen sopraan, Meike Wijma sopraan, Milan de Korte tenor, Wessel Wirken bariton. Jeroen Sarphati + Jorian van Nee piano. Job Gijbrechts design and Eline Visscher assistant director.
Drama teacher at the singing department. Voice teachers: Hanneke de Wit. Stage director of student productions: Figaro (act 1) at festival Opera aan Zee (May 2021) and Die Zauberflote in De Oosterpoort (September 2022) Dido&Aeneas in cooperation with Luthers Bach Ensemble (October 2023)