Erna Spoorenberg

Erna Spoorenberg, Huberdina Aletta Spoorenberg as real name, (11 April 192618 March 2004) was a Dutch soprano.

Life She was born in Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). As a child, she studied the violin and singing. At the age of 14, she studied under Isa Neuhaus, a singer with the Düsseldorf Opera (who was later transported and killed by the Nazis). Spoorenberg then studied singing under Aaltje Noordewier until she was 17, whilst continuing her violin lessons under Julius Röntgen. At the conservatory, she decided to pursue singing in preference to the violin. In 1947, she made her debut on Radio Hilversum,

Recordings Her more than 20 recordings include: The Art of Erna Spoorenberg in Opera Gala GL 100.570 Erna Spoorenberg: Legendary Voices Decca 466 985-2 Leona Mitchell and Erna Spoorenberg - Italian Arias and Sacred Songs Works by Giacomo Puccini; Pietro Mascagni; Gioachino Rossini; Giuseppe Verdi; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Belart 461 Les pêcheurs de perles by Bizet. Role: Leila. Verona 2707-8 La dame blanche by François-Adrien Boieldieu. Role: Anna. Melodram Roméo et Juliette by Gounod. Role: Juliette. G.O.P. Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy. Role: Mélisande. Decca 473351-2 Solveig's Song in Grieg's Peer Gynt - The Hague Philharmonic, directed by Willem Van Otterloo. Philips (Minigroove 33 1/3), 1958