Cools, Loes
No. 16
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Belgium
Date of birth: 27 March, 1994
The soprano graduated with a master’s degree at Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien in 2019. Before that, she studied at Codarts and Conservatorium Maastricht. Her teachers are Michail Lanskoi (current), Julia Conwell and Roberta Alexander. She took part in master classes by Julius Drake, Charles Spencer, Ralf Heiber and Sylvia Greenberg. She has skills in classical singing improvisation. She was finalist at the Osaka International Music Competition in 2017 and at the De Stem van Haarlem in 2014. She appeared on stage at TAG Theater, MUK and Codarts Opera Lab, in various roles. In concert, she took part at the Christmas Concert of the Antwerps Kathedraalkoor in 2015, at Codarts Opera Lab, with Il Giardino Armonico in 2014, and with Schütz-Monteverdi Consort in 2012.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Loreley
Donizetti: Chacun le sait, chacun le dit – Marie’s aria from La fille du régiment
Verdi: Caro nome che il mio cor – Gilda’s aria from Rigoletto
Semi-final
J. Strauss: Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande – Adele’s aria from Die Fledermaus
Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio – Lucia’s aria from Lucia di Lammermoor
Final
Donizetti: Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch’io la virtù magica – Norina’s aria from Don Pasquale
Massenet: Je marche sur tous les chemins... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle – Manon’s arias from Manon
R. Strauss: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren – Sophie’s aria from Der Rosenkavalier