Marjon Lambriks

Born on 5 April 1949, in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Lambriks studied singing at the Maastricht Academy of Music and with Paula Lindberg in Amsterdam. and sang with it from 1971, including in Una cosa rara. She remained at the Volksoper until 1986, performing roles such as Niklausse in Offenbach's Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Nancy in Britten's Albert Herring. On German television, she became well known for her operetta performances, including a series with parodies. In 2009, a biography was written on her life and four-decade career. On 5 May 2010, she celebrated the end of her 40-year career as an opera and operetta singer with a performance at the liberation concert in Amsterdam. == Recordings ==

Lambriks participated in recordings that Herbert von Karajan conducted: his version of Mozart's Figaro with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1978, and of Wagner's Parsifal in 1979/80 with the Berlin Philharmonic and Peter Hofmann in the title role. Richard Bonynge conducted a recording of Verdi's La traviata with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti in the leading roles, and with Lambriks as Annina. Her recordings also include: • Strahlend junge Operette • Marjon Lambriks zingt Robert Stolz (1979 / 1982) • Operetten-Gala / Lieder der Puszta (1980) • Marjon Lambriks / Meine schönsten Liebeslieder (1987) • Marjon Lambriks & Henk Poort / Operetten-Gala (2001) == References ==