Eline van Bruggen 

Eline van Bruggen is a Dutch-Australian soprano, currently studying a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Linguistics and Professional Writing and Communication at The University of Queensland. Having recently completed her third year of study under the tutelage of Sarah Crane, Eline looks forward to exploring new repertoire and furthering her operatic and art song performance experience.

This year, Eline performed as soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre with The University of Queensland School of Music as well as in the Fauré Requiem at Brisbane City Hall with Brisbane Chorale. She sang as part of the Queensland Art Song Festival, as well as performing Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with ChoirWorks and debuting the role of Galatea in Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra’s concert performances of Acis and Galatea.

Eline has toured to Longreach and Winton with Opera Queensland for the 2023 and 2024 Festivals of Outback Opera. Her UQ operatic roles include Ciboletta in Eine Nacht in Venedig and Erste Knabe in Die Zauberflöte in complete productions, as well as Frasquita in Carmen, Crobyle in Thaïs, Ida in Die Fledermaus, and Poppea in L'incoronazione di Poppea in staged concert excerpts.