Jolien De Gendt

Jolien De Gendt obtained her Master’s diploma in singing at the Royal Conservatoire in Gent, where she trained with Gidon Saks, Marcos Pujol and Mireille Capelle. She was then selected for the postgraduate course at Flanders Operastudio (now International Opera Academy). She takes part in masterclasses and receives coaching from Gidon Saks, Kathryn Lewek, Lisette Oropesa, Bart De Kegel and Nicolai Cock, among others. During her studies, she performed such stage roles as: The Governess/The Turn of the Screw, Adele/Die Fledermaus, Belinda/Dido and Aeneas, Morgana/Alcina and Queen of the Night/Die Zauberflöte. For Lyrica Gent she won acclaim as the main role (Marguerite) in Karel Miry’s Bouchard d’Avesnes and as Blondchen in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (both productions by Lyri