Jetske Mijnssen, Direction
Jetske Mijnssen, born in Nijmegen (Netherlands) and living in her home country, is directing opera in theatres throughout Europe. The participation in a workshop by Willy Decker at Brussels’ Théâtre de La Monnaie was the starting point of her career. She was graduated at Amsterdam’s University with a master’s degree in Dutch literature and poetry. Specialising in opera, she studied stage-direction at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten.
Bringing scenic visions and music as close together as possible, is Jetske Mijnssen’s ideal. Her directorial approach is twofold. Careful musical reading of the scores on one side is matched by psychological analysis of the operatic characters and their fate on the other. Creating emotional experiences through engaging scenes and complex personalities is central for her theatrical work.
Jetske Mijnssen’s list of operatic productions is remarkable. She directed Humperdinck’s Königskinder in Dresden, La traviata in Berne, Handel's Almira in Hamburg and Innsbruck, Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Essen, Louis Théodore Gouvy’s Le Cid in Saarbrücken, Madama Butterfly in Basle, Don Pasquale and L’enfant et les sortilèges at Berlin’s Komische Oper, and Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opera Zuid.
In 2016 she directed Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo at the Opera national de Lorraine in Nancy. This production was awarded with the French Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique. Werther, produced in Saarbrücken, was nominated for Germany’s DER FAUST.
More recently, Jetske Mijnssen has premiered Idomeneo, Haydn’s Orlando paladino and Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie in Zurich, Eugene Onegin and – opening the season - Don Carlo in Graz.
Another L’Orfeo, by Monteverdi, followed in Copenhagen, Katya Kabanova will be premiered at Berlin’s Komische Oper.
Jetske Mijnssen’s Calendar
March 2024
22.03.2024 / Alexander Zemlinsky: Kleider machen Leute / Národni Divadlo, Nationaltheater, Prag
April 2024
07.04.2024 / Alexander Zemlinsky: Kleider machen Leute / Národni Divadlo, Nationaltheater, Prag
18.04.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
21.04.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
24.04.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
26.04.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
29.04.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
May 2024
02.05.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
06.05.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
June 2024
23.06.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Teatro di San Carlo, Neapel
26.06.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Teatro di San Carlo, Neapel
29.06.2024 / Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Teatro di San Carlo, Neapel
July 2024
09.07.2024 / Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Bayerische Staatsoper München
14.07.2024 / Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Bayerische Staatsoper München
17.07.2024 / Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Bayerische Staatsoper München
22.07.2024 / Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Bayerische Staatsoper München