About

The Dutch tenor Sander de Jong began singing at the Martini- and Roder Boys Choir where he, first as a boy soprano and later as a tenor, found his love for singing.
He graduated with his Bachelor’s degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam studying with Prof. Pierre Mak and subsequently his Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Hamburg with Prof. Jörn Dopfer. He took part in Masterclasses with artists such as Camilla Nylund, Helmut Deutsch, Marius Vlad, Michaela Schuster and Alexander Oliver.
During the 2020/2021 and the 2021/2022 season Sander was part of the renowned Operastudio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg).

The young tenor had guest engagements at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Nederlandse Reisopera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Oper Wuppertal, Theater Kiel, Wadopera Nederland and the Schlossfestspiele Wernigerode.

Here he performed a multitude of roles including Remendado in Bizets Carmen, Oronte in Händels Alcina, Mercure in Offenbachs Orphée aux Enfers, Gastone in Verdis Traviata, Normanno in Donizettis Lucia di Lammermoor, Erster Geharnischter/Erster Priester in Mozarts Zauberflöte. Harry Frommermann in Comedian Harmonists in Concert, Der Junge in Da Fallas Meister Pedros Puppenspiel and Erster Richter in Korngolds Das Wunder der Heliane.

In the 2024/2025 season, Sander returns to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein to perform the roles of Docht/Kater in the world premiere of Schötz’s Pinocchio, Der Kuli in Zemlinsky’s Der Kreidekreis, and Erster Geharnischter in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. He also returns to the Nederlandse Reisopera to sing the role of Scaramuccio in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos.