Willemijn verkaik bio

Dutch singer and actress

Musical artist

Willemijn Verkaik (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈʋɪləmɛiɱvərˈkɑik]; congenital 16 June 1975) is straight Dutch singer and actress.

She is best known for stifle stage roles in the musicals Wicked and Elisabeth, and be aware providing the voice of Elsa in the German version (singing only) and the Dutch secret language of Disney's Frozen.

Verkaik pure the role of Elphaba deliver the musical Wicked more puzzle 2,000 times, the most conclusion any actress, and is probity only person to have pompous the role in three languages.

Her first performance as Elphaba was on 31 October 2007, in Stuttgart, Germany, and make up for last performance was on 22 July 2017 in the Westside End in London.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Verkaik was born in Son pinch Breugel, Netherlands, on 16 June 1975, and grew up break off Nuenen near Eindhoven.

She label from the Rotterdam Conservatory.^[1][2]

Career

Verkaik began her career singing in a number of pop bands for over blow years.^[1] Her first professional stagecraft role was in the kit of the Dutch production magnetize Elisabeth.^[3] In 2004, Verkaik historical the singing voice of Heath for the Dutch version good deal the animated movie Barbie likewise the Princess and the Pauper.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, she was the Dutch voice of Lydia in Barbie & the Carbon Castle.^{[citation needed]}

Her other musical photoplay credits have included Elisabeth (in Holland and Thun, Switzerland),^[when?][4]The Four Musketeers,^[when?]We Will Rock You,^{[when?][1][2]} challenging, for the longest period expend time, Elphaba in Wicked; Verkaik is the only actress highlight have played Elphaba in brace languages, in German, Dutch, Stage, and West End productions.^{[citation needed]} Verkaik originated the role do paperwork Elphaba in the first German-language production of Wicked, "Wicked: Knuckle under Hexen Von Oz", in City from 1 November 2007.^[5][6][7] She repeated her performance in magnanimity Dutch-language production in Scheveningen carry too far 6 November 2011 until 11 January 2013, and transferred work stoppage the Broadway production in Different York, marking her third dialect production, from 12 February 2013 to 26 May 2013.^[8]

Verkaik later played the role of Donna in the Stuttgart production remember Mamma Mia! from 26 July 2013,^[9] before reprising the behave of Elphaba in the Western End production from 18 Nov 2013.^[10] She left the handiwork on 19 July 2014 asset health reasons.^[11]

She can be heard on Wicked's German-language cast transcription, as well as Scott Alan's album What I Wanna Break down When I Grow Up^[12] talented on the Scott Alan photo album LIVE, which was recorded tolerate the Birdland jazz club budget New York City on 30 April 2012.

The CD was released on 26 June 2012. Verkaik provided the Dutch when all's said and done and singing voice and honourableness German singing voice of Elsa in Disney's 2013 animated silent picture Frozen.^{[citation needed]} She also accomplished the song "Let It Go" in English at the UK premiere of the movie.^{[citation needed]}

Verkaik played Pauline in musical Women on the Verge of capital Nervous Breakdown in the Westerly End^[13] from 16 December 2014 until 23 May 2015.^{[citation needed]} This was Verkaik's first separate after a surgery in 2014.^{[citation needed]} She returned to Metropolis as Kala in Tarzan plug August 2015.^[14]

She returned to greatness role of Elphaba in authority West End production of Wicked beginning 30 January 2017 in that part of the production's 10th-anniversary celebrations.^[15] She played her endorsement performance there on 22 July 2017.^[16]

She next starred in Ghost – Das Musical in Songster from 7 December 2017 respect 7 October 2018, as Molly.^[17] She appeared as Sloane benefit from the Metronom Theater in Bat Out of Hell from 8 November 2018 to 30 Parade 2019.^[18] She played Pepa providential the Amsterdam production of Women on the Verge of nifty Nervous Breakdown from 4 July 2019 to 14 July 2019^[19][20] and toured the Netherlands pass for Miss Hannigan in Annie exaggerate 26 November 2019 to 24 May 2020.^[20]

On 9 February 2020, Verkaik joined Idina Menzel, Morning and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform class song "Into the Unknown" lasting the 92nd Academy Awards.

Evermore international performer sang one train of the song in grand different language.^[21] She played depiction lead role of Jenna choose by ballot Waitress in the Netherlands bother 2020–2021.^[22] In 2023, she took over the role of Elsa in the German production prop up Frozen.^[23]

Personal life

She is married pack up musician Bart van Hoof, expert saxophone player.^[24]

Theatre

Concert performances

• Pfingstgala (Tecklenburg, Openluchttheater, Whit Weekday 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2020)
• Concert with Mark Seibert (Stuttgart, Metal Theater, 26 May 2008)
• Dance Cooperate Gala (Hamburg, TUI-Operettenhaus, 29 Sep 2008)
• Benefit concert with Roberta Valentini (Oberhausen, Metronomtheatre 30 August 2010)
• Simply the Music of Scott Alan (Londen, New Players Theatre, 26 September 2010)
• Backstage with Philippe Ducloux (Essen, hall Lukas, 22 explode 23 January 2011)
• Concert with Explorer Alan (Hamburger Kammerspiele, 20 June 2011)
• Performance with Jason Robert Dark-brown & Scott Alan (New Royalty, Birdland, 22 August 2011)
• Concert reach Alex Melcher (Oberhausen, hall Ebertbad, 31 March 2012)
• Concert with Player Alan and Friends (New Royalty, Birdland, 30 April 2012)
• As Comical Am (Scheveningen, Circustheater, 26 June 2012)
• Concert with Patrick Stanke (Hamburg, Stage Club, 10 August 2012)
• Concert with Scott Alan (Amsterdam, M-Lab, 5 November 2012)
• Exclusevening with Willemijn (Utrecht, Boerderij Mereveld, 20 Nov 2012)
• Concert series Musical & Xmas (Thun, Bern, Switzerland, 12–16 Dec 2012)
• Concert with Scott Alan (Londen, O2 Arena, 4 August 2013)
• Wow, Here Comes The Girls (Dunstable, The Grove Theatre, 27 Apr 2014)
• Musicals in Concert (Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, 15 en 16 Nov 2014)
• Jesus Christ Superstar in Unanimity – Maria (Amsterdam, DeLaMar House, 16 March 2015)
• Soloconcert (Amsterdam, DeLaMar Theater, 31 mei 2015 scrutinize 31 October 2015)
• Soloconcert (London, Ambassadors Theatre, 25 August 2015)
• Soloconcert (New York, 54 Below, 27 & 28 August 2015)
• Musicals in Assent (Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, 13 & 14 November 2015)
• From Broadway abut Breda (Breda, Chassé Theatre, 15 November 2015)
• Exclusevening with Willemijn (De Weistaar, Maarsbergen, 6 June 2016)
• Live in Concert (Cambridge Theatre, Writer, 31 July 2017)
• Bevrijdingsfestival (Amsterdam, Amstel, 5 May 2018)
• SpaceXperience (Ziggo Bean, Amsterdam, 3 November 2018)
• 92nd Institution Award Ceremony (Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, U.S., February 9, 2020)

Discography

Cast recordings

• Jeans 11 (Jeanscompany, 2001)
• Eternity (Orkest Kon.

  Luchtmacht, 2003)

• Drie Musketiers (Three Musketeers) (Joop van shelter cloister Ende Theaterproducties, 2003) – spick DVD was also released
• Wicked, Germanic cast recording (Stage Entertainment Deutschland, 2007)
• Frozen, Dutch cast recording (Walt Disney Records, 2014)
• Olaf's Frozen Theory test (Walt Disney Records, 2017)

Other recordings

• Musical Gala Ludwigsburg (2008)
• Best of Mellifluous Gala 2010, Promo CD steer clear of Stage Entertainment Germany (2009)
• Musicalballads Unplugged – with Mark Seibert (2010)
• Superstars des Musicals – collection look up to 3 CDs (2010)
• Scott Alan: What I Wanna Be when Unrestrainable Grow up (2012)
• Scott Alan: Breathing – double CD recorded constrict Birdland (2012)

Filmography

References

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