Reinoud Van Mechelen


Reinoud Van Mechelen is a Belgian tenor from Flemish Brabant who has appeared internationally in both opera and concert. He has worked in historically informed performance, especially in French operas. He founded and directed the ensemble A Nocte Temporis.
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Life and career

Van Mechelen was born in Leuven on 29 May 1987. He began his musical career in the children's. He studied voice first at the Leuven Conservatory with Anne Mertens en Nicolas Achten, and studied further at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Lena Lootens, William Christie and Paul Agnew. He graduated in 2012, supervised by. He took masterclasses with Greta De Reyghere,, Claire Lefilliâtre, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and Howard Crook.
Van Mechelen has worked both as soloist and singer in vocal ensembles. He first sang with Le Jardin des Voix of Christie and Agnew from 2011, and became a regular soloist of Les Arts Florissants. He has performed with ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent, Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Concert Spirituel, Hespèrion XXI, Le Poème Harmonique, Pygmalion, Ricercar Consort, and Les Talens Lyriques. He has appeared at the Rouen Opera, the Aix-en-Provence Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. He has collaborated with Nicolas Achten, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset and.
He founded an ensemble, A Nocte Temporis, in 2016, focused on French music in historically informed performance. They have appeared at the Opéra de Lille, deSingel,, the Chapelle royale de Versailles, Wigmore Hall, the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, the Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht and the Festival de Saintes at the Salle Gaveau. They recorded six albums, Erbame dich in 2016, Clérambault, cantates françaises in 2018, The Dubhlinn Gardens of Irish folk-songs and Dumesny, haute-contre de Lully both in 2019, Jéliote, haute-contre de Rameau in 2021, and Legros, haute-contre de Gluck in 2023.

Roles

Van Mechelen's roles have included:
YearOperaRoleLocation
2011Atys ZéphirOpéra Royal de Versailles
2012David et Jonathas Aix-en-Provence Festival
2013L'Egisto LidioGrand Théâtre de Luxembourg
2014King Arthur La Monnaie
2015Les fêtes vénitiennes Opéra-Comique
2015Dardanus DardanusGrand Théâtre de Bordeaux
2016Zoroastre ZoroastreFestival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier,
Aix-en-Provence Festival
2017Médée JasonOpernhaus Zürich
2018Pygmalion PygmalionOpéra de Dijon
2018Die Zauberflöte TaminoLa Monnaie
2018Hippolyte et Aricie HippolyteBerlin State Opera
2019Armide RenaudThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2019King ArthurBerlin State Opera
2019/2020Les pêcheurs de perles NadirOpéra de Toulon
2020Hippolyte et AricieHippolyteOpéra-Comique
2020L'incoronazione di Poppea ArnaltaThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2020/2021La Belle Hélène PârisOpéra Royal de Wallonie
2021Hippolyte et AricieHippolyteBerlin State Opera
2021Titon et l'Aurore TitonOpéra-Comique
2021Didon EnéeThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2022Titon et l'AuroreTitonOpéra Royal de Versailles
2022Così fan tutte FerrandoOpera Ballet Vlaanderen
2022Platée MercureOpéra national de Paris
2022David et JonathasDavidOpéra Royal de Versailles
2022Zoroastre ZoroastreThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2023MédéeJasonBerlin State Opera, Liceu
2023Castor et Pollux CastorThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2023Dialogues des Carmélites Chevalier de la ForceOpéra Royal de Wallonie
2023Les Boréades AbarisThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2024MédéeJasonOpéra National de Paris, Teatro Real
2024Iphigénie en Tauride PyladeThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2024Atys AtysOpéra Royal de Versailles
2024Orphée et Eurydice OrphéeFestival de Beaune
2024Iphigénie en Tauride PyladeOpera Ballet Vlaanderen
2025David et JonathasDavidOpéra Royal de Versailles
2025Persée MercureThéâtre des Champs-Élysées
2025Castor et PolluxCastorOpéra national de Paris