Martijn Sanders

Born in the Netherlands he began his studies at the Utrecht conservatory. He continued his operastudies at the university of music in Vienna and at the Amsterdam operastudio. He is a member of the soloistensemble of Opera Zuid (Maastricht) where he was heard as Papageno (Die Zauberflӧte-Mozart), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro-Mozart), Popolani (Barbe Bleue-Offenbach), Sagrestano (Tosca-Puccini), Zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly), Escamillo (Carmen-Bizet), De Bretigny (Manon-Massenet) and Falke (Die Fledermaus-Strauss). He is currently adding more dramatic roles to his repertory like Tonio (I Pagliacci-Leonvavallo), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana-Mascagni), Riccardo (I Puritani) and Amonasro (Aida-Verdi). In 2016 he will sing his first Hollӓnder (Der Fliegende Hollӓnder-Wagner) in the Bottrop Summerfe