In The Circle of Truth Elea sang, danced, acted, camera- and voice acted, weaving the different compartments of the show together to guide the audience to the operatic climax of the finale.

 

From the website:

Inspired by the Faustus story of Thomas Mann, The Circle of Truth employs a revolutionary combination of theater, art, nightlife, and digital culture to delve into our complex relationship with the truth. In this 2.5-hour interdisciplinary mindfuck, the devil himself assists you in stepping out of your comfortable social bubble to perceive the truth from a fresh perspective. The show spans across our 3000m2 warehouse at the NDSM, taking visitors on a captivating journey through interactive installations and performances by diverse local cultural pioneers.

 

Early 2023, Elea’s first poem was published in print: ‘Kleurrijk Stil’.

During the coming year, more and more of her poems will become available in her webshop.

 

During lockdown, composer Christian Chamoun and Elea Bekkers have collaborated to create a classical song cycle about Charlotte, about women, about the prison of expectations. Lyrics and vocals by Elea Bekkers, music and piano by Christian Chamoun

“I have so much in me, and the feeling of her absorbs it all.”

 

So says Werther about the object of his infatuation, Charlotte, whose romantic rejection of him leads him to commit suicide. Goethe’s epoch-making novel revolves around Werther’s ‘massive crush’ on Charlotte, which is spiritualized and expanded into eloquent poetic musings by the writer. But the woman herself is mostly absent; Werther worships an idol of her, yet seems to barely know her.Die Leiden der jungen Charlotte breathes life into her through song and stage, shedding light on her reality. More than but a prop in a young man’s story of self-discovery (or self-indulgence?), Charlotte is presented as a real person and the audience is invited to bear witness to her life-experience; her heart’s desires, fears, vulnerabilities, needs… A young woman, buried by the demands family and society have placed upon her, is trying to find herself.

Die Leiden der jungen Charlotte is available as a house concert and is to be released on CD in the coming year.

Elea gives singing lessons and voice coaching to all ages and levels. She specializes in contemporary opera and voice expression, but is also skilled in classical opera, belting, healthy voice use and guidance during hormonal changes. 

 

Do you have a resolution to sing more, or do you want to find our wether singing is for you? Make sure to schedule a trial lesson!

Since 2017, Elea Bekkers has been teaching private singing and conducting the Fulco Children’s Choir in IJsselstein with the collective Fulco Muziekonderwijs.

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Staatsgreep was born from the fruitful collaboration with composer and designer Sem Hak. Staatsgreep makes art at the cutting edge, to give the contemporary human a voice through art. The works of Staatsgreep address issues that matter today but are still underexposed: marginalisation, mental health, climate change and the inability of contemporary politics to (want to) do anything about this. Staatsgreep makes music, theater, fashion, film and whatever appears necessary.

At primary school De Kleine Vliegenier, pupils can participate in a cultural program during their break that includes dance, music, theater, capoeira, art, technology, cooking and exercise. This is how the children discover their talents. Elea Bekkers teaches the children drama, and in collaboration with Anne-Maartje Lemereis, she gives song and opera writing courses here.

A grand, sensory music theater performance right on the beach!

Hallucinatory images, impressive sets, singing, dancing, acting and spoken word, to a newly written text by Jibbe Willems and newly composed music by multi-instrumentalist Frank Wienk, better known as Binkbeats. After ‘Dijkdrift’ and ‘Aardappelvreters’, Kaapdiegoeiekoop is the final of the primal opera triptych ‘Islands’. It depicts how the Dutch merchant spirit is headed straight for climate disaster. Elea Bekkers is one of the actors and vocalists.

Due to COVID and the measures surrounding it, this performance did not take place in the planned form, but it premiered at Het Imaginaire Eiland of Oerol 2020.

Who do you see when you look in the mirror?

Every season, a group of young, multi-talented singers looks for new ways to tell their story using ensemble singing as an art form. Under the wings of the professionals of the Nederlands Kamerkoor, they create their own, relevant concert program. Elea Bekkers was creator and singer in STAAN & OPVALLEN, which premiered in September 2020.

 

During the Opera Forward Festival, all kinds of operatic events take place throughout Amsterdam for ten days. From OFF Talks to operas by our OFF Talents and from parties to even more operas.

Elea Bekkers was a soloist in the OFF talent opera ‘On Verra’ by composer Julian Oliveira and director Leon Rogissart.

Julia Spoelstra’s De Schikgodinnen tells the personal story of the Greek mythological Fates that spin, measure and cut the thread of life.

A man who fell asleep on an air matrass on the beach, wakes up on the open ocean. He meets nobody but his own fears, hopes and demons. The opera premiered in 2017, with Elea Bekkers as the Man.

 

The ECHO-Opera is a location opera that uses it’s stage, Fort Rijnauwen in Utrecht, as an instrument and an antagonist.

The opera tells a modern retelling of the Greek tragedy of Echo & Narcissus and asks one of the big questions of our modern society; What is real?

The ECHO-Opera is created in cooperation with the Gaudeamus Muziekweek. It premiered as a support of Holland Opera on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd and 30th June 2017.

Concept and Compositions: Stef Veldhuis
Libretto: Anne-Fleur Kan

Clarinets: Marinthe Jansen & Bernardo Alcalá
Bass clarinet: Vincent Martig
​Percussion: Niek Kleinjan
Soprano: Elea Bekkers
Alto: Anna Vala Olafsdottir
Bariton: Nathan Tax

 

 

Interactive theatre show about overload, bias, assumptions and quick fixes.
Concept and direction: Imre van den Bosch
Actor: Ayrton Kirchner
Singers: Luuk van Rosmalen, Noël van den Wiel, Silva de Waard, Elea Bekkers.
Shows at Vuurol, Culturele Zondagen and Showman’s Fair in 2017 and 2018

In this short thriller by dutch director Sandy Verhoeve the main character, Charlotte, played by Elea Bekkers, is stalked by a man she rejected.

In this short thriller by dutch director Sandy Verhoeve, Elea Bekkers plays the role of Nicole, the seductive antagonist to the paranoid main character.

Art installation in Innsbruck, Austria by Fanni Futterknecht

‘With words we touch what we speak’

 

Interventions in the public space by breaking through the prevailing tempo or movement norm, with simple physical tools such as walking, standing still, lying down. Weekly trainings and masterclasses; monthly performances in public space.

Graaf! is an opera by Anne-Maartje Lemereis about a woman who digs herself out of prison. The opera premiered in 2015, with Elea Bekkers as the Woman Behind The Window.

Song for piano and mezzo-soprano; lyrics by Elea Bekkers, music by Sem Hak, concept in collaboration.

Vijf for string quartet, string orchestra and mezzo-soprano

Libretto, Dutch. Forms a trilogy with De Man die Afdreef op de Zee (the man who drifted off at sea) and De Vrouw die de Berg Besteeg (the woman who ascended the mountain). The Man has drifted off at sea, but that does not touch those who stayed behind: with lifeless trivialization these survivors wave away his tragedy while enjoying a cup of mediocre coffee. The least epic, yet perhaps most dramatic part of the trilogy.

 

Mijn kantoor. De TV staat aan. Ik kijk er graag naar, naar de reclame. (ik denk aan hoe nietig we zijn, in het ontzagwekkende stelsel aller dingen) Mijn kantoor is de mooiste plek. Ik ben er graag, ik ben graag alleen. Ik drink teveel. Moeder, stoor me niet. Ik zit net lekker.
(Enorme bomen in een paradijslijke symbiose van vormen, geel, roze en blauw, een eenheid, de bodem donkerbruin en vochtig, donker, koel…) Ik mis je, mam.

Text on a composition of Channe Visscher about a journey through space and the intangibility of things.

 

Interunni albedo
phecda, naast hygea.

Arme Phaeton!

Libretto, Dutch. Forms a trilogy with De Man die Afdreef op de Zee (the man who drifted off at sea) and Zij die Achterbleven (the ones who were left behind). Enraged at the established order, a woman leaves it to climb the mountain and create a new order herself. In order to complete that creation, she must first break down everything she knows, everything that is familiar, all her dreams.

 

Vol ontzag kijkt de mens naar de berg en ziet niet hoe die zich vernietigd, zich leegknijpt in beken die haar lichaam uitslijten, verbrijzelend en eenwordend, zich stortend, haar hellingen vlakkend, de berg heeft opgegeven. 

Texts for song cycle, Dutch. Speeldoosjes make modern classical music feasible for children and other starting musicians. Elea edited texts she made as a child, to be put to music by Anne-Maartje Lemereis.

 

Ring, ring en een ketting
een leeg zakje tum-tum

Ik ben vergeten wat ik zie… moet het in gedachten hebben neergelegd.

Song text, Dutch. Created in collaboration with and put to music by Sem Hak

Theater and acting study in Vienna, Austria

Bachelor of classical singing with Charlotte Margiono, graduated with honours