Clarisse studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris before graduating from the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, where she worked with Hanneke de Wit.
Performance credits range from Baroque to Contemporary music, with roles such as Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Musetta (La Bohème), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress). She has appeared in productions including Raskatov’s Animal Farm at Dutch National Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Luthers Bach Ensemble, and Puccini’s Suor Angelica with the Nootstroom Orchestra. Concert engagements include a French Baroque recital with the Noordelijk Barokensemble and Duparc songs with orchestra at De Oosterpoort in Groningen and De Harmonie in Leeuwarden. Repertoire at DNOA includes Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s NIGHTTOWN and Leoš Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen.
Clarisse is a recipient of the Miluska Duffková Scholarship and an Excellence Scholarship from the Fonds Koninklijk Conservatorium.
Our team
DNOA students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of well-established and respected specialists from the international opera scene. These include vocal coaches and teachers, directors, conductors and agents as well as people from the field of cultural management and performance psychology who lead masterclasses, seminars and workshops.
The closing date for applications to join the programme in Autumn 2026 is Sunday 11. January 2026.