Freek den Hartogh is an actor, director, and composer. He graduated in 2009 as an actor and got his teaching degree in 2021 at the Toneelacademie Maastricht. He has worked for a variety of (music)theatre companies including Toneelgroep Maastricht, Orkater, Het Nationale Theater, Het Zuidelijke Toneel, Circus Treurdier, De Nederlandse Reisopera, Theater Sonnevanck, Het Laagland, Laika (B) to name a few. He also worked with several symphonic orchestras as Rotterdam Philharmonic, NedPho, Phion, Philharmonie Zuid-Nederland and Residentie Orkest.
As a drama teacher he works for The Royal Conservatory The Hague, MBO Theaterschool Rotterdam and the Dutch National Opera Academy.
Freek always combines music and theatre in his work and is the artistic director of RAAF muziektheater in Rotterdam together with Rosa Peters.
Freek is also the programme leader of A.R.T. (Anxiety Release Training) a research platform and training company with a programme how to dismantle stage fright and exert competence outside the comfort zone.
Lastly, due to his great grandmother’s Italian genes, he is an avid pasta eater, tomato lover and always in for some Puccini.
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 Dutch National Opera Academy holds auditions each year.