Marcel Beekman

Tenor Marcel Beekman has a large and varied repertory that emphasizes Baroque and contemporary music. He has appeared on more than 65 albums, including many volumes of the Brilliant label's Bach Edition. Beekman is known most of all for his interpretations of German Baroque opera, but he has also sung a great deal of French, Italian, and English Baroque repertory, as well as the first Dutch opera, the pastoral Granida by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. His first classical recording -- Handel's oratorio Saul, HWV 53 -- appeared in 1999. With the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he performed in a 2017 production of Louis Andriessen's Theatre of the World that was recorded and released, earning a BBC Music Awards nomination in 2018. Beekman has continued to perform and record Baroque music, and in 2021, he appeared on a recording of Rameau's Platée with Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie.