In the 2026/27 season, Belgian soprano Margaux de Valensart continues her international guest career as Clorinda in Rossini’s LA CENERENTOLA at La Monnaie in Brussels. At her home company, Oper Wuppertal, she returns as Gretel in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL and appears as Frasquita in a new production of Bizet’s CARMEN.

Margaux de Valensart has been a member of the ensemble at Oper Wuppertal since January 2024. There, she has established herself in a wide-ranging repertoire that includes the title role in Handel’s ALCINA, Frau Fluth in DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Gretel, Marguerite in Gounod’s FAUST, Donna Anna in DON GIOVANNI and Daisy in THE LODGER.

She has also appeared as a guest at leading European opera houses. At the Semperoper Dresden, she sang Pamina in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE; at Malmö Opera, she appeared as Lax F in the world premiere of Philip Glass’ CIRCUS DAYS AND NIGHTS. At La Monnaie, she has previously been heard as Coryphée and Bohèmienne in LES HUGUENOTS, while further engagements include Contessa di Ceprano in RIGOLETTO at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie and Bubikopf in Viktor Ullmann’s DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.

An important stage in her artistic development was her time in Copenhagen. Following her studies at the Opera Academy, she joined the ensemble of the Royal Danish Theatre, where her roles included Musetta in LA BOHÈME, Contessa di Ceprano in RIGOLETTO, a Flower Maiden in PARSIFAL, Frasquita in CARMEN and Ilia in IDOMENEO.

For her performances as Frasquita and Ilia, Margaux de Valensart received the Reumert Talent Award in 2020. She is also a prizewinner of La Monnaie/De Munt and was a finalist at the 38th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.

Margaux de Valensart began her musical training at the Institut de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur, graduating in 2016. From 2016 to 2019, she continued her studies at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen with Helene Gjerris.