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The Dutch tenor Erik Slik studied at the Conservatorium van Utrecht with Henny Diemer. He took part in the Lied-class as well as the Opera-class there. During his studies he was invited to sing in Dutch and German opera productions. He is now being coached by Margreet Honig. In 2009 he reached the final of the Cristina Deutekom Concours. He was part of the Music Theatre Ensemble of Theater&Philharmonie Thüringen for two years (2012-2014), where he performed in their Opera-, Operetta-, Concert- and Musical productions. He sang such roles such as: Fenton in Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Sinowi in Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Camille de Rossillon in Léhar's Die lustige Witwe, Rector Adams in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and Pylade in Gluck’s Iphygenie auf Tauris, but also in musicals he took on roles as Chess and Anatevka.
Erik Slik performs frequently in the Netherlands as a concert soloist, but his work has also taken him to Riga, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Gran Canaria. He is a regular guest with companies such as Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), Opera Zuid, the Nederlandse Reisopera and Holland Opera. At the Dutch National Opera he appeared in Lucia Di Lammermoor, Fanciulla dell West, Parsifal and Die Soldaten, De jongen die te snel groeide, Fortress Europe, The Seven Deadly Sins, Der Rosenkavalier and Rusalka. At the Dutch Reisopera he sang Gonzalve in Ravel's l’Heure Espagnole (Ravel) and Don Basilio in W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. He worked with conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen, Carlo Rizzi, Kenneth Montgomery, Richard Egarr, Charles Dutoit, Anthony Hermus and Ed Spanjaard. In 2015 he sang the leading role in the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s The Day After at Holland Opera, where he also sang Don Ottavio in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni. He made his debut in South Africa as Tamino in W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
In addition to his work in opera, Erik Slik is also a much sought-after concert soloist at home and abroad. His repertoire includes George Frideric Handel's Messiah, J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 and Johannes-Passion BWV 245, as well as more modern works such as B. Britten's Spring Symphony and Henze’s Stimmen. Since 2014 he has been part of the Dutch group Frommermann, a close harmony ensemble in the tradition of the Comedian Harmonists. |
