Artist Info

​Arturo den Hartog is a Surinamese-Dutch countertenor and prize- and audience award winner at the 2021 Princes Christina Concours.

 

Arturo started his solo singing at the age of eight in church in Suriname and was one of the first students of the Cathedral Choir School in Paramaribo. He then moved to the Netherlands where he studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Rita Dams, Catrin Wyn-Davies, Robin Blaze, Pascal Bertin, and Peter Kooij and subsequently at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Sasja Hunnego.

 

Arturo is a versatile performer with a big love for Opera, Lied, Baroque, and Contemporary music.

 

Recently, Arturo made his debut on the main stage of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam performing Dido and Aeneas and King Arthur by Purcell with Il Gardellino alongside Dame Sarah Connolly under the baton of Korneel Bernolet. Earlier, he got to make his solo recital debut in the recital hall of the Concertgebouw with pianist Daan Boertien which was followed by several return invitations with new programs. Next to that, Arturo made his opera debut at the Dutch National Opera and LOD Muziektheater Gent in the newly written opera ‘The Girl, the Hunter and the Wolf’ by Vasco Mendonça together with the Spectra ensemble led by Alphonse Cemin. He also performed in the recent operetta pasticcio of director Steef de Jong with the Doelen ensemble and had the pleasure of performing in the recent Dutch theatre tour of ‘Normality No More - Schubert’s Winterreise Revisited’ with the Ragazze Quartet and Conny Janssen Danst. 

 

Other recent engagements include performances as soloist with Camerata RCO (members of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) in a complete Händel program, a solo baroque program with Il Combattimento Ensemble in the main hall of the Concertgebouw and with Ars Musica orchestra in the Concert Hall of Amare - The Hague in Michael Tippet’s ‘A Child of Our Time’. Next to these, Arturo performed with baroque ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa led by Mike Fentross, with the SEM Ensemble, led by Petr Kotik in De Singel in Antwerp and is a returning performer in different contemporary operas with Muziektheater Transparant with which he performed at MusiktheaterTage Wien and RomaEuropa among others. He also toured through Suriname with the baroque ensemble Holland Baroque, played in multiple performances during the O. Festivals 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the Batenburg Baroque Festival, the Koorbiënnale 2022 as soloist with S t a r g a z e ensemble and played main roles in two contemporary operas at the Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam. 

 

As an already appreciated Lied interpreter, Arturo also often performs music of black composers and composers from his home country, Suriname. He has performed this music in tours through multiple festivals, in the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, to high acclaim on ‘Podium Witteman’ and at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ - where he is currently Artist-In-Residence for a second consecutive season.

 

Next to the performances there, Arturo is now looking forward to upcoming engagements that include several contemporary compositions, performing in the Kingsday Concert among others with the Ragazze Quartet, and making his debut on tour with Opera Zuid and PhilZuid.