Laetitia Gerards is a Dutch soprano.
Loved by the audience for her disarming stage presence and evident musicality, she enjoys a successful career as a soloist in concert and opera performances. Follow her on
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Dutch soprano Laetitia Gerards is celebrated for her disarming stage presence and exceptional musicality. A recipient of the Concertgebouw Young Talent Award and the first prize at the Prinses Christina Concours, she enjoys a flourishing career as a soloist in both concert and opera performances. She has collaborated with nearly all major Dutch professional orchestras, including the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
Renowned for her affinity with American repertoire, Laetitia has delivered memorable performances as Anna in Kurt Weill’s Die Sieben Todsünden at Amsterdam’s Paradiso, Anne Egerman in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, and Eileen in Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town for Nederlandse Reisopera. Her operatic roles include Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Dutch National Opera, Servilia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito in a staged production with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Kenneth Montgomery and Elle in Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine at the Concertgebouw. Additional roles include Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Lisette in Puccini’s La Rondine, Noémie in Massenet’s Cendrillon, and Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio.
In the 2025/26 season, Laetitia makes her role debut as the Vixen in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, touring ten Dutch cities with the Nederlandse Reisopera. She returns to Dutch National Opera to reprise the role of Count Lothar in Operetta Land. With the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, she performs songs by Bernstein on a spectacular open-air stage at the NDSM wharf during SAIL Amsterdam. She also performs Christmas concerts with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in both the Netherlands and Germany. At the Zaterdagmatinee, she sings the soprano solo in Langgaard’s Music of the Spheres. On television, she features in Beste Zangers 2025 (AVROTROS) and in Amsterdam 750, the national celebration of the city's anniversary broadcast by NOS.