Maria Riccarda Wesseling has institutional leadership experience, including responsibility for the overall budget, personnel, and production, gained during her tenure as artistic director of the Dutch National Opera Academy
From 2015 to 2018 Maria Riccarda Wesseling was the artistic director of the Dutch National Opera Academy DNOA in Amsterdam and The Hague. A program which is shaped to launch sustainable careers for highly talented young singers in opera.
Her areas of expertise were:
Under her guidance the DNOA performed:
Mozart: Don Giovanni
sd: Sybrand van der Werf - md: Huba Hollokoi
Hanna Kulenty: The mother of blackwinged dreams
sd: Javier Lopez Pinon - md: Clark Rundell
Massenet: Cendrillon
sd: Caitlin van der Maas - md: Walter Althammer
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
sd: David Prins - md: Anthony Hermus
Britten: The rape of Lucretia
sd: Maria Riccarda Wesseling - md: Karel Deseure
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
sd: Daniel van Klaveren - md: Bas Wiegers
as well as chamber versions of La Rondine, La Bohème and Carmen
For these productions she sought the regular collaboration with professional orchestras such as the Residentie Orkest and the NJO.
Maria Riccarda Wesseling also works as a mentor, career coach and voice teacher for professional singers, both in masterclasses and private lessons.
She is regularly invited to give international vocal masterclasses and is specialized equally in Lied and opera.
She has a voice studio in Graubünden, Switzerland
