Lucas van Lierop was born to sing and began his musical journey as a boy soprano with the Vancouver Bach Children’s Choir, later joining the prestigious Dutch National Opera Studio under the mentorship of Rosemary Joshua. 

Now establishing himself as a versatile and dynamic artist, he has string of major productions across Europe this season, making debuts at the Salzburg Festival in Capriccio under the baton of Christian Thielemann and at Theater Basel, as Pong (Turandot) in Christoph Loy’s anticipated new staging. He returns to the Dutch National Opera as Bob Bowles (Peter Grimes) in Barbora Horáková’s new production led by Lorenzo Viotti.

A frequent guest at the Dutch National Opera, Lucas has recently appeared as Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) in Simon McBurney’s world-famous staging under Riccardo Minasi, and as Pong (Turanot) in Barrie Kosky’s production. Establishing his repertoire there has also included Spoletta (Tosca), Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Ein Wirt (Der Rosenkavalier), and Der Schneider in Christoph Loy’s Königskinder, alongside creating the role of Man Ray in Willem Jeths’ Ritratto.