Steven van der Linden

Dutch tenor Steven van der Linden studied at the School of Music in Berlin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He joined Dutch National Opera Studio in September 2024. He made his debut on the main stage as Missail/Boyar in Boris Godunov. In spring 2025, he performed the roles of Lucano, Soldato and Famigliare in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Nederlandse Reisopera as part of his training programme at Dutch National Opera Studio. Later that year, he sang the role of Five in Philip Venables’ We Are The Lucky Ones at the Ruhrtriennale in Bochum and took on the role of Prins Nicola / Heggenschaarhuzaar in Operetta Land by theater-maker Steef de Jong. During the Opera Forward Festival of 2026, he sang the role of Gerald in Philip Glass' Les enfants terribles, a co-production bij Dutch National Opera, Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera.