Dutch mezzosoprano Olivia Vermeulen has established herself in recent years as a versatile soloist of international standing. Having celebrated her début at the Opéra National de Paris in 2019 performing the lead role of Abel in a Romeo Castellucci landmark production of Scarlatti's Il primo omicidio conducted by René Jacobs, Ms. Vermeulen returned to the Berlin Staatsoper, where in 2016 she had made her tumultuously celebrated début in the lead role of Turno in Steffani's Amor vien dal destino. Her exciting new solo CD, Dirty Minds, with pianist Jan Philip Schulze, was released by Challenge Records, including a release concert at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 2020. Upcoming projects of the 2020-21 season comprise her highly-awaited debut as Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Zurich Opera House.