As an opera singer Marion van den Akker sang Dido (Purcell: Dido and Aeneas), Carmen (Bizet: Carmen) Dorabella (Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte) Emilia (Verdi :Otello) Fjodor (Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov) Laura (Ponchielli : La Gioconda) Orlofsky (Joh.Strauss: Die Fledermaus) Nefertite (Philip Glass: Achnaton) The Mezzo (Claude Vivier: Kopernikus) Laura (Tschaikofsky: Iolante) Lola (Mascagni: Cavaleria Rusticana) Mercedes (Bizet: Carmen) Cherubino (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro) L’Enfant (Ravel: L’Enfant et les sortilèges) Monnica (Dragstra: Marthe) Jeanne d’Arc (Ansink: Ni Dieu ni Diable solo opera) Mary (Candeal: Life of Mary) 3rd Nimph (Dvorak: Rusalka) and Rosina (Paisiello: Barbier), produced by a.o. The Dutch Opera, The Flemish Opera, The Dutch Touring Opera, The Opera of Giessen,the OperaFestival Stia/ Florence (Italy) and the Bamboo Organ Festival on the Philippines

As a soloïst Marion worked with Gennadi Rozjdestvensky, Henry Lewis, Jean Fournet, Hartmut Haenchen, Edo de Waart, Yakov Kreizberg, Hans Vonk, Reinbert de Leeuw, Marc Soustrot, Claus Peter Flor, Kenneth Montgommery, Aldo Ceccato, G. Pehlivanian, Muhai Tang and Marc Foster. In the large orchestral repertoire her favorites are the Mahler lieder but she also sang the great oratorios and masses such as the Verdi Requiem performed at Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Stabat Mater by Rossini and Dvorak both performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Missa Solemnis by Beethoven under Marc Soustros, the 9th of Beethoven under Claus Peter Flor also performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. And ofcourse the Passions by Bach are sang by her many times.

As chambermusic performer Marion toured with the Allegri String Quartet, the Raphaël Quartet, the Ravel Quartet and the Ebony Band singing works by Brahms, Schubert, Chausson, Respighi and Schönberg. She gave lieder recitals in more than 9 languages in Amsterdam, London,Toronto, Curacao, New Delhi, Casablanca, Athens, Lugano, Manilla and Florence. Performed Contemporary works Sequenza for voice, Luciano Berio Kopernikus Opera, Claude Vivier Anne Frank Cantate, Hans Kox Emerson songs, Sebastian Huydts (written for Marion van den Akker)Songs Op. 22, Arnold Schönberg Marthe Opera, Willem Dragstra Jeanne d’Arc SoloOpera, C. Ansink (written for Marion van den Akker) I Go air, Willem Jeths (written for Marion van den Akker) Cante Gonde, Jaques Lambrechts Galgenlieder, Sofia Gubaidulina Marion van den Akker made CD recordings with Lieder of Brahms, Schumann, Liszt and Bartok with pianist Rian de Waal, available via this website. With Orchestra she made a recording of Moussorgsky’s “Without sun” available at NM Classics, the Netherlands, tel+31 35-6244808. Marion van den Akker started professional singing at 16 and studied in Amsterdam. She attended masterclasses by Nicolai Gedda, Brigitte Fassbaender, Italo Tajo and Josephine Veasey.