Eline van Bruggen is a Dutch-Australian soprano currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland (UQ), majoring in Classical Vocal Performance, Linguistics, and Professional Writing & Communication, where she studies under the tutelage of Sarah Crane.
Eline has appeared frequently as a soloist with UQ Symphony Orchestra at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), featuring in Poulenc Gloria in 2025 and Mozart Requiem in 2024. She has recently been selected as a finalist in the UQ Concerto Competition and will perform Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 under the baton of Paul Dean in September.
On the operatic stage, Eline made her debut as Susanna in UQ School of Music’s 2024 production of The Marriage of Figaro and will revisit the role in Vienna as part of the International Mozart Opera Intensive. She looks forward to participating in The International Saxon Academy of Singers in Germany, where she will perform in The Magic Flute.
Eline has also toured with Opera Queensland to Longreach and Winton for the 2023, 2024 and 2026 Festivals of Outback Opera. Her operatic roles include Ciboletta (Eine Nacht in Venedig), Nanetta (Falstaff), Cunegonde (Candide), Frasquita (Carmen), Frau Silberklang (Der Schauspieldirektor), Clorinde (Cendrillon), Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segreto), and Poppea (L'incoronazione di Poppea).