Serena Sáenz

Soprano

Biography

The young Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz has established herself within just a few years as one of the most versatile artists of her generation and is praised by the press for her “musicality and radiant high notes” (Scherzo). Since her triple success at the prestigious Operalia Competition 2022 in Riga, she has been a regular guest at leading opera houses worldwide.

In the 2025/26 season, Serena Sáenz makes her staged debut as Konstanze in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Vienna State Opera, and appears for the first time as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. With the Bavarian State Opera, she gives her eagerly awaited role debut as Gilda in a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. She also debuts as Aminta in Strauss’s Die schweigsame Frau at the Staatsoper Berlin under Christian Thielemann and as Susanna in Barrie Kosky’s production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Vienna State Opera. She returns to the Staatsoper Berlin as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos  and to the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff. On the concert stage, Sáenz is heard as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid at the Auditorio Nacional, and performs baroque programs with Vespres d’Arnadí in Valencia and Oviedo.

Contact

Judith Neuhoff
Managing Director

+49 30 166359850
Francesca Condeluci
Associate Director, North America

+1 917 349 1443
Liliia Salpeter
Artist Manager

+49 30 166359856
Maria Dyakonova
Associate Artist Manager

+49 30 166359853

News

Serena Sáenz: The Best of La Traviata at Tivoli

Serena Sáenz can be seen as Violetta in a concert performance of excerpts from La Traviata at Copenhagen's Tivoli. Together with the Tivoli Copenhagen Phil, tenor Leonardo Capalbo and baritone Mattia Olivieri, she presents the best moments of Verdi's masterpiece. Henrik Schaefer conducts. The event takes place on August 21, 2025.
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Serena Sáenz: Concert as part of the Festival de Torroella de Montgrí

Serena Sáenz appears at the Festival de Torroella de Montgrí on August 14, 2025. Together with the L'Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, she performs works by Granados, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Braunfels, Offenbach, Mozart, Donizetti, and Verdi. Óliver Díaz conducts.
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Serena Saenz: World premiere at Gran Theatre del Liceu

Soprano Serena Sáenz joins the cast of Benjamin a Portbou, a new opera commissioned by Gran Teatre del Liceu and composed by maestro Antoni Ros-Marbà. Sáenz sings the role of the symbolic Angelus Novus in this highly anticipated world premiere. The semi-staged production explores themes of exile and light, with Antoni Ros-Marbà himself conducting at nearly 90 years old. Performances are scheduled at the Liceu on July 19 and 21.
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Calendar

22
Nov 2025
Barcelona -  L’elisir d’amore
Gran Teatre del Liceu
25
Nov 2025
Barcelona -  L’elisir d’amore
Gran Teatre del Liceu
28
Nov 2025
Barcelona -  L’elisir d’amore
Gran Teatre del Liceu
22
Dec 2025
Madrid -  Beethoven Symphony No. 9
National Music Auditorium

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