Serena Sáenz

Soprano

Biography

Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz has been praised for her “musicality, good taste in ornamentation and luminous high notes with a good arsenal of bel canto resources” (Scherzo).

She received three awards at Operalia 2022 in Riga: Second Prize in the Plácido Domingo World Opera Competition, the Pepita Embil Zarzuela Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize. Sáenz, despite her youth, is a frequent guest at many of the world’s most renowned opera houses.

In 2021 she won the First Prize and the Audience Award at the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition, the first Spaniard to win these awards. She also received multiple awards at the Paris Opera Competition, as well as at the Francesc Viñas International Competition.

Opera Actual 2023 Award to the most promising young artist and Opera XXI Award to the best young singer, that same year.

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
Simone Samuel
Managerial Assistant

+49 30 166359858

News

Kathryn Lewek, Serena Sáenz: The Magic Flute in Berlin

Serena Sáenz and Kathryn Lewek return to the Berlin State Opera with Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Serena Sáenz as Pamina and Kathryn Lewek as Queen of the Night can be heard in Avgust Everding’s production conducted by Eva Ollikainen on November 14, 16 and 21, and Sáenz additionally on December 3.
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Serena Sáenz: House debut as Lucia di Lammermoor at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Soprano Serena Sáenz makes her highly anticipated house debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing the role of Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on October 31 and November 5, 2024. The production, directed by Filippo Sanjust, features Ivan Repušić conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin. This debut marks Sáenz's first appearance on the Deutsche Oper Berlin stage in one of the most demanding roles of the bel canto repertoire.
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Serena Sáenz: Ariadne auf Naxos in Auditorio de Tenerife

Serena Sáenz makes her house debut at Auditorio de Tenerife in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos" on October 15, 17 and 19 performing the role of Zerbinetta. The production features the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife under the musical direction of Diego Martin-Etxebarria. This opera, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, combines elements of meta-theatre and commedia dell'arte in a prologue and one act.
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Calendar

03
Dec 2024
Berlin  -  The Magic Flute
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
13
Dec 2024
Vienna -  The Tales of Hoffmann
Wiener Staatsoper | Main Stage
16
Dec 2024
Vienna -  The Tales of Hoffmann
Wiener Staatsoper | Großer Saal
19
Dec 2024
Vienna -  The Tales of Hoffmann
Wiener Staatsoper | Großer Saal
22
Dec 2024
Vienna -  The Tales of Hoffmann
Wiener Staatsoper | Großer Saal

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