Serena Sáenz

Biography

The young Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz, praised by the press for her “musicality and radiant high notes” (Scherzo), has established herself within just a few years as one of the most versatile artists of her generation. 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 2026/27 season, Serena Sáenz makes her role debut as Ophélie in Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet at the Auditorio de Tenerife and debuts as Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. She also appears at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Francina in Cançó d’amor i de guerra and as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. She returns to the Vienna State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and appears as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. On the concert stage, Sáenz performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 under Alondra de la Parra at the Festival de San Lorenzo de El Escorial as well as Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Auditorio de Tenerife. She joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra for a tour featuring Beethoven’s Fidelio and Symphony No. 9, with performances in Caracas followed by Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. Further highlights include Mozart concert arias with the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, concerts with the Philharmonic Ensemble in Seville and Madrid, and a Baroque programme with Vespres d’Arnadí in Girona. During the Christmas season, she joins Daniel Hope for the festive programme Winter Fairytale: Stories and Songs at Christmas Time at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, in Stuttgart, and in Elmau. She also appears in Carmina Burana at Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana.