{"id":1461,"date":"2022-06-01T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:21:38","slug":"serena-saenz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/artists\/soprano\/serena-saenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena S\u00e1enz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The young Spanish soprano Serena S\u00e1enz, praised by the press for her \u201cmusicality and radiant high notes\u201d (Scherzo<\/em>), 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.<\/p>\n

In the 2026\/27 season, Serena S\u00e1enz makes her role debut as Oph\u00e9lie in Ambroise Thomas\u2019 Hamlet<\/em><\/strong> at the Auditorio de Tenerife and debuts as Musetta in Puccini\u2019s La boh\u00e8me<\/em><\/strong> at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. She also appears at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Francina in Can\u00e7\u00f3 d’amor i de guerra<\/em><\/strong> and as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/strong>. She returns to the Vienna State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em><\/strong> and appears as Adina in Donizetti\u2019s L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em><\/strong> with Munich\u2019s Bavarian State Opera. On the concert stage, S\u00e1enz performs Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2 <\/em><\/strong>under Alondra de la Parra at the Festival de San Lorenzo de El Escorial as well as Brahms\u2019 Ein deutsches Requiem<\/em><\/strong> at the Auditorio de Tenerife. She joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Orchestra for a tour featuring Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio<\/em><\/strong> and Symphony No. 9<\/em><\/strong>, with performances in Caracas followed by Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. Further highlights include Mozart concert arias with the S\u00f8nderjyllands Symfoniorkester, concerts with the Philharmonic Ensemble in Seville and Madrid, and a Baroque programme with Vespres d\u2019Arnad\u00ed in Girona. During the Christmas season, she joins Daniel Hope for the festive programme Winter Fairytale: Stories and Songs at Christmas Time<\/em> at Hamburg\u2019s Elbphilharmonie, in Stuttgart, and in Elmau. She also appears in Carmina Burana<\/em><\/strong> at Barcelona\u2019s Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana.<\/p>\n

Despite her youth, Serena S\u00e1enz has already appeared in leading roles at many of the world\u2019s top theaters. At the Staatsoper Berlin, where she was a member of the Opera Studio, she sang Pamina (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/strong>), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em><\/strong>), Zerlina (Don Giovanni<\/em><\/strong>), Nannetta (Falstaff<\/em><\/strong>) and Olympia (Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann)<\/em><\/strong>. With the Vienna State Opera, she debuted the roles of Konstanze (Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em><\/strong>) and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/strong>) and has been heard as Zerbinetta, the Queen of the Night, Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi<\/em><\/strong>) and in the double role of Olympia\/Giulietta in Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em><\/strong>. At the Bavarian State Opera, she made her role debut as Gilda (Rigoletto<\/em><\/strong>) and Marie (La fille du r\u00e9giment<\/em><\/strong>), following her company debut in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em><\/strong>. At the Gran Teatre del Liceu, where her career began, she has sung Nannetta, Lucia, Pamina, Adina, Norina (Don Pasquale<\/em><\/strong>), and the role of Angelus Novus in the world premiere of Antoni Ros-Marb\u00e0\u2019s Benjamin a Portbou<\/em><\/strong>. Further highlights include appearances at Teatro Real de Madrid (Lisa in La sonnambula<\/em><\/strong>), at the Teatro de la Zarzuela (Marola in La tabernera del puerto<\/em><\/strong>), at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em><\/strong>, at Palau de les Arts Reina Sof\u00eda in Valencia (Pamina), at Teatro Regio di Torino (the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/strong>), as well as at the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Royal Danish Opera as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em><\/strong>). In 2023 she made her U.S. debut at Festival Napa Valley as Norina in Don Pasquale<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a sought-after concert soloist, Serena S\u00e1enz has appeared worldwide alongside renowned artists such as Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, El\u012bna Garan\u010da, Rolando Villaz\u00f3n and Daniel Hope. She made her debut at La Scala in Milan in concert performances of Luigi Nono’s Como una ola de fuerza y luz<\/em><\/strong> and appeared at Salzburg\u2019s Mozart Week in Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor<\/em> <\/strong>and Salieri’s Prima la musica e poi le parole<\/em><\/strong>. Further highlights include her debut at the Salzburg Festival as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor<\/em><\/strong> with Camerata Salzburg under Thomas Hengelbrock, the international gala The New Divas: Live in Vienna<\/em><\/strong> (recorded for PBS), gala concerts in Barcelona, and recital appearances with guitarist Pablo S\u00e1inz Villegas at venues including the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana, Ithra in Saudi Arabia, and the National Theater of Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n

In 2025 Serena S\u00e1enz released her debut album BIRDS<\/strong> (EuroArts), recorded with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra \u2013 a lyrical coloratura programme inspired by the fascinating world of songbirds.<\/p>\n

Serena S\u00e1enz won first prize and the Audience Award at the Montserrat Caball\u00e9 International Singing Competition in 2021 and received several distinctions at both the Paris Opera Competition and the Francisco Vi\u00f1as Competition in Barcelona. In 2023 she was honoured with the Opera Actual Award as Most Promising Young Artist and the Opera XXI Award as Best Young Singer.<\/p>\n

Born in Barcelona, she made her debut at the age of 13 as a soloist in Hans Kr\u00e1sa\u2019s children’s opera Brundib\u00e1r<\/em><\/strong> at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. She studied initially with Prof. Anna Ollet, and later at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu with Prof. Dolors Aldea and Prof. Eduard Gim\u00e9nez, supported by two merit scholarships. She completed her Master’s and Konzertexamen degrees at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Prof. Anna Samuil. Alongside her vocal training she studied ballet and modern dance and holds a professional qualification as a fitness and nutrition coach.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The young Spanish soprano Serena S\u00e1enz, praised by the press for her \u201cmusicality and radiant high notes\u201d (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.<\/p>\n

In the 2026\/27 season, Serena S\u00e1enz makes her role debut as Oph\u00e9lie in Ambroise Thomas\u2019 Hamlet at the Auditorio de Tenerife and debuts as Musetta in Puccini\u2019s La boh\u00e8me at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. She also appears at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Francina in Can\u00e7\u00f3 d’amor i de guerra and as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te. She returns to the Vienna State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and appears as Adina in Donizetti\u2019s L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore with Munich\u2019s Bavarian State Opera. On the concert stage, S\u00e1enz performs Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2 under Alondra de la Parra at the Festival de San Lorenzo de El Escorial as well as Brahms\u2019 Ein deutsches Requiem at the Auditorio de Tenerife. She joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Orchestra for a tour featuring Beethoven\u2019s 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 S\u00f8nderjyllands Symfoniorkester, concerts with the Philharmonic Ensemble in Seville and Madrid, and a Baroque programme with Vespres d\u2019Arnad\u00ed in Girona. During the Christmas season, she joins Daniel Hope for the festive programme Winter Fairytale: Stories and Songs at Christmas Time at Hamburg\u2019s Elbphilharmonie, in Stuttgart, and in Elmau. She also appears in Carmina Burana at Barcelona\u2019s Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soprano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13152,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions\/13152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}