Serena Sáenz
The young Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz 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 performing regularly at leading opera houses worldwide.
In the 2025/26 season, she makes her staged debut as Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at the Vienna State Opera and appears for the first time as Adina (L’elisir d’amore) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. At the Bavarian State Opera, she makes her eagerly awaited role debut as Gilda in a new production of Rigoletto. She also debuts as Aminta in Die schweigsame Frau at the Berlin State Opera under Christian Thielemann, and as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Vienna State Opera. Further engagements include Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Berlin State Opera and Nannetta in Falstaff at the Liceu.
In concert, she performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid at the Auditorio Nacional and presents Baroque programmes with Vespres d’Arnadí in Valencia and Oviedo. Despite her young age, she has already appeared at numerous renowned venues: at the Staatsoper Berlin, where she was a member of the Opera Studio, she sang roles such as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Zerbinetta, Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and Nannetta; at the Vienna State Opera, Zerbinetta, Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and the double role Olympia/Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffmann); at the Bavarian State Opera, Marie in La fille du régiment and Lucia di Lammermoor; at the Liceu, where her career began, Lucia, Pamina, Norina (Don Pasquale), and Angelus Novus in the world premiere of Antoni Ros-Marbà’s Benjamin a Portbou.
Further highlights include appearances at the Teatro Real Madrid (Lisa in La Sonnambula), the Teatro de la Zarzuela (Marola in La tabernera del puerto), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Lucia), the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia (Pamina), the Teatro Regio in Turin (Queen of the Night), as well as the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Royal Danish Opera as Zerbinetta. In 2023, she made her U.S. debut at the Festival Napa Valley as Norina.
In 2024, she made her debut at La Scala, Milan, in concert performances of Luigi Nono’s Como una ola de fuerza y luz and at the Salzburg Mozart Week in Der Schauspieldirektor and Salieri’s Prima la musica poi le parole. Other highlights include an open-air gala concert in Sant Sebastià (Barcelona) and an appearance at the international gala The New Divas: Live in Vienna at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
She regularly performs in recital with guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas, including appearances at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Ithra in Saudi Arabia, and the National Theatre of Santo Domingo. In 2025, Serena Sáenz released her debut album BIRDS (EuroArts) with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra – a lyrical coloratura programme inspired by the fascinating world of songbirds.
Born in Barcelona, she made her debut at the age of 13 as a soloist in Hans Krása’s children’s opera Brundibár at the Liceu. Alongside her vocal studies, she trained in ballet and modern dance and holds a professional qualification as a fitness and nutrition coach.
Performances with Serena Sáenz
with Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Katharina Pichler, Florina Ilie, Nina Siewert, Ante Jerkunica, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Lukas Schmidt, Ludwig Blochberger, Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Cast on Sunday 12. October 2025
with Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Katharina Pichler, Florina Ilie, Nina Siewert, Ante Jerkunica, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Lukas Schmidt, Ludwig Blochberger, Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Cast on Wednesday 15. October 2025
with Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Katharina Pichler, Florina Ilie, Nina Siewert, Ante Jerkunica, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Lukas Schmidt, Ludwig Blochberger, Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Cast on Friday 17. October 2025
with Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Katharina Pichler, Florina Ilie, Nina Siewert, Ante Jerkunica, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Lukas Schmidt, Ludwig Blochberger, Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Cast on Tuesday 21. October 2025
Zyklus »Mozart«
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Die Opern Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts zählen gleichermaßen zu den tragenden Säulen wie zu den Kronjuwelen des Repertoires der Wiener Staatsoper. Dieser Zyklus bringt neben einer Neuproduktion des Regiemeisters Jan Lauwers (La Clemenza di Tito) auch Die Zauberflöte, die die Regisseurin Barbora Horáková im Jänner 2025 mit großem Erfolg herausbrachte: ein magisches, faszinierendes und vielschichtiges Theatererlebnis! Dazu gibt es die inzwischen schon legendäre Entführungs-Inszenierung von Hans Neuenfels!
with Marcus Bluhm, Serena Sáenz, Katharina Pichler, Florina Ilie, Nina Siewert, Ante Jerkunica, Andreas Grötzinger, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Christian Natter, Lukas Schmidt, Ludwig Blochberger, Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Cast on Friday 24. October 2025
Abo 7
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 24. Oktober 2025 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| 16. Jänner 2026 | Idomeneo |
| 13. März 2026 | Don Pasquale |
| 10. April 2026 | Visionary Dances (Ballett) |
| 12. Juni 2026 | Animal Farm |
with Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Adam Fischer
Le nozze di Figaro
Cast on Sunday 18. January 2026
Abo 23
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 26. Oktober 2025 | Kallirhoe (Ballett) |
| 23. November 2025 | Dialogues des Carmélites |
| 18. Jänner 2026 | Le nozze di Figaro |
| 01. März 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 31. Mai 2026 | Eugen Onegin |
with Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Adam Fischer
Le nozze di Figaro
Cast on Tuesday 20. January 2026
with Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Adam Fischer
Le nozze di Figaro
Cast on Saturday 24. January 2026
with Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Adam Fischer
Le nozze di Figaro
Cast on Monday 26. January 2026
Zyklus »Da Ponte«
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Die gemeinsamen Opern des Komponisten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart und des Librettisten Lorenzo Da Ponte zählen zu den seltenen Ausnahmefällen einer kongenialen künstlerischen Zusammenarbeit. Wort und Musik – ideal aufeinander bezogen, man erlebt sprachliche wie musikalische Meisterwerke. In diesem Zyklus – alle drei Abende hat Barrie Kosky inszeniert – sind diese drei Geniestreiche nun vereint.
with Huw Montague Rendall, Adriana Gonzalez, Serena Sáenz, Riccardo Fassi, Patricia Nolz, Conductor: Adam Fischer
Le nozze di Figaro
Cast on Wednesday 28. January 2026