Saioa Hernández (born 26 March 1983 in Madrid) is a Spanish operatic soprano.

Saioa Hernandez

Career

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Hernández studied singing with sopranos Renata Scotto and Montserrat Caballé, among others.[1] She began her career performing in zarzuela in Madrid [2] and then performed various roles with Spanish opera companies.[3] Saioa Hernández achieved international recognition when she performed the leading role of Odabella in Verdi's opera Attila conducted by Riccardo Chailly at the opening night of La Scala's season in Milan in 2018, a performance which was broadcast and televised worldwide.[4] She returned to La Scala in 2019 in the title role of Tosca, which she has also performed at the Verona Arena and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.[4] Other notable performances include the title role of La Gioconda at the Liceu, Barcelona, her debut at the Royal Opera House London in the role of Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier and Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco at the Semperoper Dresden [4] and at Verdi Festival in Parma.

Recording

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Bellini, Zaira, issued 2016. CD:Bongiovanni, Cat:GB2565/66

Notes

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  1. ^ "Saioa Hernández: "De Caballé no solo aprendí técnica; también me enseñó a afrontar esta vida"". Ópera Actual (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ "La ópera Cómica de Madrid". www.madridteatro.eu. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Compañía Ópera Romántica. Entrevista". www.madridteatro.net. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Staatsoper, Wiener. "Saioa Hernández". upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at.
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