Selene Zanetti

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Selene Zanetti while signing, Jan. 2020

Selene Zanetti (* 1989 in Vicenza ) is an Italian opera singer (soprano).

biography

Training and first appearances

Selene Zanetti received piano lessons from the age of four and continued them until, at the age of 15, due to a complicated armbreak, she had to take a longer forced break and bridged this with vocal studies. After graduating from school, she studied at the “C. Pollini ”in Padua with Cosetta Tosetti Singing. She graduated with honors and then took part in master classes with Raina Kabaivanska from 2015 . After receiving a scholarship, she continued her studies with this artist in Modena. Master classes with Katia Ricciarelli and Paolo Vaglieri complemented her training. She gained her first stage experience in the title role of Suor Angelica at the Teatro Comunale in Cagli. In September 2016 she took part in the Pafos Aphrodite Festival in Cyprus as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni .

Development as an opera singer

Selene Zanetti has belonged to the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera since the 2016/17 season and has been a member of the ensemble there since the 2018/19 season. In March 2017 she worked as Magda Sorel in the opera studio production of Menotti's opera Der Konsul . She made her debut at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in March 2018 as Mimi in La Bohème . As Marie in the premiere cast of the Bartered Bride , newly staged in German at the Bavarian State Opera , she won over the audience and reviewers in December 2018. She made her debut at the Staatstheater Stuttgart in December 2019 as a substitute in the role of Mimì in La Bohème .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in role Venue
Suor Angelica ( Il Trittico ) Teatro Comunale, Cagli
2016-09 Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni ) Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus
2017-03 Magda Sorel ( The Consul ) Bavarian State Opera, Cuvilliés Theater
2018-01 Berta ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ) Bavarian State Opera
2018-03 Mimi ( La Bohème )
  • Teatro la Fenice, Venice
  • State Theater Stuttgart (Dec. 2019)
  • Bavarian State Opera (Dec. 2019)
2018-12 Marie ( The Bartered Bride ) Bavarian State Opera
2019-02 Giannetta ( L'elisir d'amore ) Bavarian State Opera
2019-10 Amelia Grimaldi ( Simon Boccanegra ) City Theater Klagenfurt
2020-01 Liù ( Turandot ) Bavarian State Opera

Prizes and awards

  • 1st prize at the 3rd Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico “Giovan Battista Rubini”, (2016)
  • 2nd prize and prize for the best Verdi interpreter at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition, Barcelona 2016
  • International media award at the 35th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition , Cape Town 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Young Classic Europe - Italian canzones and opera arias (concert announcement with short portraits of the artists). In: Passau live. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018 ; accessed on March 11, 2018 .
  2. ^ Intervista al Soprano Selene Zanetti: un'italiana alla Bavarian State Opera di Monaco di Baviera. In: MuatyLand. August 22, 2018, accessed August 22, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Selene Zanetti, Italy (soprano). Raina Kabaivanska, accessed March 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b 18th Pafos Aphrodite Festival: Don Giovanni. Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, accessed March 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Selene Zanetti (short biography and performance history). Bavarian State Opera, accessed March 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Franziska Stürz: No ship for drowning people. BR Klassik, March 29, 2017, accessed March 11, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème. Schedule of the Teatro La Fenice, accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b Christa Sigg: Love test on the dung heap. In: Schwäbische Zeitung. December 23, 2018, accessed December 23, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Markus Thiel: "The Bartered Bride" at the Bavarian State Opera: bitch from the province. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 24, 2018, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Karl Harb: "The Bartered Bride": far more than a play opera. In: Salzburger Nachrichten. January 4, 2019, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b Udo Klebes: STUTTGART: LA BOHÈME - with the ideal step in. In: Online marker. December 13, 2019, accessed December 14, 2019 .
  12. ^ Gisela Schmöger: MUNICH / Bavarian State Opera: LA BOHÈME. In: Online marker. December 19, 2019, accessed December 29, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Simon Boccanegra. Stadttheater Klagenfurt, accessed on November 3, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Henrik Oerding: Review - "Turandot" with Anna Netrebko at the Bavarian State Opera: Long wait for the star. BR Klassik, January 29, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
  15. ^ Romano di Lombardia - Finale del III Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico “Giovan Battista Rubini”. In: OperaClick. April 30, 2016, accessed December 25, 2018 (Italian).
  16. ↑ Selene Zanetti, SOPRANO, Italy, International Media Prize Winner. Video document on YouTube, July 6, 2016, accessed March 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Zanetti, Selene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Vicenza