Saioa Hernández
Soprano
Saioa Hernández has recently excelled in the international operatic circuit as a new opera star since her debut in the opening season at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Odabella (Giuseppe Verdi’s Attila) the prestigious December 7th conducted by Maestro Riccardo Chailly and stage director Davide Livermore, international live broadcast on cinemas and world TV’s, with a great success.
Last years she has performed in several important theaters such as Gran Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona, Melbourne Recital Center, the Opera National du Rhin, Teatro Massimo di Catania, Grand Theater de Genéve, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Regio di Parma, Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, also in Asia with the Korean National Opera, at the Seoul Arts Center and The Muscat ROH directed by great conductors such as Chailly, López Cobos, Noseda, Oren, Garcia Calvo, Ciampa, Severini, Sagripanti, Callegari, Carella, among others.
She played roles such as Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier, Suor Angelica, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Giorgetta and Nedda, Wally, Aida, Francesca da Rimini, and also bel canto roles such as Norma, Imogene, Zaira, Violetta, Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda, Leonora from Il Trovatore, Amelia from Un Ballo In Maschera, Luisa Miller, Mathilde from Guillaume Tell.
She debuted the role of La Gioconda conducted by M. Daniele Callegari, this performance was broadcast in prime time on RAI 5 and was a great success of public and critic.
Also as Gioconda, she has made her recent debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona with M. Garcia-Calvo and stage director Pier Luigi Pizzi, and has been international live broadcast on cinemas.
Her debut as Zaira by Vincenzo Bellini at the 2012 Martina Franca Festival was live recorded on CD by Bongiovanni Records.
She recently debuted at the London Royal Opera House, conducted by M. Daniel Oren and performing among great tenor Roberto Alagna as Maddalena di Coigny, then she debuted in Germany as Abigaille (Nabucco) at the Dresden Semperoper. She even debuted at the Arena in Verona as Tosca and Aida, under the baton of M Oren, and as Lady Macbeth at Macerata Opera Festival, conducted by M° Ciampa and directed by Emma Dante.
Now she’s singing as Abigaille (Nabucco) at Teatro Regio in Parma.
Among her future engagements: Tosca in Berlin, Nabucco in Geneve, Turandot and Medee in Madrid, Macbeth in Munich.
Saioa Hernández has received numerous first prizes in international competitions including Manuel Ausensi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona in 2009, Vincenzo Bellini in Puteaux (France) 2010, and Jaume Aragall in Barcelona 2010, and she was winner as Best Female Voice of the Year on 2016 in Spain.
She studied with Santiago Calderón, Vincenzo Scalera, Renata Scotto and Montserrat Caballé and she actually studies with tenor Francesco Pio Galasso.