Zofia Hanna - Mezzo-Soprano

 

Mezzo-Soprano Zofia Hanna, winner of the 3rd International “Toscanini” Competition in Brescia, studied at the Royal Conservatory of Flanders in Antwerp and the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

She is an alumna of the Dutch National Opera Academy, where she sung roles including DONNA ELVIRA Don Giovanni, the title role of Massenet’s CENDRILLON, the lead role CLARA in The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams by Hanna Kulenty and GERTRUD Hänsel und Gretel. She sang CHERUBINO, DORABELLA, and Massenet’s CHARLOTTE in concert at the Concertgebouw and with Dutch National Opera, where she was also invited to sing the role of MADRIGALIST in Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

At Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Zofia recently performed BLUMENMÄDCHEN in Parsifal, a revival which was awarded best production by Opernwelt and WOOD SPRITE in their new production of Rusalka. She performed MERCEDES Carmen around Belgium and the Netherlands as well as LADY MACBETH in a new children's version of Verdi’s Macbeth by Mathias Coppens for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. She joined the Alvarez Young Artist program at Garsington Opera in 2019 where she worked with conductors Jac van Steen, Justin Doyle, Laurence Cummings and directors Paul Curran and Martin Duncan.

Further engagements have been MARTHE, SCHULD and MARIA in Schumann's Faust under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, ALISA Lucia di Lammermoor, FLORA La Traviata, LA FRUGOLA in Il Tabarro for Instant Opera and she toured Europe with Vake Poes, a theatre work by Lisaboa Houbrechts, singing arias from Bach’s Johannes- and Mattheus Passions for La Geste & Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.

Most recently, Zofia sang KAROLKA in Janacek’s Jenufa for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, receiving great critical acclaim in the international press, and she was a finalist for the 2024 Wagner Competition - Carole Rees Awards in London.