Soprano
Aitana Sanz

Reviews
On Stage


  BIOGRAPHY  

 

Recently, the young Spanish Rising Star enjoyed several international successes, such as ISMENE in “Mitridate” at the Opéra de Lausanne, THE VOICE OF THE FALCON in “Die Frau ohne Schatten” at the Dutch Opera Amsterdam, CLORINDA in “La Cenerentola” at the Bregenz Festival, GIANNETTA in “L'elisir d’amore” in Monte Carlo, as PAMINA in “Die Zauberflöte in Treviso and Rovigo or as SOPHIE in “Werther” at the Teatro Cervantes in Málaga.

Moreover, she sang in several solo recitals and Galas in Lausanne, Valencia and with the Gibraltar Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the MISSA SANCTA NR 1 von Carl Maria von Weber at the Bregenz Festival.
In 2025 she was awarded the First Prize of the K-Gagong Superstar Competition in Seoul as well as First Prize at the International Singing Contest CARRARA.

Aitana Sanz combined piano and vocal studies with the prestigious soprano Isabel Rey in her hometown Valencia. Later, absolved master studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under the direction of baritone Florian Boesch. She is now coached by the soprano Krassimira Stoyanova.

At the age of 19, she made her debut at the Pérez Galdós Theatre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with UNA VOCE DAL CIELO in Verdi’s “Don Carlo”. In 2022 she returned to the Pérez Galdós Theatre and made her debut in the role of OLYMPIA in “Les Contes d'Hoffmann” (a jump-in for the indisposed Jessica Pratt).

That same summer, she appeared as a member of the Accademia Rossiniana at the Rossini Opera Festival, where she made her successful Italian debut as CONTESSA DI FOLLEVILLE in “Il Viaggio a Reims”. Her debut in the United States followed as OSCAR in “Un Ballo in Maschera” in Maryland in November 2022.

Aitana has been a member of the Accademia del Maggio Fiorentino since 2022. There, she made her debut in 2023 as FRASQUITA in “Carmen” and as PAMINA in a production of “Die Zauberflöte” for children.
In the same year, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as LE FEU, LA PASTORELLE et LE ROSSIGNOL in “L'Enfant et Les sortilèges”, participating in the Young Singers Project. In 2024 she sang SOLVEIG in a concert version of Peer Gynt at the Maggio Fiorentino. Again at the Theatre Pérez Galdós she portrayed ELISETTA in “Il Matrimonio Segreto”.

The Spanish soprano has been honoured with numerous prizes, including First Prize at the International Giulio Neri Competition, 2nd prize at the Concorso Città Di Pienza, 3rd Prize at the International Alfredo Kraus Singing Competition, the Double Award in the Logroño Singing Competition, 3rd Prize and the ‘Voice of the Future’ Prize - the Prize for the Best Young Talent at the Otto Edelmann Singing Competition and many others.

She has already worked with conductors such as Yves Abel, Anna Handler, Andrea Licata, Nikolas Nägele, Zubin Mehta and Sesto Quatrini.

Future engagements will take her as OSCAR ot the Maó Opera, as ROSINA in Paisiello's “Barbiere di Siviglia” to La Maestranza de Sevilla and the Auditorio de Granada and as FRASQUITA in “Carmen” to the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia.

 

 
 
REVIEWS
 
Teatro Sociale Rovigo – Die Zauberflöte - PAMINA
The greatest praise was due to Hyun Jung Kim, a Tamino with a precise and melodious voice, and Aitana Sanz Pérez, who portrayed Pamina with verve and gave her a lively and captivating stage presence.
Sofia Theresa Bisi – Il Gazzettino
telpress.it
The highlight was Aitana Sanz Perez' Pamina, with a brilliant voice, a consistently legato vocal line and the ability to modulate a wide range of dynamic nuances, making her an extremely versatile performer.
Frederia Bressan – Le Salon Musical
lesalonmusical.it
Bregenzer Festspiele – La Cenerantola - CLORINDA
Sanz and Mittermüller performed the two stepsisters delightfully bitchy. Sanz intentionally decided not to let her brilliant soprano sound sweet.
Online Musik Magazin / Thomas Molke
omm.de
The sopranos Aitana Sanz and Anja Mttermüller admirably controlled the shrill tones in the thankless roles of Clorinda and Tisbe.
VOL
vol.at
Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam - Die Frau ohne Schatten - FALKE
Convincing in the other roles..…and Aitana Sanz as Falke with a crystal-clear intonation.
Das Opernglas / Juni 2025
Opera de Lausanne – Mitridate - ISMENE
With her precise and expressive singing, striking in her most engaged aria „In faccia all’oggetto“ the Spanish soprano Aitana Sanz as Ismene presented a perfectly musical performance. She precisely interpreted the emotional contrasts of the figure from the excitement about meeting Farnace onto the bitterness of her indifference. She effortlessly masteed Mozart‘s semi da capo.
Albert Garriga
operaactual.com
The role of Ismene is also crowned with success: With obvious talent for the expression of enamored confusion Aitana Sanz as the sweet and impishly Partian Highness sings the opening aria of the second act. In the following vocalisation she also sings with great grace and sensitivity. In So Quanto her song is liberating, in a beautiful balance between passionate traits and deep compassion. Finally, her marvelous „Tu sai per“ (III) seems to be marked by an angel-like gentleness, pervaded by burning sighs and elfish vocalisations
François Cavaillès
anaclase.com
Aitana Sanz as Ismene embodies purity and authencity with vocal freshness and stunning high notes.
Emmanuel Andrieu
classiquenews.com
Aitana Sanz portrays a charming and touching Ismene.
Laurent Bury
concertclassic.com
Aitana Sanz in the role of Ismene seduices with brilliance and flexibility in her voice.
Claudio Poloni
concertonet.com
Aitana Sanz has a youthful voice. In an authentic character role (she is the only one) she adds a beautiful flexibility and breath-taking high tones, which seem limitless, to the freshness of her timbre.
Charles Sigel
forumopera.com
Aitana Sanz’s Ismene is at the same time formal and lighthearted, childish and wise with a greatness of the soul, that she reveals after the betrayal of the man, who she thought was her lover. All carried by solid singing, expressing the different impulses of the rejected princess.
Elodie Martinez
opera-online.com.com
Also Aitana Sanz‘ Ismene convinced us
WEBTHEATRE
webtheatre.fr
The Spanish singer Aitana Sanz as Ismene has an impressing voice and can be viewed as the discovery of the evening. Her soprano voice is smooth and her acting skills are remarkable.
Online Merker
onlinemerker.com
Teatro Mario del Monaco in Treviso – Die Zauberflöte - PAMINA
Sanz simply is a young Pamina, both in her sympathetic character and in her fresh voice with an outspokenly enchanting rich timbre. She moves with a huge easiness and sings with self-confidence. Sometimes, there is a little unevenness in the high repertoire, but this is forgivable sin, being such a complex part and such a complex text, which she managed to sing without any errors or inconsistencies.
La Platea
laplatea.it
Bregenz Meisterklassen – Rigoletto - GILDA
Finally, the Spanish Aitana Sanz got endless cheers for her masterly performance of Gilda’s aria from Verdi’s „Rigoletto“ . One must have seen her entries which seem to come out of the blue and her secure coloraturas. They were simply phenomenal.
Anna Mika
krone.at
 
 
ON STAGE

Teatro Perez Galdós - Il matrimonio segreto - ELISETTA