Zanda Švēde
Latvian mezzo-soprano, Zanda Švēde begins her second season with the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt where roles this season include Zenobia Radamisto, Sonyetka Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the title role Carmen and Forester’s wife / Owl Cunning Little Vixen. In her native Lativa, she performs Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with Sinfonietta Riga and travels to USA to bring further performances of her Carmen to Pittsburgh Opera. In the UK she joins Royal Scottish National Orchestra for performances of Verdi Requiem conducted by Thomas Søndergård.
“…the finale of Jules Massenet’s Cléopâtre, the exceptional mezzo Zanda Švede embracing the fatal kiss of the viper with a superb vocal and dramatic performance.”
San Francisco Classical Voice, Janos Gereben, 5 December 2016
“Švēde, who was the lead on the day I saw ‘Carmen,’ almost vibrates in her intensity, her honeyed mezzo-soprano lithely moving back and forth between alluring and penetrative.”
The UW Daily, Blake Peterson, May 2019
| BERLIOZ | Les Troyans (Anna) |
|---|---|
| BIZET | Carmen (title) |
| DONIZETTI | Lucia di Lammermoor (Alisa) |
| HANDEL | Serse (title)
Giulio Cesare (Cornelia)* |
| JANACEK | Jenůfa (Rychtárka) |
| MASSENET | Cleopatre (title) |
| MOZART | Die Zauberflöte (Dame) |
| PUCCINI | Madama Butterfly (Suzuki) |
| ROSSINI | La Cenerentola (Tisbe) |
| SAINT-SAENS | Samson et Dalila (Dalila)* |
| STRAUSS | Ariadne auf Naxos (Dryade) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Eugene Onegin (Olga)
Queen of Spades (Polina) |
| VERDI | Rigoletto (Maddalena)
Luisa Miller (Federica) |
| WAGNER | Die Walküre (Grimgerde) |
| BACH | Weihnachts Oratorium
Matthaus Passion |
|---|---|
| BEETHOVEN | Symphony 9 |
| HANDEL | Messiah |
| MAHLER | Symphony No.2
Symphony No.3 |
| MENDELSSOHN | Elijah |
| MOZART | Requiem |
| PERGOLESI | Stabat Mater |
| VIVALDI | Gloria |
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