Q & A: Sara-Maria Saalmann on Her Love of Singing & Managing a Successful Career in the Competitive World Of Opera

(Photo: Frank Wartenberg) Last December OperaWire reviewed an impressive production of Vivaldi’s “La Fida Ninfa” at the repertory theatre in Regensburg. In the central role of Morastro was the young German-Spanish soprano Sara-Maria Saalmann, whose performance was dramatically intense, but beautifully sung. Working for a repertory company often means a heavy and varied schedule, yet Saalmann is still keen to {…}

Dec 24, 2019

Regensburg 2019-20 Review: La Fida Ninfa

(Photo: J.Quast) Theater Regensburg’s new production of Vivaldi’s “La Fida Ninfa” was a bold, ambitious, and possibly even reckless, decision for a provincial opera company with a non-specialist baroque orchestra, and a group of singers who, with one or two exceptions, have limited experience in singing baroque opera. Yet, it is illustrative of the extent to which Vivaldi’s operas are {…}

Oct 28, 2019

Sara-Maria Saalmann To Receive The Bayerischer Kunstforderpreis

Soprano Sara-Maria Saalmann is set to be awarded the prestigious Bayerischer Kunstforderpreis 2019. The award-ceremony of the Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Kultur des Freistaates Bayern will take place Nov. 19, 2019 in the Cuvillies-Theater München. Saalmann was born in Valencia and grew up in Hamburg where she studied at the Conservatory Hamburg and went on to study at the {…}

Aug 27, 2018

Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2018 Review: Gli Amore d’Apollo e Dafne

One of the highlights of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival is the “Cesti Competion,” for singers specialising in the baroque repertoire. Now in its ninth year, one of the prizes on offer for the contestants who qualify for the final round is the opportunity to sing in an opera at the following year’s festival. It is presented as “Barockoper: Jung,” {…}