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Jenny Sandelin was all lyrical passion as Simón Bolívar’s mistress
Manuela, vowing to sacrifice her reputation to join him at his
deathbed, then revealed unsuspected dramatic resources as Mary Queen of
Scots fiercely claiming royal power in the evening’s brilliant finale.” - New York Classical Review ”She conjured a vivid, soaring portrait of Bolivar’s married mistress, about to leave home to be at the dying conqueror’s side. Soprano Sandelin was splendid in the monologue (Mary Queen of Scots), using her richly dramatic instrument to bring the queen to life.” - BroadwayWorld Jenny
Sandelin fulfills the spinto repertoire with a vocal radiance and
intensity to be reckoned with. The Finnish soprano is becoming well
known for her vocal stamina as well as her charismatic stage presence.
The
prize winner of the Italian Opera Florence Competition in March 2018
and the Altamura-Caruso International Voice Competition in October
2017, the winner of the 2011 Ostrobothnian Voice Competition
and a multiple national and international prestigious grant receiver,
Ms. Sandelin has been singing as a soloist at Vaasa Opera. She has sung
the roles of Minerva in Offenbach's ”Orphée aux Enfers”, Flora in
Verdi's ”La Traviata”, Filippyevna in Tchaikovsky’s ”Eugene Onegin” and
Rosalinde in Strauss' ”Die Fledermaus”. She also covered the roles of
Tatyana in ”Eugene Onegin” and the title role in Puccini's ”Madama
Butterfly”.
Jenny was praised for her outstanding performance as Manuela from the opera Simón Bolivar and the queen from Mary Queen of Scots in two concerts in New York to celebrate the operas composer Thea Musgrave’s 90th Birthday in May 2018. In
recent seasons she has appeared in productions of Puccini's Suor
Angelica (title role) in Helsinki, which was a much acclaimed role
debut in spite of the two week notice in which she made the role
'brilliantly her own'.
Another
significant debut includes the main role of Mother in the world
premiere of the opera ”Kohti Kotia” composed by the renowned Finnish
contemporary composer, Ilkka Kuusisto.
Ms.
Sandelin's operatic repertoire also includes the title roles of
Puccini's Tosca and Manon Lescaut and the role of Leonora in both ”Il
Trovatore” and ”La forza del destino” by Verdi. Jenny is currently
preparing the Verdian roles of Aida (Aida) and Desdemona (Otello) and
Wagnerian roles of Senta (Der Fliegende Holländer), Elsa (Lohengrin)
and Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), of which she has performed scenes in
concerts.
In
addition to her operatic repertoire, Ms. Sandelin is an accomplished
recitalist and concert performer, having given numerous opera- and lied
concerts throughout Europe and the US. Her lyric dramatic voice is at
its best in the repertoire of Puccini, Verdi and Wagner and she is
specialized in lied repertoire of Sibelius and Kuula.
Mozart’s
”Great Mass in C minor”, Pergolesi’s ”Stabat Mater”, Shostakovich's ”7
Romances” on poems by Alexander Blok, Verdi’s ”Sei Romanze" (1838) and
Wagner's ”Wesendonck Lieder” are also part of her concert repertoire.
Recordings: Vissi d'arte - Jenny Sandelin - Youtube Sola, perduta, abbandonata - Jenny Sandelin - Youtube Dich, teure Halle - Jenny Sandelin - Youtube Mary, Queen of Scots - Jenny Sandelin - Youtube Contact
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