Spinto Soprano Jenny Sandelin

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 winner of the 2011 Ostrobothnian Voice Competition, and a multiple national -and international prestigious grant receiver, has been singing at Vaasa Opera as a soloist since 2008. There, she has sang the roles of Minerva in Offenbach's 'Orphée aux Enfers', Flora in Verdi's 'Traviata', Filippyevna in Tschaikovsky'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'.

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, that of Manon Lescaut and Leonora in Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'.

In addition to her operatic repertoire, Ms. Sandelin is an accomplished recitalist and concert performer, having given numerous opera- and liedconcerts both in Finland and other European countries. 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. Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater', Shostakovich's '7 Romances' on poems by Alexander Blok and Verdi's Sei Romanze (1838) and Wagner's 'Wesendonck Lieder' are also part of her concert repertoire.

Upcoming egagements include the soprano role in Verdi's 'Requiem' in 2016 and a Sibelius concert tour in Finland. A native of Mustasaari in Finland, Jenny Sandelin received honours while graduating at Jakobstad Institute of Music. She is a frequent participant of Björn Blomqvists masterclasses.