ABOUT
Tania Lorenzo Castro was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. She has a career that ranges from baroque to contemporary music.
She is currently a member of the ensemble of soloists of the Lucerne Theatre.
Among her operatic roles are Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, Morgana Alcina, Musetta La Boheme, Leocasta Il Giustino, Lucia The rape of Lucretia, Papagena Die Zauberflöte, Gretel, Taumann and Sandmann Hänsel und Gretel, Eritea Eliogabalo, Frasquita Carmen, Hirt Tannhäuser, Esmeralda The Bartered Bride, Giannetta Elisir d'amore, Erste Jungfrau Moses und Aron, Amour Platée, Belinda Dido & Aeneas, Ella María la O, Girl Trouble in Tahiti, Nella Gianni Schicchi, Jessi Mahagonny Songspiel, Cobweb The Fairy Queen and Mademoiselle Silberklang Der Schauspieldirektor.
She has also sung major roles in the world premières of several contemporary operas, including the main role of Amara in El minuto de oro de KK-TV by Lothar Siemens, Kind in Chasing Waterfalls by Agnus Lee, the title role Candelaria by José Buceta, the main role of Susi in Das Rätsel der gestohlenen Stimmen by Johannes Wulff-Woesten and Babette in Il Teatro alla Moda, a baroque co-production with the UdK Berlin and I Confidenti.
Tania performed on the stages of such esteemed venues as Zürich Opernhaus, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Pérez Galdós, Oper Leipzig, Auditorio Adán Martín, Luzerner Theater and Schinkelhalle Postdam under the baton of Emmanuelle Häim, Karel Mark Chichon, Alan Gilbert, James Hendry, Jonathan Bloxham, Jose Miguel Pérez Sierra, Jordi Bernácer, Marcela Garrón, Pierangelo Pelucchi, Zdzislaw Tytlak, Moritz Gnann, Alejo Pérez, Miquel Ortega, Felix Krieger, Jesse Wong, Patrick Lange, Omer Meir Wellber, Paul Agnew, Danielle Callegari, Julian Giordano, and Antonio Fogliani. Also with stage directors such as Lydia Steier, Dirk Schmeding, Jetske Mijnssen, Gerad Jones, Rolando Villazón, Lucía Astigarraga, Isabel Hindersin, David Matthäus Zurbuchen, Felix Schrödinger, Christian Poewe, Calixto Bieito, Tom Quaas and Alfonso Romero.
On the concert platform, Tania is a regular soloist in the International Bach Festival Canarias, with musicians from the Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and the Royal Concertgebouw, where performances have included Theodora Händel, Bach Magnificat, Bach Cantata 202 "Weichet nur betrübte Schatten", Pergolesi Stabat Mater, and Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileira no. 5, which she also performed at the Semperoper Dresden. Further concert appearances have included Pergolesi Magnificat, the world première of José Brito Réquiem and the Réquiem for Magallanes with the ROS Sevilla, Bach Cantata 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" and Piazzolla Songs in the Varna Summer IMF, Händel 9 German Arias and Haydn Stabat Mater in the Church Music Fetstival Canarias, Fauré Réquiem and Mahler 2nd Symphony with the Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias and Dido und Eneas with the Lucerne Festival.
As a recitalist, Tania has given concerts at venues and festivals including the Otoño Musical Soriano, Robert Schumann Haus, Muziekgebouw, Barocker Stadtsaal Hall Innsbruck, Teatro Cuyás, Daegu Opera House, König Albert Theater, Bad Elster and at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus.
She studied at the Universität der Künste in Berlin with Carola Höhn, and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias with Eva Juárez, supported by the Fundación Mapfre Guanarteme and Juventudes Musicales de Madrid.
After finishing her studies she joined the Junges Ensemble of the Semperoper Dresden.
She has received master classes with María Orán, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nauzet Mederos, Hendrik Heilmann, John Norris, Marina León, Thomas Thomaschke, Michael Gehrke, Sonia Prina, Gerd Uecker, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Deborah Polaski, Eytan Pessen and Christiane Libor among others.
She was the winner of the 1st Prize at the 2020 Villa de Teror International Singing Competition, the Zarzuela Prize at the Certamen de Nuevas Voces de Sevilla 2019, the 1st Prize at the 2016 Un Futuro DEARTE International Singing Competition, the Jury Prize at the 2016 Valleseco Zarzuela Competition and the 2nd Prize at the 2015 María Orán Singing Competition.