Sílvia Sequeira

INTRODUCTION

The young Portuguese soprano Sílvia Sequeira has been praised by critics for her “naturally beautiful soprano voice” and “hieratic confidence” on stage. In 2024, she was recognized across leading competitions, winning the CICLO Lousada Competition, the First and Público Prizes at the Cascais Opera Competition in Portugal, and the Third Prize, Wagner Prize, and Público Prize at the prestigious Concurso Tenor Viñas in Barcelona.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

In 2025, Sílvia Sequeira performed in the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at Teatro Nacional São Carlos in Lisbon, and toured the Netherlands with OperaZuid, performing the role of Anna in Puccini’s Le Villi under the baton of Karel Deseure and in a staging by Dreya Weber, accompanied by the Philzuid Orchestra. In 2024, she made her debut as Matilde in Alexandre Delgado’s Felizmente há Luar with Orquestra Filarmónica Portugues.

As a soloist, she debuted as Soprano II in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, as the soprano in Britten’s War Requiem, and appeared at the Festival der Jungen Stimmen in Sigriswil. She has also performed widely in concert, appearing as a soloist in Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, and Slovenia.

Her future projects in 2026 and beyond include the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at Coliseu Porto Ageas.

BIOGRAPHY

Sílvia Sequeira made her debut as Suor Angelica in December 2023 in the Netherlands. Earlier that year, in September, she sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Óbidos Opera Festival in Portugal, and in May she appeared as Anna Kennedy in Maria Stuarda at the Dutch National Opera.

She was awarded the Klara Public Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, named an ARIA winner, and received multiple distinctions at the Ebe Stignani Competition: Second Prize, Best Dramatic Voice, Special Prize, and the Audience Prize. She also won Third Prize at the Vincerò Competition, the Public Prize at the Ciclo Lousada Competition, and Public Awards at the International Vocal Competition (IVC) in 2022. In 2021, she was awarded Second Prize at the Portuguese Rotary Foundation Competition.

That same summer, she performed the role of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen in Weikersheim, Germany, in a production directed by Elijah Grandy. She made her international debut in 2019 as Silvia in Mascagni’s Zanetto at the Maastricht Conservatory.

Sílvia Sequeira has worked with Cecilia Fontes, João Henriques, Rui Taveira, Kelvin Grou, Palmira Trofa, Chu Tai-li, Connie de Jongh, António Salgado, Susan Waters, Ulrike Sonntag, Maestra Mia Besselink, Yvonne Schifellers, Chelsea Bonagura, Roger Smeets, and Bejun Mehta.