About Me
Venicia Sandria Rasmussen
Sicilian-Danish-American Soprano Venicia Sandria Rasmussen, “is definitely one of the best in her field” Conductor Hartmut Mende “ Venicia shines, she is charged with positive energy, a power-woman” (Wormser Zeitung). Recently named “La Future Diva”..,“with her powerful and multi-faceted voice..” by Dernières Nouvelles D`Alsace magazine, after embodying the roles of Mimi, Ciò-Ciò San, Rusálka, Violetta and Tosca on her first opera tour in the grand theaters of China (2018/19) with Italian Philharmonic “Orchestra Abruzzese.” In 2019/2020, Venicia had great success again in Asia, performing in 18 opera theaters like Beijing and Shanghai Opera, within 22 days throughout China, singing Tosca, Musetta, Violetta, Lucia, Ciò-Ciò San and a Italian concert program including Chinese Arias.
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Roles sung
Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly, Puccini, Carnegie Hall, New York, 2023
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Maria, West Side Story, Bernstein, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2023
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Bess, Porgy und Bess, Gershwin, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2023
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Eliza, My Fair Lady (DE), Loewe, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2023
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Rosina, Il barbiere de Siviglia, Rossini, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2022
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Gilda, Rigoletto, Verdi, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2022
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, 2022
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Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly, Puccini, Teatro Casinò di Sanremo, 2022
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi, Teatro Casinò di Sanremo, 2022
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Juliette, Roméo et Juliette, Gounod, Civitanova all´ Opera a Marche, 2021
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi, Civitanova all´ Opera a Loreto, 2021
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Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly, Puccini, Civitanova all´ Opera a Marche, 2021
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi, Teatro Giardino Segreto, Vetralla, 2021
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Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly, Puccini, Teatro Giardino Segreto, Vetralla, 2021
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Musetta, La Bohème, Puccini, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2019-2020
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2019-2020
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Liù, Turandot, Puccini, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2019-2020
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Ciò-Ciò-San, Madame Butterfly, Puccini, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2019-2020
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Rusalka, Rusalka, Dvorak, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2018-2019
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Mimi, La Bohème, Puccini, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2018-2019
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Tosca, Tosca, Puccini, China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese”, 2018-2019
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Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, Puccini, Europe – Asia Tui Tour, 2017-2018
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Fürstin, Venus in Seide, Stolz, Europe – Asia Tui Tour, 2017-2018
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Maria, West Side Story, Bernstein, Europe – Asia Tui Tour, 2017-2018
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Brünnhilde, “Glut” Götterdämmerung, Wagner, Nibelungen Festspiele Worms, 2017
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Poppea, L’incornazione di Poppea, Monteverdi, Wolfgang Rihm Forum, 2017
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Roles completely studied
Michaela, Carmen, Bizet
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Adriana, Adriana Lecouvreur, Cilea
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Königin, Die Verurteilung des Lukullus, Dessa
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Gretel, Sand/Taumännchen, Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck
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Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady, Loewe
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Malwina, Der Vampyr, Marschner
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Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte, Mozart
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Konstanze, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart
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Magda de Civry, La Rondine, Puccini
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Mimi, La Bohème, Puccini
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Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss
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Elisabetta, Don Carlo, Verdi
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Leonora, La forza del Destino, Verdi
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Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi
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Roles in preparation
Norma, Norma, Bellini
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Marguerite, Faust, Gounod
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Cleopatra, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Händel
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Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Mozart
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Idomeneo, Elektra, Mozart
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Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss
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Leonora, Il Trovatore, Verdi
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Elisabeth, Tannhäuser, Wagner
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