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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Repertoire
Roles sung
Ciò-Ciò-San, Madama Butterfly, Puccini Carnegie Hall, New York 2023
Maria, West Side Story, Bernstein, Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2023
Bess, Porgy und Bess Gershwin Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2023
Eliza * My Fair Lady (DE) Loewe Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2023
Rosina * Il barbiere de Siviglia Rossini Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2022
Gilda * Rigoletto Verdi Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2022
Violetta * La Traviata Verdi Volksschauspiele Ötigheim 2022
Ciò-Ciò-San Madama Butterfly Puccini Teatro Casinò di Sanremo 2022
Violetta La Traviata Verdi Teatro Casinò di Sanremo 2022
Juliette Roméo et Juliette Gounod Civitanova all´ Opera a Marche 2021
Violetta La Traviata Verdi Civitanova all´ Opera a Loreto 2021
Ciò-Ciò-San Madama Butterfly Puccini Civitanova all´ Opera a Marche 2021
Violetta La Traviata Verdi Teatro Giardino Segreto, Vetralla 2021
Ciò-Ciò-San Madama Butterfly Puccini Teatro Giardino Segreto, Vetralla 2021
Musetta La Bohème Puccini China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2019-2020
Violetta La Traviata Verdi China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2019-2020
Liù * Turandot Puccini China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2019-2020
Ciò-Ciò-San Madame Butterfly Puccini China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2019-2020
Rusalka * Rusalka Dvorak China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2018-2019
Mimi La Bohème Puccini China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2018-2019
Tosca* Tosca Puccini China tour “Orchestra Abruzzese” 2018-2019
Lauretta Gianni Schicchi Puccini Europe – Asia Tui Tour 2017-2018
Fürstin Venus in Seide Stolz Europe – Asia Tui Tour 2017-2018
Maria West Side Story Bernstein Europe – Asia Tui Tour 2017-2018
Brünnhilde “Glut” Götterdämmerung Wagner Nibelungen Festspiele Worms 2017
Poppea L´incornazione di Poppea Monteverdi Wolfgang Rihm Forum
Roles completely studied
Michaela Carmen Bizet
Adriana Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea
Königin Die Verurteilung des Lukullus Dessa
Gretel, Sand/Taumännchen Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck
Eliza Doolittle My Fair Lady Loewe
Malwina Der Vampyr Marschner
Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte Mozart
Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart
Magda de Civry La Rondine Puccini
Mimi La Bohème Puccini
Sophie Der Rosenkavalier R. Strauss
Elisabetta Don Carlo Verdi
Violetta La Traviata Verdi
Roles in preparation
Norma Norma Bellini
Marguerite Faust Gounod
Cleopatra Giulio Cesare in Egitto Händel
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart
Idomeneo Elektra Mozart
Rosalinde Die Fledermaus J. Strauss
Leonora Il Trovatore Verdi
Leonora La forza del Destino Verdi
Elisabeth Tannhäuser Wagner