Spanish soprano Sylvia Schwartz has made a name as one of the leading sopranos of her generation, combining a deep musicality with great lyricism, and an exquisite eye for detail.
With a career made at many of the world’s finest houses and festivals, Sylvia has brought her signature verve and exacting taste to a variety of leading roles. An experienced performer at the peak of her powers, she is at home on the stages of La Scala Milan, Berlin Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro Real Madrid, The Bolshoi Theatre and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Sylvia has also been a frequent guest of many international festivals, including Edinburgh, Baden Baden, Salzburg and Verbier. Recent engagements include Donna Anna Don Giovanni under András Schiff at the Felsenreitschule as part of Mozartwoche, Salzburg and Eurídice in Philip Glass’ Orphée for Teatro Real.
On concert and recital stages, Sylvia is much in demand, working alongside collaborative artists including Malcolm Martineau, Wolfram Rieger and Helmut Deutsch, as well as with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Jordan, René Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Iván Fischer, Sir Colin Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Marc Minkowski, Ivor Bolton, Jean Christophe Spinosi and Helmut Rilling.
In recent seasons, Sylvia has begun to explore more dramatic repertoire, including roles such as Donna Anna Don Giovanni, Micaëla Carmen, Cleopatra Giulio Cesare, Countess Le nozze di Figaro and Fiordiligi Così Fan Tutte. On the concert stage, Sylvia’s repertoire includes Brahms’ Deutsches Requiem, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony and Mahler’s Symphonies 4 and 8.
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Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde)
The Grange Festival, June 2025
“Sylvia Schwartz carried the show as Rosalinde, with a pretty timbre and no fear of performing leaps into the high register while staying perfectly in character and displaying some classy comic timing.”
David Karlin, Bachtrack
“Sylvia Schwartz looked the part of the entitled Rosalinde and took the demands of her Csárdás in her stride”
David Truslove, Opera Today
“Sylvia Schwartz, as Rosalinde, was both charming and daring in equal measure, and fully up to the challenge of the Csárdás in Act 2”
Tim Hochstrasser, Plays to See
"Spanish soprano Sylvia Schwartz plays the beautiful wife, Rosalinde, an entitled princess, immediately surrounded by prospective lovers as her husband is about to begin a jail sentence. Schwartz has a gorgeously lyrical soprano voice, with her character always one step ahead of her hapless husband. Her Act II “Csárdás” aria, when disguised as a Hungarian countess, was delivered with a bravura flourish, and the Watch Duet with her husband was a highlight, showing off both singers’ comic interplay."
Adrian York, London Unattached
Glass Orphée (Eurydice)
Teatro Real (October 2022)
[Sylvia Schwartz] plays a credible Eurydice because of her fragility and vital unease. Musically… [she is] confident, with good projection and full of subtle colors that contrast with her antagonist.
María Pardo, Opera World
A lyricism that Sylvia Schwartz's Eurydice manages to bring out with traits of particular sweetness.
Fabio Zannoni, GDM
Perfect in their tasks, the young Cegèste by Pablo García-Lopez and the enamored Eurydice by Sylvia Schwarz.
Beckmesser
Soprano Sylvia Schwartz is Eurydice, a role she masters with flying colours.
ConcertoNet
Honegger Jeanne D’Arc (La Vierge)
Teatro Real (June 2022)
The vocal and actor performances of the whole cast were excellent… Sylvia Schwarz in the part of the virgin.
Fabio Zannoni, GDM
The limpid voice of Sylvia Schwartz gave expression to the Virgin.
Beckmesser
Sylvia Schwartz - Concert
| Bach | B Minor Mass |
|---|---|
| Brahms | Deutsches Requiem |
| Dvořák | Stabat Mater |
| Haydn | Die Schöpfung |
| Mahler | Symphonies 4 and 8 |
| Mendelssohn | St Paul |
| Monteverdi | Il Vespro della Beata Vergine |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass |
| Pergolesi | Stabat Mater |
| Zemlinsky | Lyric Symphony |
Sylvia Schwartz - Opera
| Bellini | La Sonnambula (Amina) |
|---|---|
| Bizet | Carmen (Micaëla) |
| Debussy | Pelléas et Mélisande (Mélisande) |
| Donizetti | Don Pasquale (Norina) |
| Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice) |
| Handel | Alcina (Alcina) |
| Humperdinck | Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel) |
| Janáček | Jenůfa (Karolka) |
| Mozart | Così fan tutte (Despina) |
| Puccini | Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) |
| Offenbach | Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia) |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein | Sound of Music (Maria) |
| Rossini | Il barbiere de Siviglia (Rosina) |
| Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Marenka) |
| Strauss | Arabella (Zdenka) |
| Verdi | Un ballo in maschera (Oscar) |
| Weber | Der Freischütz (Ännchen) |
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