Ana Sofia Nunes
Profile
Pitch of Voice
Soprano
Nationality
Portugal
Website
Studies
Master Specialized Music Performance – Opera
Academic Year
2025
Vocal coach
Marcus Niedermeyr
Former musical studies
- Bachelor in Music Performance, 2020-2024 Vocal Studies, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
CV
Performed operas:
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2025: Alice Ford in Falstaff, Verdi, Vicenza, Italy
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2024: Taumännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck, Berlin, Germany
Opera Scenes:
- 2024: Violetta in La Traviata, Verdi, Todi, Italy
- 2024: Norma in Norma, Bellini, Todi, Italy
- 2024: Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Rossini, London, UK
Most important projects/concerts:
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2025: National Opera Studio Academy, London, UK
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2025: ‘AAMS Presents Emerging Young Artists – Millennium Stage’, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, USA
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2024: Filia in Jepthe (Carissimi: Historia di Jepthe staged performance), Lisbon, Portugal
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2024: Handel’s Messiah Arias Concert with Southampton Orchestra, UK
Masterclasses:
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2025: National Opera Studio Academy, London, UK (Eric Melear, Maureen Brathwaite, Allyson Devenish, Rachel Nicolls, Rebecca Meltzer, Florent Mourier)
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2025: Kennedy Centre AAMS Emerging Young Artist Masterclass, Washington DC, USA (Richard Leech, Dean Southern Cleveland Music Institute, Ken Weiss Washington National Opera)
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2025: Eleanora Pacetti, Lisbon, Portugal
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2024: Ailish Tynan, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
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2024: Della Jones, Morley Opera School, London UK
Interview: Three questions for Ana Sofia Nunes
Why are you studying opera?
Singing has always been my most natural form of expression. From my earliest memories at the piano and singing in choirs from the age of six, music has been the thread running through my life. I’ve always been drawn to languages, history, poetry, and philosophy. In opera, they all come together. On the stage, I strive to lose myself, to embody the women whose stories are told in the score, and to create moments that connect with the audience on a deeper level.
What was your first encounter with opera?
When I was 10 years old, my father took me to see Die Zauberflöte at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. After seeing it, I was so obsessed with it I asked him to watch the DVD almost every night!
Which is your favourite opera and why?
La Traviata by Verdi has my heart. I first saw it at the Royal Opera House while living in London, and Violetta has stayed with me ever since. She is a dreamer, a lover of life, and someone who lives by her values, even when it costs her everything. Her bravery moves me – and Verdi’s music makes me weep every time.
