Silvia Tro Santafé

Spanish mezzo-soprano Silvia Tro Santafé.
She was born in Valencia and studied at the Conservatorio “Joaquin Rodrigo” with Ana Luisa Chova, later studying with Carlo Bergonzi, Walter Berry, Gerard Souzay, Félix Lavilla, Magda Olivero, Monserrat Caballé and Renata Scotto. After her professional debut in La Scala di Seta at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in 1992 she won a place at the Julliard School in New York and was awarded first prize in the Opera Index Competition. Shortly afterwards she made her American debut singing Cherubino in Santa Fe. Since then she has become one of the most sought after coloratura mezzos of her generation. Above all, she has established an international reputation as a great Rossini singer.