Menna Cazel

Soprano Menna Cazel is from Pontypridd, South Wales and she graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she was taught by John Llewelyn Evans. She subsequently completed her Master’s degree in Operatic Studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig, taught by Dr. Jeanette Favaro-Reuter. During 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, Menna was a member of the Young Artist Ensemble at the Dresden Semperoper. She has won many prizes including the inaugural ‘Voice of the Future’ competition at the 2013 Llangollen International Eisteddfod and the W. Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2012. She won 2nd prize in the “Ton und Erklärung” des Kulturkreises der Deutschen Wirtschaft competition and has been a semi-finalist in the 37th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Latvia, the 51st International Vocal Competition’s-Hertogenbosch and the Das Lied Competition.

This season, Menna made her role debut as Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer at Landesbuhnen Sächsen. Other recent engagements include Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte and Marie in Spoliansky‘s Wie Werd Ich Reich und Glücklich at the Semperoper in Dresden. In 2019, Menna made her house debut for Staatsoper Hamburg as Frasquita in Carmen. She has performed the roles of Hl. Katharina in Walter Braunfels's Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna and Iza in Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein for Oper Köln having made her house and role début as Pousette in Massenet’s Manon in 2018 for the company. Other roles in Dresden include Frasquita in a new production of Carmen, Die Amme in Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse, Maddalena in Il viaggio a Reims, Atala in Offenbach’s Häuptling Abending, Prinzessin von Carignan in Friedrich Goldmann’s R. Hot bzw. Die Hitze, Ännchen in Der Freischütz and Slave in Salome. As a Young Ensemble Artist in Dresden , her roles included Berta in Il Barbiere di Sivilglia, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. Menna made her professional operatic début in 2014 as Erste Blumenmädchen in Parsifal at Oper Leipzig.

Concert highlights include Beethoven 9 Symphony with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève, Mozart Requiem with the Orchestre de Bretagne in Rennes conducted by Grant Llewelyn, a St David’s Day Gala with Sir Bryn Terfel and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Gareth Jones at St David’s Hall, Cardiff and the ’Spirit of Unity’ concert at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod conducted by Anthony Gabriele (both concerts televi for S4C). She appeared as a guest soloist again with Sir Bryn Terfel at the Bristol Proms and she also performed a song recital with Eugene Asti at the Pontio Arts Centre in Bangor, North Wales. Menna was a guest soloist with Sir Bryn Terfel for his Christmas television programme for S4C in 2013. 

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Opera

Undine

Jeanne D'arc - Szenen Aus Dem Leben Der Heiligen Johanna

Jeanne D'arc - Szenen Aus Dem Leben Der Heiligen Johanna

Manon

Manon

Le nozze di Figaro

R. Hot bzw die Hitze (The Hot)

R. Hot bzw die Hitze (The Hot)

R. Hot bzw die Hitze (The Hot)

R. Hot bzw die Hitze (The Hot)

Competitions