Zanda Švēde
Zanda Švēde is a Latvian mezzo-soprano who works with Oper Frankfurt. Born in Latvia, she studied voice at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and then trained in the Merola Program of the San Francisco Opera, where she sang roles such as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, and Lena in the premiere of Marco Tutino's La Ciociara. She joined the Oper Frankfurt studio for the 2018/19 season. She has performed the title role in Carmen at the Latvian National Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Seattle Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In 2025 she portrayed Pythia in Reimann's Melusine.
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