Florentina Serles

Austrian mezzo-soprano Florentina Serles was born in Vienna in 2003. In her childhood, she took ballet, jazz dance, show dance, and violin lessons. As a member of the Performing Youth Company (Performing Center Austria), she played leading roles in various youth musicals between 2017 and 2020. In 2019, she was nominated for a Papageno Award in the category of Leading Role.

In 2018, she began classical voice training with KS Annely Peebo at the J.G. Albrechtsberger Music School Klosterneuburg. She is currently studying voice at the University of Mozarteum Salzburg with Bernd Valentin (previously with Barbara Bonney until 2022). There, she has already performed roles such as Nancy in Albert Herring, Hänsel in Hänsel and Gretel, and the Apprentice in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Landestheater Linz. In 2023, she won the International Cross Over Competition in the opera category.

For the 2024/25 season, Florentina Serles will be a member of the Opernstudio at the Vienna State Opera.