{"id":6807,"date":"2026-04-14T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=6807"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:46:35","slug":"sophia-maeno","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/sophia-maeno\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Maeno *"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Schwerin, Germany, mezzo-soprano Sophia Maeno studied singing in Dresden, Rome and Karlsruhe, and furthered her training in Italy, Israel and the United States. She completed her studies with Brigitta Seidler-Winkler, with whom she continues to work vocally. She is a prizewinner of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation \u201cLive Music Now\u201d and the Richard Wagner Association. While still a student, she began collaborating with the SWR Vokalensemble in Stuttgart, of which she was a permanent member from 2012 to 2014. In 2014 she joined the Staatstheater Schwerin as a soloist, appearing in roles such as Olga in <em>Eugene Onegin<\/em>, the Countess in <em>Der Wildsch\u00fctz<\/em>, the Page in <em>Salome<\/em>, Flora in <em>La traviata<\/em> and Second Lady in <em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>. Since 2016 she has worked as a freelance artist, with engagements at the Hamburger Allee Theater, Theater Erfurt, Landestheater Neustrelitz and Staatstheater Schwerin, singing Romeo in <em>I Capuleti e i Montecchi<\/em>, Pisandro and Giove in <em>Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/em>, Arsamene in <em>Serse<\/em>, Mrs Sedley in <em>Peter Grimes<\/em> and H\u00e4nsel in <em>H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em>. Since the 2017\/18 season she has been a resident guest artist in Chemnitz, where her roles include Cherubino, Goffredo, Flo\u00dfhilde, Orlofsky, Octavian, Marta\/Pantalis and Carmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6806,"template":"","class_list":["post-6807","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sophia Maeno * - ABAO-OLBE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/sophia-maeno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sophia Maeno * - ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Born in Schwerin, Germany, mezzo-soprano Sophia Maeno studied singing in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/sophia-maeno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-26T09:46:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sophia_Maeno_Portrait-Erhard-Gottschling-Assistent-BOM4-1024x1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/sophia-maeno\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/sophia-maeno\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sophia Maeno * - 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