Austrian mezzo soprano Yvonne Manfreda made her european

debut in the eponymous role of Carmen (G.Bizet) at the

traditional Open Air Opera Festival Gars in Austria.

The success of her debut brought her back to the festival in

role of Maddalena in Rigoletto (G.Verdi).

She won the italian audience with her Santuzza in the Cavalleria

Rusticana (P.Mascagni) at the Teatro Goldoni Livorno and at the

Maria Callas Festival Sirmione.

2021 she is the solist in the second Symphony of Mahler in the

Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.

2019 she sang her first Eboli in her debut at the

Georgian State Opera Tbilisi, in a Coproduction of Don Carlo

(G.Verdi) with the Teatro Regio di Parma and was the Solist in

the Sinfonie Nr. 9 of Beethoven at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid,

where she sang 2018 the Alto in "Lauda Sion" of Mendelssohn and

2017 the Sinfonia de la Vida of Bodrov/Criado.

2017 she sang the georgian premiere of the "Songs of a Wayfarer"

(Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen - G.Mahler) with the Georgian

Symphony Orchester in the Jansugh Kakhidze Music Hall.

2016 she was the female soloist in the world premiere of the

"Sinfonia De La Vida" (K.Bodrov/C.Criado) at the Kursaal San

Sebastian with the spanish Orchesta, Coro y Escolania JMJ,

the Orfeon Donostiarra and Orfeoi Txiki del Orfeon Donostiarra.

Concerts took Yvonne as a soloist to the Auditorio

Nacional de Madrid, the Congress Center Budapest, as the Mezzo

Soprano in the Requiem of Verdi with the Norddeutsche

Philharmonie to Rostock on the Remembrance Day, she sang in

concerts at the Wetterbühne Grafenegg,  in the Teatro Guardassoni

in Bologna, the Teatro Comunale Ferrara, the Festival Amandola, in

the Palazzo Zacco Padova, in the Centro Cutural de Aranjuez, at the

University Pamplona, 2018 she sang the Wesendoncklieder of

Wagner in Berlin.

Yvonne is a multiple laureate in international singing competitions,

she won the first prize in Mantova in the int. competition "Pietro

Boni", the first prize (cat.B) in the competition "Citta di Bologna",

the prize "Fedora Barbieri" at the "Trofeo La Fenice" in the Toscana

and was a finalist in the international singing competitions

"Riccardo Zandonai" and O.M.E.G.A in Florence.

The Circolo della Lirica in Padova chose her "Best Young Artist" of

the auditions 2015.

She studied Solo Singing and Drama at the Conservatoire Vienna

and made her Bachelor and Master in Solo Singing at the

V.Sarajishvili State Conservatoire in Tbilisi, Georgia.

She became a member of the Opera Studio Tbilisi where she

made her debuts in different productions.

Yvonne is a Master of Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,

where she studied painting, concept and performance art and

was engaged in electronical experimental music as a live

performer and DJ, releasing also a Compact Disc.

She worked as a lighting technician, stage designer, model,

played in films and theatres and worked as an illustrator for

magazines and CD-covers.

AWARDS

1.PRIZE - PREMIO ASSOLUTO

30th International Singing Competition "PREMIO BONI"(Mantova - IT)

PRIZE BARBIERI

5th International Singing Competition  "TROFEO LA FENICE" (Toscana - IT)

PRIZE BEST ARTIST

7th International Singing Competition  "CITTA DI BOLOGNA" (Bologna - IT)

BEST YOUNG ARTIST OF THE AUDITIONS 2015

Circolo della Lirica Padova (Padova - IT)

FINALIST

International Singing Competition  "RICCARDO ZANDONAI" (Riva del Garda - IT)

International Singing Competition  "O.M.E.G.A" (Firenze - IT)

MASTERCLASSES

ALESSANDRA ALTHOFF-PUGLIESE

FIORENZA CEDOLINS

SYLVIA GREENBERG

JANICE HARPER

ALESSANDRO PAGLIAZZI