Musical Education​

Born in Zurich, Cinzia Zanovello made her first stage experience in the children's choir of the Zurich Opera. After preliminary studies at the Winterthur Conservatory with David Thorner, she moved to Vienna in 2015 to study at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna with Sylvia Greenberg and later with Michail Lanskoi.
 
The singer has attended numerous masterclasses, including with Mariella Devia, KS Adrian Eröd, KS Angelika Kirchschlager, Jane Mengedoht, Claudia Visca, Roberta Invernizzi, Ana Maria Labin and Ian Bostridge.


Opera
In 2022, Zanovello made her debut at the Volksoper Vienna in “Death in Venice” by Benjamin Britten and shortly afterwards as Valencienne in Franz Lehár's “The Merry Widow”. She was later cast in this role at the Beijing National Opera and at the Wertingen Festival.
Further engagements brought the soprano to the Vienna State Opera in the leading role of the world premiere of “Elektrische Fische”, to the Chamber Opera of the Musik-Theater an der Wien in the project “Von Null bis Oper” with Aleksey Igudesman, again to the Volksoper as Sand- und Taumännchen in “Hänsel und Gretel”, and to the Berner Stadttheater, where she sang Gabrielle in “La vie parisienne” by Offenbach.
 

Previously, she appeared as Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro”, as Angèle in “Der Opernball”, and at the Festival Klang Bad Hall 2021 in “Vogelhändler” as Electress Marie. The Festival of Young Voices 2021 brought her to the Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Stadtcasino Basel, among others.

Significant collaborations with Gerrit Prießnitz, Sir David McVicar, Alexander Joel, Tobias Wögerer, Wolfgang Nägele, Kenza Koutchoukali, Ben Glassberg, Hannah Eisendle, Amelie Niermeyer, Thomas Rösner and others.


Concert and Art Songs
Cinzia Zanovello is a frequent guest soloist in concerts in Switzerland.
For example, together with the well-known chansonnier Stephan Eicher and conductor Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer at the Zermatt Unplugged Festival, or as a soloist in the Mozart Requiem under the baton of Andreas Reize.
As part of the Mozart Orchestra, the soprano can also be heard regularly at the Vienna Musikverein and in the Strauss Dinner Show at the Vienna Mirage.

Cinzia Zanovello has dedicated herself to art songs with recitals in Zurich, Vienna and Seoul: for example with the Italian program “Serenata” with pianist Greta Benini, the “Alma and Gustav Mahler Liederabend” with Gunwoo Yoo or the program on Alma Mahler in the Ehrbar Saal in Vienna with Erin Won. She also interpreted songs by Wilhelm Grosz in Schönberg Center under the baton of Andreas Stöhr and sang the world premiere of the orchestrated song cycle “Keimlinge” by Tullio Zanovello.


Prizes

• 2025 First Prize at the Lehár Operetta Competition Bad Ischl in Vienna.

• 2020 Promotion Prize and invitation to Japan for the final of the 21st Osaka International Music Competition in the song section.

• 2019 Fidelio Interpretation Prize at the ORF Radio Kulturhaus Vienna for the program on Alma Mahler-Werfel in duo with Gunwoo Yoo.

• 2017 Prize for the “Best Young Talent” at the Otto Edelmann Competition at the Schönbrunn Palace Theater.

 
Cinzia Zanovello has been supported by several foundations, including the Rita Zimmermann Foundation and the StockART Foundation for Music.


In addition
Her keen interest in directing led to engagements as assistant director and choreographer for instance at the Tel Aviv Vienna Vocal Connection 2018.
At the Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2021, Zanovello took over the assistance for Wolfgang Gratschmaier and Stephanie Schimmer. As part of the Klang Bad Hall festival, she made her directing debut as co-director of Carl Zeller's “Vogelhändler”.

Cinzia Zanovello speaks fluent German, Italian, English, French, Icelandic and rudimentary Russian. She also enjoyed a ballet and jazz dance and piano education.