The French-American soprano Sandra Hamaoui has made an outstanding name for herself at leading venues worldwide. Recently she made acclaimed role debuts as Sœur Constance in Robert Carsen’s production of Dialogues des Carmélites under the musical direction of Riccardo Minasi at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, as Sophie in Christof Loy’s new production of Werther under François-Xavier Roth at Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and as Leïla (Les Pêcheurs de perles) under Lorenzo Passerini, also at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She also had great successes in the 2024/25 season in Calixto Bieito’s production of Orff’s Trionfi under Kent Nagano at the Hamburg State Opera and as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève under Marc Leroy-Calatayud.
Her engagements in the 2025/26 season included Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) under Pierre Dumoussaud at the Zurich Opera House and Adina (L’elisir d’amore) under Ramón Tebar at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Following her Salzburg Festival debut as Sophie in concert performances of Werther, she will make her debuts in this role both at the Paris Opéra and the Vienna State Opera in the 2026/27 season. She will also make her role debut as Micaëla (Carmen) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
As a former member of the ensemble of the Zurich Opera House, Sandra Hamaoui developed a wide repertory encompassing roles such as Gilda (Rigoletto), Susanna, Nannetta (Falstaff), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Lisette (La rondine). Her concert repertory includes Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Mahler’s Second and Fourth Symphonies and Orff’s Carmina Burana — the last of which she performed in June 2026 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Dennis Russell Davies.
