Biography
Sofia Rauss is Swiss and Uruguayan and began her musical training at a very young age at the HEM in Geneva. She then moved to South America, where she joined the baroque companies Art Cantorum and OMNES as a solo soprano, participating in educational concert tours and the recording of the project "Soliser" in Uruguay.
At the same time, Sofia performs in several opera roles, including Amina (Bellini), Cleopatra (Händel), Despina, and Mlle Silberklang (Mozart). She also sings at various chamber music concerts, notably with the vocal duo Acantha and with the musicians from the foundation Mujeres en Música.
Upon returning to Switzerland, she honed her skills at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne and obtained a second Master's in Vocal Teaching. In 2020, she joined the ranks of sopranos in the Lausanne Opera Choir.
Sofia performs as a soloist with renowned ensembles such as the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, the Ensemble Cantatio (Geneva), the Rosario Chamber Orchestra (Argentina), the Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra (Uruguay), the Orchestre des Variations Symphoniques (Vevey), and the Ensemble Post Tenebras Lux, among others.
She recently portrayed the roles of Lucy (The Telephone, Menotti) and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte, Mozart) as part of the International Singing Academy festival. Among her upcoming projects, she will sing Handel's Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Beethoven's Mass in C, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras, and Bach's St. John Passion.
