Among the multifaceted images that represent nature in music, the song of birds occupies a special place. The nightingale, for example, is often used as the embodiment of longing and the romantic ideal, its song reflecting the deepest human emotions with all their nuances and complexities.

The combination of beauty and tragedy has also been taken up again and again in literature, as in Oscar Wilde's fairy tale The Nightingale and the Rose or the famous night scene from Romeo and Juliet (“It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That just now pierced your anxious ear; She sings at night on the garnet tree there. Believe me, dear one: it was the nightingale.“)

On this debut album by soprano Serena Sáenz, she focuses her song selection on these musical adaptations of birdsong in operatic arias, inviting listeners on a journey through the centuries by combining the most diverse musical traditions and cultures and transporting them to a world of timeless beauty.

With its intelligently selected repertoire, the a offers a broad spectrum at the highest musical level, invites listeners into a world of emotions and metaphors and connects cultures. For example, when French Romanticism meets Russian soul, or when composers such as Felicien David succeed in combining the sound-typical images of European opera tradition with exotic oriental elements such as pentatonics.

The young Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz has established herself as one of the most versatile artists of her generation in just a few years and has been praised by the press for her “musicality and luminous high notes” (Scherzo). She is a three-time winner of the Operalia Competition in Riga 2022 and regularly performs at the world's most important opera houses.

In 2021, Serena Sáenz won first prize and the audience prize at the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition and was honoured with several prizes at both the Paris Opera Competition and the Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona.

In 2023, she was honoured with the Opera Actual Award for the most promising young artist and the Opera XXI Award for the best young singer.