About me.

Sicilian-Danish-American Soprano Venicia Sandria Rasmussen, "is definitely one of the best in her field" Conductor Hartmut Mende. " Venicia shines, she is charged with positive energy, a power-woman" (Wormser Zeitung). Recently named "La Future Diva"..,"with her powerful and multi-faceted voice.." by Dernières Nouvelles D`Alsace magazine, after embodying the roles of Mimi, Ciò-Ciò San, Rusálka, Violetta and Tosca on her first opera tour in the grand theaters of China (2018/19) with Italian Philharmonic "Orchestra Abruzzese."

In 2019/2020, Venicia had great success again in Asia, performing in 18 opera theaters like Beijing and Shanghai Opera, within 22 days throughout China, singing Tosca, Musetta, Violetta, Lucia, Ciò-Ciò San and a Italian concert program including Chinese Arias.

Venicia earned her triple degree Bachelor of Music in Opera, Vocal performance, Pedagogy and Liedgesang/Kammermusik with Magna cum laude in 2014 and her Master of Music with Magna cum laude in Opera singing at the University for Music in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2017. She is a high scholar and captivating performer of scholarships: Richard Wagner Verband, Organization Yehudi Menuhin´s Stiftung "Live Music Now," Heinrich Hertz Stiftung, DAAD, Milan Panic Organization, etc.

In Summer 2023, she debuted at the Carnegie Hall as Ciò-Ciò San, with a Laureate Finale Award from Progressive Musicians. She performed the roles of Eliza (My Fair Lady), Maria (West Side Story) and Bess (Porgy and Bess) at the open-air festival Volksschauspiele Ötigheim, and embodied the roles of Elisabeth (Don Carlos) and Ciò-Ciò San at the Werktheater München. In December 2022 she released her first composed single to her Album, "Freeyer" an Earth Anthem written for World Peace.

In 2022, Venicia had the honor to perform at the world-renown Volksschauspiele Ötigheim with the roles of Gilda, Rosina and Violetta. Ms. Rasmussen debuted at Teatro del Casinò di Sanremo with Violetta and Ciò-Ciò San with the Sinfonica di Sanremo under the baton of Alfredo Sorichetti in June 2022. She arrived in the Finale of Concorso Lyric Rinaldo Pelizzioni in 2021 and won third prize at the International Opera Competition Anita Cerquetti with concerts at Teatro delle Logge and at Teatro del Casino di Sanremo in September 2021.

Venicia made her German debut with the singing/acting role of "Walküre/Brünnhilde," in the world premiere of "Glut" at the renown Nibelungen Festspiele in Worms, Germany in 2017. She had the honorable joy of performing as a soloist in the opening season of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and at the International Opern-Air Concert in Bensheim, Frankfurt, 2017.

At age eleven, Venicia started her stage career as a young violinist performing Paganini, Mozart and Vivaldi Concertos in concert and competition in California. Her early musical studies were enriched at the age of 4 through piano/composition lessons and violin/theory lessons. As a young soloist she performed at concerts in Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano (Rome), in Basilica di San Marco in Venezia on Easter, and the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence) in 2004.