Mercedes Gancedo

Soprano
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She began her studies in 2003 with Beatriz Manna, and two years later she was a semifinalist in the Neue Stimmen International Competition in Argentina, her native country. In 2008, she entered the Instituto Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where she worked with Luis Gaeta, Mónica Philibert, and Salvatore Caputo, among others. She has also actively participated in masterclasses with several renowned singers, including Teresa Berganza, Montserrat Caballé, and Mirella Freni.

Her repertoire includes Despina (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore), Mariana (Das Liebesverbot), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), and Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor).

In 2011, she received a scholarship from the Diputación de Barcelona in the Francesc Viñas Competition.

She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2016/17 season with Rigoletto, and has since returned with L’elisir d’amore (2017/18), Madama Butterfly (2018/19), Cavalleria rusticana (2019/20), Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades), Da Ponte Trilogy, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) (2021/22), Il trittico, Alcina, and Parsifal (2022/23), and The Cunning Little Vixen and Manon Lescaut (2025/26).