Mrs. Christiana Serfin de Ocampo is soprano and Voice Professor.

 

She received a scholarship to attend the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she received her B.M. under the tutelage of Edward Zambara.

She completed further advanced studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum (also under scholarship) and in Vienna.
Christiana who is a lirico spinto soprano includes in her repertoire the two Verdi Leonoras, Desdemona, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. Orchestral pieces such as the Verdi Requiem, Britten War Requiem, Honegger, Le Roi David, Strauss Four Last Songs, Wagner Wesendoncklieder, Mahler Rückert Lieder, Ravel Shéhèrazade, and Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915.

She is currently preparing the role of Aida as well as the solo for Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle for future engagements in 2025/2026.  Serafin de Ocampo is also well known for her Lieder interpretations, having collaborated with her mentor, Norman Shetler.

Serafin de Ocampo has performed in Opera-, Oratorio- und Concerts in the following cities: New York,
Boston, Washington DC (Kennedy Center) Manila (Cultural Center Philippines), Madrid, Barcelona, Vicenza, Rome, Prague, Ljubljana, Hamburg, Zürich, Salzburg, Krakau, Lodz, Vienna, Thüringen, Jena, Perugia, Berlin and Paris.
Among her teachers are Evelyn Mandac, Nelly Miriciouiu, Wessela Zlateva, Craig Sirianni, Howard Haskins and the legendary Magda Olivero.

She has collaborated with conductors, Marc Tardue, Maximilien Cencic, Alessandro Alonzi, Gaddiel Dornbower, Alexander Joel, Nelly LiPuma, Henry Janiec, Steven Mercurio, Harold Aks and Prof. Uwe Theimer.

Serafin de Ocampo is not only renowned for gripping and moving performances. She is a highly respected vocal technique teacher able to efficiently correct vocal faults using her knowledge of anatomy and Bel Canto principles.

 

Always expanding her understanding of anatomy, she is also a certified Bowen Technique Osteopath.
She recently founded the Serafin International Vocal Academy and is currently on the faculty of the Conservatoire International de Musique Paris, the American Conservatory of Paris and MusicFest Perugia. 

 

She is currently based in Milan.