Samson Setu
New Zealand born Samoan bass-baritone Samson Setu joined the ensemble of De Vlamse Opera this season after being an artist at the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zürich and at the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, where he debuted in 2022 as a Flemish Deputy / Don Carlos.
Samson post graduated from the Royal College of Music in London. He is a former student of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Programme for Young Singers and is still supported by Dame Kiri’s Foundation.
New Zealand born Samoan bass-baritone Samson Setu joined the ensemble of De Vlamse Opera for the 2025/26 season after being an artist at the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zürich and at the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, where he debuted in 2022 as a Flemish Deputy / Don Carlos.
In June 2022 Samson sang in the annual Georg Solti Accademia which is held in Castiglione Della Pescaia, Italy and the Opera for Peace academy in Rome that same year.
In 2023 Samson sang the title role of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with New Zealand Opera. This production was a re-imagined take on the classic opera with changes to the orchestration and the entire text sung in English.
At Opernhaus Zürich, he sang Nick Bottom / A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lord Sidney / Il Viaggio a Reims, Mathieu / Andrea Chenier, Mandarino / Turandot, Sargente and Commandante / Manon Lescaut, Gregorio / Roméo et Juliette, Ceprano and the cover of Sparafucile / Rigoletto, Notario / Don Pasquale, Schlemil / Les Contes d’Hoffmann.
This season he sings Leporello / Don Giovanni in Lyon and in Antwerpen, Gran Sacerdote / Nabucco and Zuniga / Carmen at De Vlamse Opera.
Next season, he sings Sarastro / Zauberflöte with Opera Australia, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Metz, and Masetto / Don Giovanni in Zürich.
Samson post graduated from the Royal College of Music in London. He is a former student of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Programme for Young Singers and is still supported by Dame Kiri’s Foundation.
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