Selva Erdener is Turkish operatic soprano singer with the Turkish State Opera and Ballet. [1] She studied at the Gazi University and attended conservatory at Hacettepe University in her hometown of Ankara. As a soloist with the Turkish State Opera she has performed in various works including Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice , Puccini's La Boheme , Faust by Charles Gounod, Donizetti's Don Pasquale , I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo, several Mozart operas (including Die Zauberflöte , Don Giovanni , Le nozze di Figaro , Cosi fan tutte ). [2]
Erdener performed the soprano vocals in "İnsan İnsan", a centuries old poem by the Alevi poet Muhyiddin Abdal that was set to music by the Turkish composer Fazıl Say. [3]