Karita Mattila, Soprano
 THIS SEASON Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and Salome at the Met, Kát’a Kabanová in Madrid, Leonore in Fidelio in Barcelona, and concert appearances with the Munich Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Washington National Symphony Orchestra. MET APPEARANCES Manon Lescaut, Jenůfa, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (debut, 1990), Kát’a Kabanová, Elsa in Lohengrin, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Musetta in La Bohčme, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Leonore, and Lisa in The Queen of Spades. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Has performed at all the world’s major opera houses and festivals in repertoire that encompasses Beethoven, Staruss, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and Janaček. Notable engagements include Jenůfa in Los Angeles, the world premiere of Kaija Saaraiho’s Mirage with the Orchestre de Paris, Manon Lescaut with the San Francisco Opera, Leonore at Covent Garden, Tosca with the Finnish National Opera, Elisabeth in Don Carlo in Paris, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival, Elektra with the Salzburg Easter Festival and Lisa, Elsa, and Salome with Paris’s Bastille Opera. |
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