One of the most celebrated mezzo-sopranos today, Ekaterina Gubanova appears regularly on all the major international stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; Royal Opera House, London; Opéra national de Paris; Wiener Staatsoper; Bayerische Staatsoper; Staatsoper unter den Linden; Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Teatro Real, Madrid; and the Bayreuther Festspiele. Closely associated with the works of Wagner and Verdi, her vast repertoire also includes roles such as Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Adalgisa (Norma), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride), Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), and Marguerite (La damnation de Faust).
Gubanova’s 2025–26 season highlights include starring in three new productions: Ortrud in a new production of Lohengrin to open the Opera di Roma season; Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera; and Fricka in Die Walküre as part of Tobias Kratzer’s new Ring Cycle at the Bayerische Staatsoper under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski. Other engagements include returns to the Wiener Staatsoper as Venus in Tannhäuser and to the Opéra national de Paris as the Foreign Princess in Robert Carsen’s production of Rusalka. On the concert platform, she joins Josep Pons and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu at the Basilica of Montserrat for a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.
She made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2014/15 season with Norma and has returned with the concert Mite i tragèdia d’Electra i Èdip (2021/22).