Karita Mattila’s lyric vocal beauty and her innate sense of theatre continue to set her apart as one of the most revered operatic sopranos in the world today with a career spanning 40 years.
In the current season, Ms Mattila reprises the role of Kostelnička (Jenůfa) both at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Claus Guth’s production, conducted by Jakub Hruša, and at National Theatre Prague under Music Director Robert Jindra – following a special Gala concert in Savonlinna last season. She also reprises the role of La zia Principessa both at Opéra national de Paris under Carlo Rizzi, in Christof Loy’s production, and for her debut appearances with ABAO Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera under Pedro Halffter. Her season concludes with an anticipated return to the Gran Teatre del Liceu as the Foreign Princess in Christof Loy’s Rusalka under Josep Pons.
She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 1992/93 season with a recital and has returned with Concert Strauss (2002/03) and Fidelio (2008/09).