Mezzo-soprano/alto, Katarina Bradić, has established herself as one of her generation’s most versatile performers. With repertoire encompassing everything from Baroque to contemporary, Katarina has been heard on some of the most prestigious stages in Europe, including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Opernhaus Zurich, Theater Basel, Grand Théâtre in Genève, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Real Madrid, Dutch National Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, the BBC Proms, the Glyndebourne Festival, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

In the 2024/25 season, Katarina will perform the title role in a new production of Handel’s Orlando at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and will make returns to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin to reprise the title part of Foccroulle’s Cassandra and to the Komische Oper Berlin in a staged version of Handel’s Messiah. On the concert stage, she will perform “Sea Pictures” by Edward Elgar at the Kolarac Hall in Belgrade.

Recent performances include Lady Macbeth in Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at Opéra Comique in Paris, and her highly-anticipated house and role debuts as Dalila in Samson et Dalila at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, and as Eduige in Rodelinda at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. In the 2023/2024 season, Katarina created both the title role in the world premiere of Bernard Foccroulle’s Cassandra at La Monnaie in Brussels and the role of Driver in the world premiere of Hèctor Parra’s Justice at the Grand Théâtre in Genève.

Katarina has also sung Bradamante in a new staging of Alcina at the Theater an der Wien, Shirin in the world premiere of Negar at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Opéra national de Montpellier, Rigoletto in Rouen, Penelope and L’umana fragilità in a new staging of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at the Theater Basel, Ottavia in a new staging of L’incoronazione di Poppea at Opéra du Rhin, Dardano in concert performances of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula in Barcelona and Madrid, Amastre in Serse at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, as well as La Sphinge in Enescu’s Œdipe and Ino in Semele at the Komische Oper Berlin, both in new productions. In concert, she has been heard in Handel’s Messiah at the Musikverein Wien and as the Alto Soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 on tour in the Netherlands.

Other career highlights include the title role in The Rape of Lucretia for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Juno in Semele at the Opernhaus Zurich, Lavinia in Amor vien dal destino at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Ursule in Béatrice et Bénédict at Glyndebourne, Penelope in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at La Monnaie de Munt, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Theater an der Wien as well as Bradamante in Alcina at the Staatsoper Hamburg, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow and the Theater Basel. She has been heard as Carmen throughout Europe, including at Den Norske Opera in Oslo and the Komische Oper Berlin.

Katarina Bradić studied singing in her native Serbia and at the Vienna Conservatory (MUK). She first came to international attention in the 2009/2010 season as an ensemble member of the Vlaamse Opera, where her roles included Olga in Evgenij Onegin, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and Medea in Cavalli’s Giasone. In the 2010/2011 season, she joined ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she remained until 2014.

Katarina has collaborated with notable conductors such as René Jacobs, William Christie, Raphaël Pichon, Christophe Rousset, Antonello Manacorda, Eun Sun Kim, Semyon Bychkov, Donald Runnicles, Kazushi Ono, Riccardo Minasi, Sylvain Cambreling, Andrea Marcon and directors such as Stefan Herheim, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Claus Guth, Christoph Marthaler, Calixto Bieito, Katie Mitchell, Fiona Shaw, Mariame Clément, Marie Eve Signeyrole, and Damiano Michieletto.

Her discography includes CD and DVD/Blu-Ray recordings of Alcina (Aix-en-Provence), Béatrice et Bénédict (Glyndebourne), Die Liebe der Danae and Mahlermania (Deutsche Oper Berlin), as well as Giasone (Vlaamse Opera).

Updated August 2024