LYDIA KATARINA

"Emotional texture and richness that

SEDUCES
COMPLETELY."

THE ARTS REVIEW

Meet

Lydia.

Praised for her “high-octane emotionalism,” soprano Lydia Katarina is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts and a 2024 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She begins the 2025-2026 season with her European, house and role debut as Léonore in Le trouvère at Wexford Festival Opera. She makes role debuts as Micaëla in Carmen (San Diego Opera, house debut) and Violetta

in La traviata (Utah Opera), and adds the role of Roxana in a new production of Szymanowski’s masterpiece King Roger at Des Moines Metro Opera (house debut). On the concert stage, she joins the Columbus Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem. Future seasons include her debut at Royal Opera, Covent Garden in a leading role.

The 2024-2025 season included three role and company debuts: Palm Beach Opera (Juliette in Roméo et Juliette), Utah Opera (Nedda in Pagliacci), and The Glimmerglass Festival (Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress). Elsewhere, Lydia bowed as a soloist with the Sag Harbor Song Festival, and made her role debut as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at AVA. Past seasons have seen her in roles including Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), and the title role in Donizetti's Anna Bolena. She has performed with companies including The Merola Opera Program, Arizona Opera, Columbus Opera, and The Santa Fe Opera.