Portrait Katharina Konradi

Katharina Konradi

Soprano
© Simon Pauly
for special projects

Katharina Konradi was born in Bishkek and is the world’s first soprano from Kyrgyzstan to have an international career as a lied, concert and opera singer. She moved to Hamburg with her family in 2003 and went on to study with Julie Kaufmann in Berlin and with Christiane Iven in Munich. Master classes with Helmut Deutsch and Klesie Kelly-Moog gave Konradi further musical and artistic momentum in developing her career. In 2016 she won the German Music Competition and was awarded a BBC scholarship for the New Generation Artists Programme (2018-2021).

After being under contract at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden for three years at the beginning of her career, the artist made her debut as Ännchen (Der Freischütz) at the Hamburg State Opera in 2018 and has since been a permanent ensemble member of the house. She sings the major roles in her repertoire, quickly catching the attention of other prestigious stages. In the 2024/25 season, she will appear as Oscar in a new production of Un Ballo in Maschera at Zurich Opera, as Adele in Die Fledermaus in Munich, as Gilda in Rigoletto, and as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the Hamburg State Opera.

In addition to these productions, her focus lies on various concert projects, where she has performed under the baton of prominent conductors such as Thomas Hengelbrock, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Kent Nagano, and Gustavo Dudamel. She begins the current season with concerts in Paris (Fauré's Requiem) and Munich/St. Florian (Bruckner's f-minor Mass) under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock. She will also perform Mozart's Requiem under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe in Ghent and on tour in Dresden, Hamburg, and Munich with the Dresden Philharmonic under Kreuzkantor Martin Lehmann, Mozart's c-minor Mass under the baton of Kent Nagano at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and for the first time, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden.

Lieder is a special passion for the young soprano. She regularly gives recitals and will also do so in 2024/25 at international venues such as the Schubertiada in Vilabertran, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Elbphilharmonie, and the Schubertiade in Hohenems/Schwarzenberg.

Katharina Konradi's artistry is also captured on CD. Recently released by the label CAvi-music in collaboration with SWR2 is the new duo album Echoes with mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison and Ammiel Bushakevitz on piano. In April 2024, the CD Solitude was released by Berlin Classics, featuring songs by Hugo Wolf, Clara and Robert Schumann, György Kurtág, Franz Schubert, and others, accompanied by the Cosmos Quartet. The much-acclaimed recording Insomnia, with songs by Franz Schubert (accompanied by Ammiel Bushakevitz on piano and guitar), was also released by Berlin Classics. In March 2022, the label Chandos brought out the CD Russian Roots with the Trio Gaspard. Additionally, 2022 saw the release of her highly praised recordings of Mozart Masses with the Bavarian Radio Choir and Haydn’s The Creation with the International Bach Academy under the baton of Hans-Christoph Rademann, both on the Naxos label.




8. December 2024 - 19:00

Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich

Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

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11. December 2024 - 19:00

Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich

Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

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14. December 2024 - 19:00

Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich

Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

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  • "Mit Sicherheit aber lauscht der Musikfreund beim Abspielen der Konzertaufzeichnung ebenso neugierig der im selben Jahr wie Tetelman geborenen Katharina Konradi (...)In Dresden war die Sängerin schon die Zdenka in Strauss' Arabella"- und sie singt berückend schön mit einem leuchtenden, doch rundum weich gepolsterten Sopran, den man sofort wieder hören möchte, egal ob auf der Opernbühne oder im oratorischen Konzert wie in diesem Frauenkirchen-Mitschnitt."
    Die Presse
    Wilhelm Sinkovicz, Zwei neue Stimmen, die Opernfreunde beschäftigen werden", in: Die Presse, 21.12.2021
  • "Die stärkste Leuchtkraft entfaltete an diesem Abend Sopranistin Katharina Konradi. Himmlisch schwelgte sie in Händels Arie "Oh! Had I Jubal´s lyre", tröstete ergreifend in "Pie Jesu" aus dem Fauré- Requiem und feierte Humperdincks "Weihnachten" ungekünstelt das Fest der Liebe."
    Sächsische Zeitung
    Karsten Blütghen: "Geisterspiel bei Kerzenschein" (Adventskonzert des ZDF 2021), in: Sächsische Zeitung, 30.11.21
  • "Al Schumann se le unió la deliciosa soprano Katharina Konradi, de la que Sílvia Pujalte ha comentado todo elogios en su crítica sobre la grabación Liebende. Coincido con “estar enamorado de Katharina”, y eso que el repertorio que afrontó en este singular concierto con un cuarteto de cuerda era cualquier cosa menos habitual, comenzando por el sensacional Cuarteto de cuerda n. 5 ‘Versuch über die Fuge’, (...) donde la simplicidad de la forma se ejecuta en torno a elementos fugados, tomando como partida las notas, precisamente, de varios pasajes de El Arte de la Fuga de Bach (...), del que interpretaron con maestría 6 Contrapunctus (...) y el Coral final (...)."



Elisabeth Ehlers

Elisabeth Ehlers

Director, General Management
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Sophie Kurzbauer

Sophie Kurzbauer

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