Katrina Galka is a high coloratura soprano.
In the 2021-22 season and beyond, Katrina returns to Arizona Opera as Anne Egermann in A Little Night Music and makes her Bayerische Staatsoper debut as Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Last season, she made her role and company debut as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Opernhaus Zürich as well as singing a solo digital recital for Portland Opera. Her San Francisco Opera debut as Janine (Ofwarren) in Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, as were the roles she added to her repertoire in the previous season: Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and the Charmeuse in Thais for performances at Arizona Opera and Utah Opera. Ms. Galka made her Wiener Staatsoper debut as Fritzi in the world premiere of Staud’s Die Weiden and was immediately reengaged for the revival in the following season. She has made role and company debuts as the Controller in Dove’s Flight with Minnesota Opera, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Atlanta Opera, New Orleans Opera, and Opera San Jose, Atalanta in Xerxes at the Glimmerglass Festival, and Serpetta in La finta giardiniera with On Site Opera at the Caramoor International Music Festival, and Aithra in Die ägyptische Helena with Odyssey Opera. She also joined the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy as a guest artist for Frasquita in Carmen. Additional roles include Gilda in Rigoletto, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and Frasquita in Carmen with Portland Opera; Cunegonde in Candide, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Woglinde in Das Rheingold, the First Wood Nymph in Rusalka, and Clorinda in La Cenerentola with Arizona Opera; and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Katrina Galka is a high coloratura soprano.
In the 2021-22 season and beyond, Katrina returns to Arizona Opera as Anne Egermann in A Little Night Music and makes her Bayerische Staatsoper debut as Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Last season, she made her role and company debut as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Opernhaus Zürich as well as singing a solo digital recital for Portland Opera. Her San Francisco Opera debut as Janine (Ofwarren) in Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, as were the roles she added to her repertoire in the previous season: Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and the Charmeuse in Thais for performances at Arizona Opera and Utah Opera. Ms. Galka made her Wiener Staatsoper debut as Fritzi in the world premiere of Staud’s Die Weiden and was immediately reengaged for the revival in the following season. She has made role and company debuts as the Controller in Dove’s Flight with Minnesota Opera, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Atlanta Opera, New Orleans Opera, and Opera San Jose, Atalanta in Xerxes at the Glimmerglass Festival, and Serpetta in La finta giardiniera with On Site Opera at the Caramoor International Music Festival, and Aithra in Die ägyptische Helena with Odyssey Opera. She also joined the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy as a guest artist for Frasquita in Carmen. Additional roles include Gilda in Rigoletto, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and Frasquita in Carmen with Portland Opera; Cunegonde in Candide, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Woglinde in Das Rheingold, the First Wood Nymph in Rusalka, and Clorinda in La Cenerentola with Arizona Opera; and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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