Katrīna Paula Felsberga

The Latvian soprano Katrīna Paula Felsberga made her debut as Adina in Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” at the Latvian National Opera at the start of the 2024/25 season. She has previously performed at the Latvian National Opera in roles such as Zerlina in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Giannetta in Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore”. In 2024, she was honoured with the Latvian Great Music Award as Young Artist of the Year. Felsberga has also performed with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Rīga and the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra.

Felsberga is equally dedicated to the Lied and chamber music genres. As an alumna of the Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie, led by Thomas Hampson, she has given recitals at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau, as well as at the Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival, where she participated in an experimental Lied.LAB focusing on Western and Eastern cultural intersections. Her 2024 highlights include a solo recital at Rachmaninoff’s Villa Senar in Lucerne, a performance at the Konzerthaus Berlin with organist Iveta Apkalna and participation in the Kissinger LiederWerkstatt.

A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Felsberga has premiered and commissioned works by composers such as Oscar Bianchi, Christian Jost, and Jēkabs Jančevskis, among others. She recently performed with Ensemble Modern in Stuttgart and with Ensemble l’Itinéraire at the Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM) in Paris.

In 2020, she was a finalist in the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin. Felsberga has also participated in the academy of the LIEDBasel festival, the Gstaad Vocal Academy and the Lotte Lehmann Academy for young opera singers. Born in Riga, she studied at the Riga Cathedral Choir School, where she earned a diploma in classical singing and choir conducting, and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Arts Berlin.