Karita Mattila is one of today’s most exciting lyric dramatic sopranos. She is recognized as much for the beauty and versatility of her voice as for her extraordinary stage ability. A native of Finland, Mattila was trained at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where her teacher was Liisa Linko-Malmio, and subsequently she studied with Vera Rozsa for nearly 20 years. She sings at all the world’s major opera houses and festivals, and has performed with the world’s greatest conductors including Levine, Abbado, Davis, Dohnanyi, Haitink, Pappano, Rattle, Salonen and Sawallisch. Her operatic repertoire encompasses works by Beethoven, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Janácek.
Karita Mattila Finnish soprano
Karita Mattila’s innate sense of drama has led to remarkable collaborations with major stage directors, including Luc Bondy in his highly acclaimed Don Carlos, which she performed in Paris, London and at the Edinburgh Festival; Lev Dodin in his productions of Elektra for the Salzburg Easter Festival and Pique Dame and Salome at the Opéra National de Paris; Peter Stein for his Simon Boccanegra in Salzburg and Don Giovanni in Chicago; and Jürgen Flimm for his Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera.
Karita Mattila is an influential artistic force in the development of new music, regularly collaborating with eminent contemporary composers in the debut performances of significant modern works. Recent performances in this genre include the world premiere of Emilie du Châtelet by Kaija Saariaho at the Opéra National de Lyon. She has won numerous awards throughout her distinguished career, including Musical America’s Musician of the Year and Opera News Awards (two of the most prestigious honors paid to classical artists in the USA) and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (one of France’s highest cultural honors).
Karita Mattila has many recordings to her credit on the Phillips, EMI, Sony, DG, and Ondine labels. Her 40th birthday concert, in front of nearly 12,000 people in Helsinki, was released on CD by Ondine. Other recordings include Strauss’s Vier letzte lieder with Claudio Abbado on the DG label; arias and scenes from the operas of Puccini, Verdi, Janácek, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and R. Strauss; German Romantic arias by Beethoven,Mendelssohn and Weber with Sir Colin Davis;
Grieg and Sibelius songs with Sakari Oramo (all on Erato/Warner); complete recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on Decca with the late Sir Georg Solti, which won a Grammy ® Award in 1998; Jenůfa on Erato/Warner with Bernard Haitink, which won a Grammy ® Award in 2004; and Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 with Sir Simon Rattle on EMI.
Performances of the current season include Janácek’s Jenůfa at the Hamburg State Opera, Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre with Houston Grand Opera, and the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Paris Opera. Her numerous concert appearances bring her together with Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Foundation and with the San Francisco Symphony as well as to many stages of her native Finland.
Karita Mattila, recent highlights include Leonore in Fidelio for Houston Grand Opera, Emilia Marty in The Makropoulos Case at the Metropolitan Opera and at San Francisco Opera, the title role of Janácek’s Katya Kabanova at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lisa in Pique Dame at the Metropolitan Opera, Marie in Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and concert performances of Erwartung with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Upplevda föreställningar
| Opera | Roll | Operahus | Datum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tosca | Tosca | Metropolitan Operabio | 10.10.2009 |
| Mästersångarna i Nürnberg | Eva | Metropolitan Opera/Metplayer |
Metropolitan Opera
[Met Performance] CID:299770  New Production Don Giovanni {388} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/1990 Debut: Karita Mattila Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:299810 Don Giovanni {389} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/1990 |
| [Met Performance] CID:299840 Don Giovanni {390} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/1990 |
| [Met Performance] CID:299880 Don Giovanni {391} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/2/1990 |
[Met Performance] CID:299910  Don Giovanni {392} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/5/1990 Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:302310 Don Giovanni {403} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/1990 |
| [Met Performance] CID:302340 Don Giovanni {404} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/1990 |
| [Met Performance] CID:302390 Don Giovanni {405} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/1/1990 Debut: John Keenan |
| [Met Performance] CID:311140 New production Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {379} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1993 Debuts: John Del Carlo, Robert Brubaker, LeRoy Lehr |
| [Met Performance] CID:311180 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {380} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311230 Opera News Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {381} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/23/1993 Debut: Ryan Allen Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:311260 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {382} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311310 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {383} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/1993 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:311380 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {385} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/6/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:311410 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {386} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/1993 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322250 New Production The Queen of Spades {35} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/26/1995 Debut: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nikolai Putilin, Ludmila Filatova, Kurt Link, Mark Thompson, Paul Pyant, John Meehan |
| [Met Performance] CID:322290 The Queen of Spades {36} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/30/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322330 The Queen of Spades {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/3/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322370 The Queen of Spades {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/7/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322420 The Queen of Spades {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/11/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322460 The Queen of Spades {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322630 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {387} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/4/1995 Debut: Peter McClintock Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:322670 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {388} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/8/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322710 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {389} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/1995 |
| [Met Performance] CID:322750 Opera News Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {390} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/1995 Broadcast Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:322800 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {391} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/1995 |
[Met Performance] CID:323890  La Bohème {1031} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/1996 Debuts: Roberto Alagna, William Shimell, Simone Young |
| [Met Performance] CID:323930 La Bohème {1032} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:323970 La Bohème {1033} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1996 Debut: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs |
| [Met Performance] CID:324010 La Bohème {1034} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:324050 La Bohème {1035} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/1996 |
| [Met Performance] CID:324080 La Bohème {1036} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/1996 In a curtain speech before the performance, General Manager Joseph Volpe announced that the Mimì and Rodolfo, Gheorghiu and Alagna, had been married the previous night. |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:324090 James Levine Gala Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/1996 James Levine’s 25th Anniversary Broadcast / Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:330531 Lohengrin {601} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/1998 Debut: Eva Urbanová Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:331006 Lohengrin {606} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331015 Lohengrin {607} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/3/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331024 Lohengrin {608} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/6/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331036 Lohengrin {609} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331048 Lohengrin {610} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331060 Lohengrin {611} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331072 Lohengrin {612} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331351 Simon Boccanegra {117} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/1999 Debut: Alexandru Agache |
| [Met Performance] CID:331363 Simon Boccanegra {118} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331372 Simon Boccanegra {119} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/1/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:331387 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Simon Boccanegra {120} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/6/1999 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:331411 Simon Boccanegra {122} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/1999 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333057 New Production Fidelio {205} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2000 Debuts: Eric Cutler, Jürgen Flimm, Florence von Gerkan Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:333069 Fidelio {206} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333084 Fidelio {207} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/21/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333093 Fidelio {208} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/25/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333102 Fidelio {209} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2000 Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:333120 Fidelio {210} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/2/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333270 Fidelio {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333282 Fidelio {212} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333294 Fidelio {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333297 The Merry Widow {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333303 Fidelio {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333312 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Fidelio {215} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/2001 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350045 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {399} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350046 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {400} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/01/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350047 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {401} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/05/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350048 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg {402} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2001 First Broadcast / Telecast sponsored by ChevronTexaco |
| [Met Performance] CID:350338 Elektra {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/25/2002 Debut: Marjana Lipovsek |
| [Met Performance] CID:350340 Elektra {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350349 Elektra {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/02/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350432 Elektra {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/05/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350449 Die Fledermaus {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350461 New Production Jenufa {32} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/13/2003 Debuts: Kim Begley, Christopher Ventris, Olivier Tambosi, Frank Philipp Schlössmann Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:350492 Jenufa {33} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350465 Jenufa {34} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350474 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Jenufa {35} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350503 Jenufa {36} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350508 Jenufa {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/03/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350592 Jenufa {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350516 Jenufa {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2003 Debuts: Josepha Gayer, Richard Berkeley-Steele, Rosalind Plowright, Carla Wood |
[Met Performance] CID:350931  New Production Salome {143} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2004 Debuts: Albert Dohmen, Vanessa Cariddi, John Easterlin Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:350936 Salome {144} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350941 Salome {145} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350953 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Salome {146} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/27/2004 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350958 Salome {147} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/31/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350962 Salome {148} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2004 Telecast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350970 Salome {150} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351109  Kát’a Kabanová {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/17/2004 Debuts: Jirí Belohlávek, Jorma Silvasti |
| [Met Performance] CID:351113 Kát’a Kabanová {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351117 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Kát’a Kabanová {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/25/2004 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351120 Kát’a Kabanová {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351123 Kát’a Kabanová {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351466  Fidelio {224} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351470 Fidelio {225} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351475 Fidelio {226} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351488 Fidelio {229} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/08/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:351496  Lohengrin {613} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2006 Debut: Luana DeVol, Andrew Greenan |
| [Met Performance] CID:351500 Lohengrin {614} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351505 Lohengrin {615} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351510 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Lohengrin {616} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/29/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351514 Lohengrin {617} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2006 Debut: Klaus Florian Vogt |
| [Met Performance] CID:351518 Lohengrin {618} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2006 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351533   Gala Celebration in honor of Joseph Volpe Metropolitan Opera House; 05/20/2006 Broadcast / Telecast |
[Met Performance] CID:351819  Jenufa {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/2007 Debut: Michaela Martens Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:351827 Jenufa {41} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351835 Jenufa {42} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/06/2007 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351844 Jenufa {43} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351852 Jenufa {44} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/2007 Debut: Jay Hunter Morris |
| [Met Performance] CID:351860 Jenufa {45} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2007 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352319  Manon Lescaut {208} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/2008 Debut: Sean Panikkar Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352327 Manon Lescaut {209} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/01/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352334 Manon Lescaut {210} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352344 Manon Lescaut {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2008 Debut: Erin Morley |
| [Met Performance] CID:352350 Manon Lescaut {212} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352355 Manon Lescaut {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2008 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352369 Manon Lescaut {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:352566  Salome {151} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/23/2008 Debuts: Juha Uusitalo, Donovan Singletary Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352591 Salome {152} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352582 Salome {153} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352592 Salome {154} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352601 Salome {155} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352611 Salome {156} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2008 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352622 Salome {157} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2008 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352840  Eugene Onegin {129} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2009 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352843 Eugene Onegin {130} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352853 Eugene Onegin {131} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352861 Eugene Onegin {132} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352870 Eugene Onegin {133} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352881 Eugene Onegin {134} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352890 Eugene Onegin {135} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:353073  New Production Tosca {892} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/21/2009 Opening Night {125} Debuts: Luc Bondy, Richard Peduzzi, Jonathan A. Makepeace Broadcast/Streamed/Times Squarecast/Plazacast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353078 Tosca {893} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/24/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353082 Tosca {894} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353095 Tosca {895} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2009 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353098 Tosca {896} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/06/2009 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353110 Tosca {897} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/2009 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353123 Tosca {899} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/2009 |
[Met Performance] CID:353868  The Queen of Spades {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/2011 Debuts: Danielle Pastin, Dina Kuznetsova Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:353879 The Queen of Spades {68} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2011 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353885 The Queen of Spades {69} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353889 The Queen of Spades {70} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2011 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353899 The Queen of Spades {71} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354500  The Makropulos Case {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2012 Debuts: Emalie Savoy, Johan Reuter Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354509 The Makropulos Case {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2012 Debut: Christopher Feigum |
| [Met Performance] CID:354516 The Makropulos Case {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/05/2012 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354524 The Makropulos Case {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/08/2012 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:354527 The Makropulos Case {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2012 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356512 Jenufa {46} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/28/2016 Debuts: Clarissa Lyons, Sara Couden: Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356514 Jenufa {47} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356518 Jenufa {48} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/03/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356523 Jenufa {49} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/07/2016 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356527 Jenufa {50} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/12/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356533 Jenufa {51} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2016 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357226 Dialogues des Carmélites {58} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2019 Debut: Jean-Françroa Lapointe Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:357231 Dialogues des Carmélites {59} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/08/2019 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357234 Dialogues des Carmélites {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2019 HDTransmission |
