Kateryna Kasper soprano
The Ukrainian-German soprano Kateryna Kasper is renowned for her stylistic versatility in opera, oratorio and song. She performs regularly at major opera houses, concert halls and festivals worldwide, earning acclaim for her nuanced interpretations and expressive artistry.
Her recent successes include acclaimed debuts at the Staatsoper Berlin in Vivaldi’s Il Giustino and at the Salzburger Festspiele in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. She has also debuted roles such as Venus in Mozart’s Ascanio in Alba, and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen at Oper Frankfurt. Other notable engagements include Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo with the Arion Baroque Orchestra in Montreal, as well as performances in Basel and Vienna with the Kammerorchester Basel under René Jacobs.
In 2025, Kasper debuts as Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo with the Freiburger Barockorchester, and as Piacere in Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with B’Rock Orchestra, with performances at Teatro Real Madrid, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, as well as in Seoul, Tongyeong and Tokyo. Additionally, she makes her debut as Mélisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at the Longborough Festival Opera.
From 2014 to 2024, Kasper was an ensemble member of Oper Frankfurt, where she portrayed a wide range of roles spanning various eras. She also excels in operetta. In oratorio, Kasper e.g. toured extensively with Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Freiburger Barockorchester. With Collegium 1704, she performed in Mysliveček’s Abramo ed Isacco.
Kateryna Kasper’s concert repertoire spans from Bach’s oratorios and passions to Mahler’s symphonies, as well as works by Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Dvořák, Poulenc and Henze. She has collaborated with leading orchestras and ensembles, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orquestra, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Ensemble Modern, Holland Baroque and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Kasper is deeply passionate about song repertoire, focusing on German and Ukrainian Romanticism. Her debut album “O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück…”, featuring romantic songs about childhood and fairy-tale worlds, was recorded with Hilko Dumno on Richard Wagner’s historic Steinway piano in Bayreuth. In 2022, she released recordings of song cycles by Shostakovich and Weinberg with Trio Vivente, Weber’s Freischütz with the Freiburger Barockorchester (awarded the Opus Klassik), and her second song album “Ein süßes Deingedenken”, featuring songs by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn with Dmitry Ablogin on a historical 1835 fortepiano.
Kasper studied with Raisa Kolesnik at the Prokofiev Music Academy in Donetsk, Ukraine, before continuing in Nuremberg with Edith Wiens and in Frankfurt with Hedwig Fassbender. In 2014, she won the prestigious International Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Helsinki.
