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Soprano Johanna Wallroth has quickly gained international recognition, with notable debuts at major opera houses including the Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera, as well as concert performances at iconic venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Wiener Musikverein, and Philharmonie de Paris. Following her acclaimed debut as Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding, she was named Swedish Radio’s Artist in Residence for two consecutive seasons.
The 2025/2026 season marks a series of significant debuts for Wallroth: Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) in Simon McBurney’s production at Theater Basel, Governess (The Turn of the Screw) with Den Norske Opera conducted by Antonio Méndez, Bellezza (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) in Robert Carsen’s production at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma conducted by Gianluca Capuano, and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) in concert with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Tobias Ringborg. On the concert stage, she will perform with The Cleveland Orchestra under Barbara Hannigan (Knoxville: Summer of 1915) and with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a Mozart arias program conducted by Karina Canellakis
An opera and oratorio singer, she embodies a heritage blending Russian roots from the Ural Mountains, in Mednogorsk, and the Ukrainian plains, in Melitopol, a city twinned with Melito di Napoli, Italy.
She studied singing, piano, and accordion. Her artistic career primarily developed in Europe, and more specifically in Italy, a country she has embraced as her own.
With a deep affection for Italy, she now resides there and promotes lyrical music and culture in general.
She is the recipient of numerous national and international competitions, awards, and distinctions:
Ekaterina Bakanova is a regular guest at the most renowned international opera houses and collaborates with the most prestigious conductors.
She has established a fruitful collaboration with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, and has performed on several occasions with Maestros Fabio Luisi, Steven Mercurio, and Juraj Valčuha, as well as with Ensemble Matheus under the direction of Jean-Christophe Spinosi, and alongside Plácido Domingo, Myung-Whun Chung, Dan Ettinger, Daniele Rustioni, Nello Santi, Daniele Callegari.
She has participated in productions by renowned directors such as Mario Martone, Franco Zeffirelli, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, Robert Carsen, Henning Brockhaus, Richard Eyre, Hugo de Ana, Renaud Doucet, Andrea de Rosa.
Following her highly acclaimed debut at the Royal Opera House in London in the role of Violetta Valéry, critics praised the subtlety of her interpretation. Since then, she has been invited to the most prestigious stages: Dresden Staatsoper, Arena di Verona, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Royal Opera of Versailles, Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Zurich Opernhaus, NCPA Beijing, and many others.
Maryam Wocial is a postgraduate at the Royal College of Music where she is the Poppy Holden scholar supported by the Cuthbert Smith scholarship. She is generously supported by the H R Taylor Trust, the Munster Trust, and is a Josephine Baker Trust artist. In 2024, she made her debut as a soloist with professional ensembles including The Mozartists, Instruments of Time and Truth, and she is the inaugural vocalist on The English Concert’s early careers fellowship programme for 2024–25. At the Britten Theatre, Maryam has performed the role of Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Ilia (Idomeneo), and Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) in opera scenes. Last summer, she debuted the role of Anastasia Romanov in the world premiere of Jasmine Morris’s Church on the Blood, a contemporary opera produced in collaboration with Tête à Tête Opera. As a concert soloist, Maryam has performed at prestigious venues including the Sheldonian Theatre, the Cadogan Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall. She recently won the 2nd Prize at the International Handel Singing Competition in London.
Katrīna Paula Felsberga made her debut as Adina (L’elisir d’amore) at the Latvian National Opera in the 2024–25 season. She has also performed Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and was named ‘Young Artist of the Year’ at the 2024 Latvian Great Music Awards. A dedicated recitalist, she has appeared at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau, and participated in the Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival and the Kissinger Sommer’s LiederWerkstatt. Highlights of 2024 include a solo recital at Rachmaninoff’s Villa Senar in Lucerne and a performance at the Konzerthaus Berlin with organist Iveta Apkalna. She is also active in contemporary music and has worked with Ensemble Modern and Ensemble l’Itinéraire.
Tamara Bounazou est une soprano lyrique franco-algérienne aussi à l’aise sur la scène lyrique que théâtrale. Elle a interprété Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress) sous la direction de Barbara Hannigan et Eurydice (Orphée aux Enfers) sous la direction de Marc Minkowski. À l’Opéra National de Paris, elle a chanté Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) et L’Amour (Platée), et a joué le rôle de Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Passionnée de poésie et de musique de chambre, elle remporte le premier prix du Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon en 2019 avec la pianiste Anna Giorgi. Récitaliste fréquente, elle s’est produite dans des salles telles que le Wigmore Hall de Londres. Parmi ses engagements à venir, citons le rôle-titre d’Iphigénie en Tauride de Gluck à l’Opéra-Comique de Paris, sous la direction de Louis Langrée et mis en scène par Wajdi Mouawad.
Daria Brusova, a native of Salsk in the Rostov region of Russia, obtained her degree from the Academic Musical College at the Moscow State Conservatory, specializing in vocal performance. Currently in her fifth year of study at the Moscow State Conservatory, Daria is also a member of the prestigious Bolshoi Theater Young Opera Program since 2022. In October 2023, she achieved the 2nd Prize at the esteemed 56th International Vocal Competition’s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) in the LiedDuo category. Possessing a lyrical coloratura soprano voice, Daria’s repertoire includes a variety of classical, chamber, and baroque works. She has already portrayed roles such as the Queen of the Night, as well as having Gilda and Musetta in her repertoire.
German soprano Felicitas Wrede started her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy with Brigitte Wohlfarth. Since 2022 she has studied with Amanda Roocroft at the Royal College of Music in London as an ABRSM scholar. She won the Second Prize as well as the Audience Prize at the Sollima International Competition 2016 in Enna (Sicily). In concert, she has performed at the Thomaskirche, Nikolaikirche, Gewandhaus and at the Händelfestspiele Göttingen. On the opera stage she has appeared as Pamina in The Magic Flute, as Clomiri in Imeneo, as the title role in Die Kluge and as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel.
Luna Seongeun Park graduated as the top master’s student at the Mannes School of Music and is now continuing her studies at The Juilliard School. She has won numerous awards in international competitions, including Grand Prize at the Career Bridges Grant Awards, First place at the Korea & China International Vocal Competition, Second place at the LISMA International Competition, and recognition in the Opera Index and the Annapolis Opera Competition. Recently, she was a semifinalist in the Belvedere Singing Competition. She has performed in Don Giovanni, L’enfant et les sortilèges, and Dark Sisters and has the roles of Zerlina, Gilda, Nannetta, and Adina in her repertoire. Luna has appeared in major venues including Carnegie Hall and the Seoul Arts Center.
Meigui Zhang is a Chinese soprano whose international career has developed significantly since being named a Prix Yves Paternot laureate in 2019. In recent seasons, she has appeared at major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, singing roles such as Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). She returned to the Verbier Festival in 2024 as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. Her recent and upcoming engagements also include projects with the Paris Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and a return to San Francisco Opera for the world premiere of Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s The Monkey King. Alongside her operatic work, she maintains an active international concert career across Europe, North America, and Asia
A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, Sandrine Piau was first discovered by William Christie and has since become one of today’s most captivating sopranos. Equally at home in Baroque and modern repertoire, she has sung leading roles at the Opéra de Paris, Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Her wide-ranging career includes performances with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Raphaël Pichon, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Laurence Equilbey. A passionate recitalist, she appears with pianists David Kadouch and Alexandre Tharaud and has recorded numerous acclaimed albums for Alpha Classics. Her latest release, Quintette imaginaire with the Quatuor Psophos, explores the world of Schubert through voice and strings.