Katrīna Paula Felsberga is a Latvian soprano whose work spans opera, Lied, and contemporary music. Recent highlights include her role debut Nella in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at the Verbier Festival alongside Bryn Terfel, and first prize at the Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Chamber Music Competition in Graz, where she also received a special award for the best interpretation of a commissioned work.

At the Latvian National Opera, Katrīna Paula has appeared as as Emilia in Handel’s Flavio, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni,.

She is equally at home on the recital stage and has performed song programs at such venues as Pierre Boulez Saal and Konzerthaus Berlin. She frequently collaborates with pianists Julius Drake, Malcolm Martineau, Graham Johnson and Agnese Egliņa. Katrīna Paula has performed in such festivals as Heidelberger Frühling, Kissinger Sommer, and the contemporary music festival ARĒNA.

Katrīna Paula is also dedicated to contemporary music and regularly collaborates with composers including Christian Jost, Arturs Maskats, Andris Dzenītis, and Jēkabs Jančevskis. She works closely with composer Oscar Bianchi, performing his works at IRCAM in Paris and at the MaerzMusik festival in Berlin. She has appeared with prominent European ensembles such as Ensemble Modern and Ensemble L’Itinéraire.

In the 25/26 season, she will perform Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with musicians from Sinfonietta Rīga and take part in Cabinet of Folksongs, a program of eleven world premieres with Zafraan Ensemble at the Berlin Philharmonie. Other recent highlights include a solo recital at Rachmaninoff’s Villa Senar in Lucerne and a performance with organist Iveta Apkalna at the Konzerthaus Berlin.

Katrīna Paula Felsberga is an alumna of the Verbier Festival’s Atelier Lyrique, the Liedakademie of the Heidelberger Frühling Festival, and the LiedBasel Liedakademie. She is also a laureate of the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin, where she received the special prize for contemporary music, and was named Young Artist of the Year at the Latvian Great Music Award.

Born in Riga, she graduated from the Riga Cathedral Choir School, where she studied classical singing and choral conducting, and later earned her bachelor’s degree from the Berlin University of the Arts. She lives between Berlin and Riga.