After a year at Oper Leipzig with roles such as Auntie in Peter Grimes, Fricka in Der Ring der Nibelungen and Klytämnestra in Elektra Karin started freelancing as Herodias in the return of Christof Loy's Salome at The Finnish National Opera & Ballet followed by her 5th Herodias at Malmö Opera. She recently jumped in rehearsing Die Amme in Die Frau ohne Schatten in a production with stage director Katie Mitchell and conductor Marc Albrecht at the Dutch National Opera.
Recipient of Josef Herou's Scholarship 2025 from the Royal Theatre Foundation in Stockholm
ABOUT ME
The Swedish-German Mezzo Soprano Karin Lovelius has become well known in her native Scandinavia and in mainland Europe for her intense interpretations of the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire. She has appeared i.a. The Finnish National Opera, Bergen International Festival, Oper Leipzig, Semperoper Dresden, the Royal Opera House, Sweden, Komische Oper, Badisches Staatstheater, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and Theater Erfurt.
Karin has been a soloist together with Bayerische Rundfunk, MSO, Odense Symphony Orchestra and The Gewandhausorchester. Her focus lies on the roles by Strauss and Wagner but also include Czech composers such as Dvořák and Janaček. She is an ardent champion of new music has premiered several compositions.
REPERTOIRE
L. Janáček
Katya Kabanova - Kabanica
Jenufa - Kostelnicka*
R. Strauss
Elektra - Klytämnestra
Die Frau ohne Schatten - Die Amme
Salome - Herodias
R. Wagner
Das Rheingold - Fricka, Erda
Die Walküre - Fricka, Waltraute, Grimgerde, Schwertleite.
* currently studying
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