BIOGRAPHY

The versatile lyric mezzo-soprano is well-versed on the opera stage. Engagements after completing her master studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg include Luzerner Theater in Switzerland and the opera studio at Staatsoper Stuttgart in Germany. There she performed a variety of opera roles, and later started working freelance. Karin has performed in concerts on numerous occasions in Europe, USA and Asia, and at international festivals such as  Anima Mundi  in Pisa, Italy, ​Macau International Music Festival, Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Barocknacht, and Nacht der Komponisten in Salzburg. 

Among Karin's opera roles are Mozart's Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Bastien (Bastien und Bastienne), 2. Lady (Magic flute), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte). Contemporary roles such as Amando (Le grand Macabre, Ligeti), Alto 2 (Prometeo, Luigi Nono), Der Trommler (Der Kaiser von Atlantis, V.Ullmann), and Italian opera roles such as Flora (La traviata, Verdi), Tisbe (La cenerentola, Rossini), Rosina and Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini), as well as Ottavia (Il giuoco del quadriglio, Caldara), and Pastuchyna (Jenůfa, Janáček) in Czech.

Born in Lund, Sweden, Karin's early musical background include piano studies and competition-level choral singing, followed by private vocal studies with Swedish Mezzo Kerstin Grevelius and Prof. Laura Sarti before enrolling the Reykjavík Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts in Iceland, graduating with a Diploma of Performing ABRSM with Distinction. Further studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg; Bachelor studies and Master of Arts - Opera and Music Theatre, lastly with Andreas Macco, Prof. Josef Wallnig and Eike Gramss, graduating with Distinction on both occasions.

Master classes Voice and Operatic repertoire with i.a. Laura Sarti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Margaret Singer, Martha Sharp, Galina Pisarenko, Donald Kaasch, Jane Thorner and Marianne Cornetti. Lied and Art Songs with Clara Taylor, Richard Stokes and Breda Zakotnik; Baroque gestures and baroque acting with Margit Legler, and improvisational acting with Nicola Hümpel. 
She works regularly with pianist Gaiva Bandzinaite and mezzo-soprano KS. Helene Schneiderman.

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Apart from singing opera, recitals, and classical concerts, Karin strengthened her skills with film acting studies at Prague Film School. She subsequently acted in several international short films, tv-series, making an appearance in a feature film, as well as working in the art department as a production designer and art director on short films. Her skills have brought her a deeper understanding of the art form, and how acting for film differs from the stage, yet with a strong presence in both. Se more here