Hungarian mezzo-soprano Karolina Ferencz is distinguished by her warm, rich voice and expressive middle register.
She is currently based in Geneva, where she founded La Compagnie FEMMEUSE in 2024, a female ensemble dedicated to promoting the works of women composers and musicians. The ensemble was invited to the Festival du Petit-Saconnex in 2025 and La Musicale de Genève in 2026, and will present a contemporary recital in duo at Festival Bridges 2 in Luxembourg on 25 September.

Her vocal coach is Anthony Di Giantomasso.

Karolina is also collaborating with the Association La Dame du Lac and will perform the role of La Santa Graal in the new surreal comic opera The Lady of the Lake in Biel on 28 August. Two more representations are planned in Geneva in 2027.

Her operatic repertoire includes La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), La Scaffetta, Donna Elvira, Second Lady, and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin) at Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim. At Staatstheater Wiesbaden, she performed Glasa and Feklusa (Káťa Kabanová) and Eine Stimme von oben (Die Frau ohne Schatten), and covered Flosshilde (Das Rheingold).

She has appeared as Cleofe in Handel’s La Resurrezione at Festival du Périgord Noir, Laura in La Gioconda at the Orange Opera Festival (Opéra Déconfiné), and Ottavia in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (Apéropera). A finalist in several international competitions, including the Francesco Viñas, Dvořák and Musica Sacra competitions, she is also a recipient of a scholarship from the International Association of Richard Wagner Societies in Bayreuth.

She regularly performs in concert across Hungary, Germany, France and Switzerland, with a repertoire ranging from Handel to Mahler, Strauss and Wagner, as well as French mélodie.

Before dedicating herself fully to opera, Karolina worked as an actress in Hungary, appearing in productions including The Jungle Book, Fiddler on the Roof and The Threepenny Opera. She holds Master’s degrees in Pedagogy and Voice from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and continued her studies at the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence.

She has participated in masterclasses with artists including Eva Marton, Christa Ludwig, Jennifer Larmore, Helene Donath, Irwin Gage, Josef Protschka and László Polgár. 

Her discography includes Die Wahrheit der Natur by Johann Michael Haydn (CPO) and the double album IMAGO (Divine Art Records), dedicated to the music of composer Jonathan Östlund.