The Hungarian mezzo-soprano Karolina Ferencz is distinguished by a warm, broad voice with a rich and expressive middle register, naturally orienting her toward the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire. Her vocal coach is Anthony Di Giantomasso.

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Recently based in Geneva, she founded La Compagnie FEMMEUSE in 2024, a female ensemble dedicated to promoting the works of women composers and musicians. The ensemble has been invited to the Festival du Petit-Saconnex in 2025 and to La Musicale at the Bibliothèque de Genève in 2026.

 

Before fully dedicating herself to opera, she began her career as an actress in Hungary, performing in productions such as The Jungle Book, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Threepenny Opera. During this period, her vocal potential was discovered. She obtained a Master’s degree in Pedagogy and a Master’s degree in Voice at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and continued her studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Canta Studio) and the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence.

 

At the beginning of her operatic career, she performed several Zwischenfach roles, including La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), La Scaffetta, Donna Elvira, Second Lady, and as a cover, Tatiana (Eugene Onegin) at the Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim. At the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, she expanded her repertoire with Glasa and Feklusa (Káťa Kabanová), Eine Stimme von oben in Die Frau ohne Schatten, and as a cover, Flosshilde (Das Rheingold) during the 2016/17 season.

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

 

She has sung Cleofe in La Resurrezione at the Festival du Périgord Noir, Laura in La Gioconda at the Orange Opera Festival (Opéra Déconfiné), and Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (Apéro Opéra).

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A finalist in several international competitions (Francesco Viñas Competition, Mezzo TV, Dvořák Competition, Musica Sacra), she is also a recipient of a scholarship from the International Association of Richard Wagner Societies in Bayreuth.

 

She has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists such as Josef Protschka, Eva Marton, Helene Donath, Irwin Gage, László Polgár, Christa Ludwig, Stefan Vinke, Jennifer Larmore, and more recently Christine Schweitzer. She has worked with répétiteurs and accompanists, including Jobst Schneiderat (Semperoper Dresden), Felice Venanzoni (Oper Frankfurt), and Fabio Cerroni (Bavarian State Opera, Munich).

 

Her discography includes two albums: Die Wahrheit der Natur by Johann Michael Haydn (CPO) and the double album IMAGO, dedicated to works by composer Jonathan Östlund.

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