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Karolina is a dynamic and creative singer, an open minded artist, known for her warm and dark voice. She began her career in Hungary as an actress before pursuing vocal studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where she earned her master degree.

Finalist of several international competitions, at the Mezzo TV Competition for the role of La Vita in Marco Tutino's opera Vita in Budapest, at the International Dvořák Competition in Karlovy Vary in the Lied & Oratorio category, as well at the International Francesco Vinas Competition in Barcelona and at the Musica Sacra Competition in Rome.

Currently, Karolina receives  technical guidance of Anthony di Giantomasso and has coaching regularly with Felice Venanzoni (solo- repetiteur at the Frankfurt Opera).

Early in her career, she interpreted mostly "Zwischenfach" roles such as La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi by Puccini), La Scaffetta (Il caffè di Campagna by Galuppi), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni by Mozart), and the Second Lady (The Magic Flute by Mozart). In 2012, she performed as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin as a cover artist at the Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim, Germany. In 2015, she transitioned fully to the mezzo-soprano repertoire.

In 2016, she portrayed Glasa and Feklusa in Janáček's Katja Kabanova at the "Hessisches Staatstheatre" in Wiesbaden. At the Wiesbaden Opera, she also sang the role of "Eine Stimme von oben" in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos and Eckehard Stier. She was a cover artist for Flosshilde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold under the baton of Alexander Joel.

In 2022, she performed Cleofe in Handel's oratorio La Resurrezione, conducted by Iñaki Encina Oyon at the Périgord Noir Festival, and Laura in Ponchielli's La Gioconda at the Orange Opera Festival (Festival Off, Opéra Déconfiné).

Recently, she has given concerts in Germany, France, and Hungary.

In 2023, she presented the program Chopin, Le Mystérieux at the Les Flâneries d'Art Contemporain festival in Aix-en-Provence, a program she had debuted in 2022 at the Festival dans la Rue in Aix.

Between 2023 and 2024, Karolina was also a soloist at the Trinity Church in Munich, further enriching her artistic journey and showcasing her versatility in the liturgical repertoire.

In 2025, she will perform Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy Op. 80 and Händel's Dixit Dominus as an alto soloist with the "Orchestre des Nations" at Victoria Hall in Geneva.

At the end of 2024, she founded her chamber music company, La Compagnie FEMMEUSE. The name of the company, FEMMEUSE, is a fusion of the words 'woman' and 'famous,' reflecting its mission to highlight female composers by bringing together exclusively the female performers.

 

In 2025, the company will present two programs at the Festival du Petit-Saconnex, with an entirely romantic repertoire, and at La Musicale, la  Bibliothèque de Genève, with a contemporary program.

Her recordings include the double album IMAGO featuring works by Jonathan Östlund, released by Divine Art Recordings, as well as Die Wahrheit der Natur by Johann Michael Haydn, a world premiere where she performed the roles of Aglaia and Die Dichtkunst, released by CPO.

She also contributed to the film Chopin at the Opera, a documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre, released by Pars Media. Additionally, she was featured as a vocalist in the cinematic installation Sample Cities by Gusztav Hamos and Katja Pratschke, which won the Best Experimental Film Award at the Arquitecturas Film Festival in Lisbon in 2021.

In 2017, she received a scholarship from the International Association of Wagner Societies in Bayreuth, Germany. Karolina is also a member of CALMS (Collective of Opera Singers and Musicians for Solidarity).

©2025 by Karolina Ferencz

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