Katerina Beranova

Katerina Beranova was born in the Czech Republic and studied at the Conservatory of Brno,where she earned her degree cum laude. She then went to Rome for several years to study with Stefania Magnifico. Later, she earned a diploma for lied and oratory in Vienna.

Still studying in Rome, she appeared as soloist at the Academia di Santa Cecilia where she sang under the batons of conductors including Sawallisch, Thielemann, Spivakov, and Ceccato in works by Bach, Haydn, Handel, Mozart, and Orff. She has appeared in “Parsifal” in Bayreuth, “La Cenerentola” at the opera house in Dublin, “Die Frau ohne Schatten” in Turino, “La Finta Giardiniera” in Washington (under Placido Domingo), Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Teatro dell’Opera Roma (under Sinopoli), “Orlando” and “Tamerlano” at Vienna’s Odeon, and Stradella’s “Giovanni Battista” at the International Bruckner Festival Linz.

This season, Beranova sang Handel’s “Messiah” at the Musikverein in Vienna. She also participated in Sinopoli’s recording of “Elektra” with the Vienna Philharmonic. Beranova’s repertory includes the most important roles of the coloratura and lighter lyric repertory, including Konstanze in “Die Entführung aus dem Serail”, Gilda in “Rigoletto”, Adele in “Die Fledermaus”, Rosina in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro”, and Pamina in “Die Zauberflöte”.