Kathrin Zukowski

The German soprano Kathrin Zukowski has established herself successfully at international opera houses and concert venues over the past few seasons.

Recent highlights have included Ighino in Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina under Christian Thielemann, Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) under Patrick Lange and Marzelline (Fidelio) under Franz Welser-Möst at the Vienna State Opera, Woodbird (Siegfried) under Thielemann at the Berlin State Opera and La Mort in Henze’s Das Floß der Medusa with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Ingo Metzmacher at the Salzburg Festival and with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich.

Following her return to the Salzburg Festival as Princess Natalie (Der Prinz von Homburg) her appearances will include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) in Vienna, and Adele (Die Fledermaus), Woglinde (Das Rheingold), Susanna and Pamina at the Zurich Opera House.

During the past seasons she has been a member of the ensemble of the Cologne Opera, where she has appeared in roles including Pamina, Susanna, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Micaëla (Carmen), Donna Clara in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg, Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Ilia (Idomeneo), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor and a lead role in the world premiere of Ondrej Adámek’s Ines.

Following a degree in instrumental teaching (guitar), Kathrin Zukowski went on to study singing at the University of Music in Detmold and at the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding in Munich with Lars Woldt. She has twice received a scholarship from the Johann Adolph Hasse Society in Munich.

In 2018 she sang the role of Arbace in Hasse’s Artaserse for the reopening of the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth.