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Katerina Mina – Biography
London-based opera singer Katerina Mina is a Greek-Cypriot-born Spinto Soprano. After her initial studies in Cyprus, Katerina moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, having received full scholarships from the Corporation of London and the A. G. Leventis Foundation. Katerina was initially training to become a concert pianist, but her love and passion for singing eventually took over. It was a few years after she joined the Guildhall School of Music & Drama that Katerina decided to devote herself to singing and embark her artistic career as an opera singer. Meanwhile her repertoire changed to the heavier roles of the Spinto Soprano.
Katerina has recently performed the roles of Kupava at UCOpera’s production of The Snowmaiden by Rimsky-Korsakov (Bloomsbury Theatre, London), Giorgetta from Puccini’s Il Tabarro (Skull of Yorick Productions) and Santuzza from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (CYSO). Previous operatic roles include Donna Elvira Don Giovanni (Staatstheater Cottbus), Elle La Voix Humaine (Grimeborn Opera Festival & Kypria International Music Festival), Nedda I Pagliacci (Kolobov Novaya Opera of Moscow), Violetta La Traviata & Fiordiligi Cosi Fan Tutte (European Chamber Opera), Vivika Vaftistikos (CSO), Mimi La Bohème (British Youth Opera) & Karolka Jenufa (English Touring Opera).
At the concert platform Katerina performed recently with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Bátiz, and as a special guest in Rick Wakeman’s symphonic concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Orion Symphony Orchestra). Further concert performances include Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Choral Symphony no.9 (London Chorus, St. John’s Smith Square), Haydn’s Nelson & Little Organ Masses (Shrewsbury Abbey), Tippett's Negro Spirituals & Fanshawe's African Sanctus (Manama Singers Bahrain), Pitta’s symphonic piece 1973 at Athens Megaron (National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of ERT), Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stanley Hall Opera), Haydn's Scena di Berenice (Georgisches Kammerorchester), A. Sakali’s oratorio Liturgy beneath the Acropolis (Oxford Philomusica), Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Theodoraki’s Oratorios and Duparc’s Orchestral Songs (Cyprus Symphony Orchestra).
Katerina will be singing the title role of Tosca, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier and Desdemona in Otello for the American National Opera Company’s U.S.A and European Tours. Katerina will also sing Elisabetta in Don Carlos in a new film production by Enzo Sisti, conducted by Plácido Domingo. In the following months Katerina will also perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Katerina sings regularly at international venues such as the Auditorio de Tenerife, Buxton Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Shrewsbury Abbey, Hackney Empire, Sheldonian Theatre, Bloomsbury Theatre, St James’s Piccadilly, St John’s Smith Square, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, De Montfort Hall, Lichtwarksaal Hamburg, Steinway-Haus Hamburg & Munich, Les Invalides Paris, ‘Juhlasali’ of the Helsinki City Hall, ZIL Culture Centre Moscow, the Athens & Thessaloniki Concert Halls amongst others.
Katerina Mina is a winner in two international singing competitions, as well as the recipient of the Russian Federation’s Medal for ‘Peace and Friendship’. Her first Single Rainbow of Light Anthem by UK composer Linda Lamon and UK producer Nigel Stonier, has being released on iTunes and all digital outlets on 22 December 2015 for Winter Solstice. Moreover, Katerina’s CD with pianist Elena Mouzalas, features Chopin’s 17 Polish Songs & Schumann’s Frauenliebe und-Leben.
Katerina Mina – Press
"Singing from the pulpit, Katerina Mina’s crystal clear voice exploited the acoustics of St. James’s perfectly, soaring through the building, down the aisles and up to the high ceiling. The singing was heavenly" The Daily Express
“Katerina Mina, a fiery Kupava, projected her sweeping lines with assurance and conviction” Opera Magazine
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina played the role of Kupava in grandiose style, relishing the dramatic possibilities” Bachtrack
“Fine diction from Katerina Mina as Kupava, with a dramatic stage presence” Professor Mark Ronan
“Soprano Katerina Mina gave the full operatic treatment to ‘Help’ by The Beatles, such with all the passion of a Puccini heroine” The Daily Express
“A beautifully operatic rendition of ‘Morning Has Broken’ by the soprano Katerina Mina” The Daily Express
“The casting of Katerina Mina is perfect. She is young, elegant, and her singing is superb” Plays to See
“Soprano Katerina Mina is beautiful and thoroughly convincing as the heartbroken heroine. Even to someone who can only pick up the word ‘rien’, it is captivating” Exeunt Magazine
“Leading an outstanding cast, Katerina Mina made a welcome return to Bahrain to sing a stupendous Donna Elvira…” George Younis
“A deeply passionate vocal sound” Colchester News
“Sublime recital left us spellbound. Katerina Mina – a consummate musician” Colchester News
“Ms Mina was entirely convincing as the protagonist and had the audience with her every step of the way... Her final song portraying total desolation on the death of her beloved was truly breathtaking” Colchester News
“The beauty in Katerina Mina’s voice and the grand surroundings of Wakefield Cathedral mingled to produce a very special performance which was warmly appreciated by the audience” Wakefield Internet Learning Domaine
“The surprise of the evening was the soloist, Soprano Katerina Mina. She added layers of depth and visualisation to the work that any singer coming after her will be hard put to replicate…” Gulf Weekly
“Katerina went on to sing superbly in ‘African Sanctus’, soaring over the choir with perfect empathy, in her rich, operatic tones. She was a joy to work with!” Conductor, Alistair Auld – Bahrain
“Katerina Mina is a pearl. Her mature voice has a given place in any Music Hall. I hope we listen to her often in Finland” Göran Stenius, Helsinki
“The opulent-voiced Katerina Mina thoroughly inhabited Mimi in an emotionally convincing performance. She wowed audiences with both the beauty of her voice and the depth of her characterization” GoDubai News
“I was particularly impressed by Katerina Mina, who produced one of the best ‘Come Scoglios’ I've heard from a singer of her age” Musical Pointers “The height of them was undoubtedly the discovery of soprano Katerina Mina, with a dark, ravishingly beautiful soprano voice. Her first song drew a storm of applause and each song thereafter had the same breathing sense of theatre, of ancient yearning and tragedy”
Katerina Mina – Press Reviews
Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk and Norwich)
“Katerina has one of those clear-as-a-bell soprano voices, displayed with great charm to the top of the register, and with generous volume” Musical Pointers
“I particularly enjoyed her extract from Adriana Lecouvreur and she exactly caught the wistful longing of Weber’s heroine, Agathe” Musical Pointers
“Katerina Mina dominated with the cantata ‘Berenice che fai’ by Haydn. The smooth and resplendent sound of her voice, as well as the sensual and comparably expressive performed sections interweaved with the dynamic, precisely harmonized sounds of the orchestra” Ingolstadt News
“West Side Story which brought with it yet another revelation in the young soprano Katerina Mina. She is sensational and her faultless rendering of Bernstein’s classic songs ‘Somewhere’ and ‘I Feel Pretty’ almost brought the house down” The Cyprus Weekly
“Greek-Cypriot Soprano Katerina Mina gave a good vocal rendition of Nedda as well as displaying her natural acting abilities – her ease and comfort on the stage visible and convincing, her high notes were all well pitched and nicely rounded” The Cyprus Mail
“The highlight of the evening was Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben. Katerina, with her cultivated dramatic sense and her no-holds-barred passion made something special of this poignant cycle” The Cyprus Mail
Katerina Mina – Repertoire
OPERATIC ROLES:
BARBER VANESSA VANESSA
BEETHOVEN LEONORE FIDELIO
BRITTEN QUEEN ELIZABETH I GLORIANA
MASCAGNI SANTUZZA CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
MOZART ELETTRA IDOMENEO
POULENC ELLE LA VOIX HUMAINE
PUCCINI TOSCA TOSCA
MANON LESCAUT MANON LESCAUT
GIORGETTA IL TABARRO
MADAMA BUTTERFLY MADAMA BUTTERFLY
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV KUPAVA THE SNOWMAIDEN
VERDI AMELIA UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
LEONORA LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
ELISABETTA DON CARLOS
WAGNER ELISABETH TANNHÄUSER
WEBER AGATHE DER FREISCHÜTZ
ORATORIO - SYMPHONIC PIECES:
BARBER ANDROMACHE’S FAREWELL
BEETHOVEN CHORAL SYMPHONY, NO.9 IN D MINOR
EGMONT OVERTURE, OP.84
BERLIOZ LES NUITS D’ÉTÉ
DUPARC SYMPHONIC SONGS
FANSHAWE AFRICAN SANCTUS
HAYDN CREATION
NELSON MASS
SCENA DI BERENICE
LITTLE ORGAN MASS
KARIOLOU HYMN FOR CYPRUS
MAHLER RÜCKERT LIEDER
DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN
LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESSELEN
MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
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MOZART REQUIEM
REGINA COELI KV 276
CORONATION MASS, IN C
ROSSINI STABAT MATER
STRAUSS FOUR LAST SONGS
THEODORAKIS EPITAPH & EPIPHANY
TIPPETT NEGRO SPIRITUALS
VALTULLINI AVE MARIA IN F MINOR
VERDI REQUIEM
WAGNER WESENDONCK LIEDER
Katerina Mina - YouTube Links
OPERA (Professional live video recordings):
Giacomo Puccini: ‘Sola, perduta, abbandonata’ from Manon Lescaut - https://youtu.be/d2d2ff-eXyw
Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Morro, ma prima in Grazia’ from Un Ballo in Maschera - https://youtu.be/0zwK2wymBJ0
Pietro Mascagni: ‘Voi lo sapete, o mamma’ from Cavalleria Rusticana - https://youtu.be/jWZhWqhejm8
Rosemary Duxbury: ‘Kabir says…’ (World Première) Poetry by Kabir (c.1440-1518). Translation by Bob Hays – https://youtu.be/SHANJGMaG5w
Giannis Christodoulopoulos: ‘Mausoleum’ (Cathedrals Music Show Theme) – https://youtu.be/IjtJQgFH5_Q
CROSS OVER/POP (Professional studio recording/production and filming. Released on iTunes, Amazon and all digital outlets):
Linda Lamon (song writer), Nigel Stonier (producer): ‘Rainbow of Light Anthem’ - https://youtu.be/IOYYvy1yGxw
Artist Website: http://www.katerinamina.com
Katerina Mina – Photo Gallery
Katerina Mina as Giorgetta in Puccini’s opera Il Tabarro
Photo Credit: Shantha Delaunay Photography
Performing at the closing ceremony of Starmus Festival 2014, at the Auditorio de Tenerife
Katerina Mina as Kupava in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Snegurochka
Katerina Mina as Santuzza in Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana
Katerina Mina as Princess Ninette in Prokofiev’s opera The Love for Three Oranges
Photo Credit: Shantha Delaunay Photograph