Background
Mattila, Karita was born on September 5, 1960 in Ervela, Finland.
Mattila, Karita was born on September 5, 1960 in Ervela, Finland.
Degree, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. Studied with, Liisa Linko-Malmio. Studied with, Vera Rozsa.
Debut at Finnish National Opera as the Countess (Marriage of Figaro) 1983. Appeared with Brussels Opera as Countess, Eva, Rosalinde 1984-1985. Debut at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Fiordiligi 1986, subsequent appearances as Pamina, Countess and Agathe 89.
Appeared at Barenboim-Ponnelle Festival, Paris 1986, Tel Aviv 1987, 1990. Has also appeared in Washington, Houston, Chicago and San Francisco. Has worked under major conductors including Sir Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado, von Dohnanyi, Giulini, Sinopoli.
Performer: Die Zauberflote, 1985, Don Giovanni, 1990, Don Carlos, Lohengrin, The Merry Widow, Fidelio, 2000, Elektra, 2002, Salome, 2004, Káta Kabanová, 2004, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Arabella, Un Ballo in Maschera, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, Die Walküre, Jenufa, The Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Singer: (albums) Symphony Northern 3 "Kaddish" & Chichester Psalms, 1998, Karita Mattila Arias & Scenes, 2000, German Romantic Arias, 2002, Jenufa, 2002, Gieg & Sibelius: Scandinavian Songs, 2004, various works by Mozart, Jean Sibelius, Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Schubert, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gershwin, others.
Languages, sport.