At DEBUT Concerts. Photo: Michael Pogoda
Karolina Bengtsson
Soprano, ensemble member at Oper Frankfurt
ListenMassenet, Werther. Karolina as Sophie, 3:28Season 2026/27
13 Nov to 26 Dec 2026
Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck
Gretel
Oper Frankfurt
7 performances
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Lucia Concerts
4 pm and 6 pm
Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt
Sold out
30 Dec 2026 to 21 Jan 2027
Così fan tutte, Mozart
Fiordiligi
Oper Frankfurt
6 performances
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Alcina, Handel
Oberto
Oper Frankfurt
6 performances
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Zaide
Mozart, title role. Oper Frankfurt, Bockenheimer Depot, 2026
Her soprano, ideal here, executes the high coloratura with full-bodied ease, possesses a refined shimmer in the middle register, and shows no hesitation with particularly long-breathed phrases.
Massenet, Werther
Frère ! voyez ! Voyez le beau bouquet !
Karolina as Sophie
Donizetti, Don Pasquale
Quel guardo il cavaliere
Norina’s aria
Traetta, Aparté 2026
Ifigenia in Tauride
Dori. Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Bestenliste 3/2026
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About Karolina
Karolina Bengtsson is a Swedish soprano in the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt, where she has sung Pamina, Fiordiligi, Sophie in Werther and Belisa in Fortner’s Don Perlimplín. Away from Frankfurt she has appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as Camille in Louise, at the Bayerische Staatsoper and at the Innsbrucker Festwochen. The Birgit Nilsson Stipendium jury praised her solid technique, insightful interpretations and magnetic stage presence.
2026
Hedbergska stora debutantstipendiet
Scholarship, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm
2025
Birgit Nilsson Stipendium
Scholarship
2020
Golden Victoria
First prize, DEBUT Classical Singing Competition, Weikersheim
Reviews
Her single aria, “Or palpito e fremo”, is enough to establish her as a singer of the highest calibre.
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