Kari Postma

With her dramatic stage presence and her artistic integrity Kari Postma is a unique, exclusive singer. The award-winning Norwegian soprano has sung several main roles at some of the leading opera houses of Europe and Scandinavia, and has had a prominent role in the soloist ensemble at Staatsoper Hamburg.

She has performed as Mimi and Musetta/La Boheme, Norina/Don Pasquale, Contessa and Susanna/Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina and Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni, Zdenka/Arabella, Nannetta/Falstaff, Adina/L’elisir d’Amore, Ännchen/Der Freischütz, Gretel/Hansel and Grete and Pamina/Die Zauberflöte. Kari is also a highly sought-after concert singer and performs with all the leading Symphony Orchestras of Scandinavia. Kari has studied at the Music Academies of Trondheim and Oslo, and graduated from Operaakademiet, Copenhagen in 2004.

In season 12/13 Kari performed the roles as Contessa with Den Jyske Opera, several Opera Gala Concerts in Norway, Donna Elvira with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway as well as at Krakow Opera, Dvořák/ Stabat Mater with Sønderjylland Symphony Orchestra and a Bellini Gala Concert in Tivoli with Copenhagen Phil.

In season 15/16 Kari will sing the part of Tatjana/Eugene Onegin at Kristiansund Opera Festival and at Nordnorsk Opera with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. She will also perform Strauss/ Vier letzte Lieder with Odense Symphony Orchestra and Janacek/Káťja Kabanová at the Norwegian Opera.