The Swedish mezzo-soprano Karin Lovelius has become well known in her native Scandinavia and in mainland Europe for her intense interpretations of the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire.

Between 2010 ands 2024 Ms Lovelius was the leading dramatic mezzo-soprano at Oper Leipzig where her roles included Fricka, Erda, First Norn and Grimgerde DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Herodias SALOME, Die Amme DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, Auntie PETER GRIMES, Klytaemnestra ELEKTRA Waltraute GOETTERDAMMERUNG, Gertrud HAENSEL UND GRETEL, Adelaide and Kartenaufschlägerin ARABELLA, Leokadja Begbick Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Jezibaba RUSALKA, Baba the Turk THE RAKE’S PROGRESS, Annina DER ROSENKAVALIER, Judith BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE, Mary DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER and Magdalene DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG.

With Herodias SALOME Ms Lovelius has guested at the Finnish National Opera, Badisches Staatstheater, Bergen International Festival and Malmö Opera. She made her debut at Komische Oper with Kabanicha KAT’A KABANOVA and at Semperoper Dresden with Marcellina LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Ms Lovelius has also appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Royal Opera House, Sweden, the Finnish National Opera, the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Theater Erfurt, Stockholm Volksoper, the Gothenburg Opera and Opera på Skäret.

Ms. Lovelius’ guest engagements have included Grimgerde DIE WALKUERE at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Second Norn and Grimgerde DER RING DER NIBELUNGEN in Odense, The Duchess POWDER HER FACE at the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki, Jezibaba (cover) RUSALKA at the Glyndebourne Festival, Mary DER FLIEGENDE HOLLAENDER at Opera Malmo, Fricka and Scwertleite DER RING DER NIBELUNGEN at Die Theater Chemnitz and Marthe FAUST at Teatro Comunale di Bolzano.

On the concert platform Ms. Lovelius has has worked with orchestras such as the Belgrade Philarmonic Orchestra in Erda SIEGFRIED, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra with Beethiven Symphony No 9, Vaasa City Ochestra with Lieder by Alma Mahler, The Gewandhaus Orchestra in Elgar The Music Makers, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra and Gothenburg Wind Orchestra. She has also recorded art song for broadcasting companies such as The Swedish Radio and Bayerische Rundfunk with whom she premiered works by Gerd Kühr and Reine Joensson.

Ms Lovelius has produced and performed several in musical portraits a.o. about Virginia Woolf and recently Heinrich Heine in a co-production with Klassik Underground and Oper Leipzig. After a Bachelor of Economics and marketing Karin trained at Opera Studio 67 in Stockholm followed by a Master in Opera at the Sibelius-Academy in Finland. She won second prize in Center for Contemporary Opera in New York and is the recipient of several scholarships from the Swedish Arts Council.