Katja Lytting
Mezzo-Soprano
Press Reviews
Neris in Medea
"Stupenda la Neris di Katja Lytting, bel colore, splendido legato, interpretazione intensa."
-www.operaclick.com, August 2007
(Stupendous was the Neris of Katja Lytting, with beautiful color, splendid legato, and intense interpretation.)
Margarethe in Genoveva
"Katja Lytting é una strega Margaretha di notevole aplomb scenico e recitativo e di vivida vocalità."
-Pietro Misuraca, La Repubblica - Palermo, November 2006
(Katja Lytting is a bewitching Margaretha of considerable self-possession on stage and recitative and of vivid vocality.)
Mahler's 2nd with the Orchestra del San Carlo
"Impeccabile l'apporto delle due voci soliste: Katja Lytting è un contralto ricco di calore..."
-Stefano Valanzuolo, Il Mattino, June 2004
(The contribution of two vocal soloists was impeccable: Katja Lytting is a contralto rich in warmth...)
Fricka in Die Walküre
"Sorprendente fue también la Fricka de Katja Lytting, voz plena de matices, de amplia sonoridad y buenas dotes dramáticas en su antipático papel, una circunstancia similar a la del Hunding de Hans Tschammer..."
-Andrés Moreno Mengíbar, Diario de Sevilla, 2002
(Surprising also was the Fricka of Katja Lytting, a voice full of shades, of ample sound and a good endowment of dramatics in its unpleasant role...)
"Espléndida la mezzo sueca Katja Lytting... pero sí la fuerza y el dramatismo requeridos en su patética defensa de su divina condición."
-Ramón María Serrera, ABC, November 2002
(Splendid was the Swedish mezzo Katja Lytting... it [her voice] has the force and the drama required in her pathetic defense of her divine condition.)
Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia
"... aux côtés de son ami Orsini incarné par la charmante, et vocalement séduisante, Katja Lytting. L'ambiguïté des sentiments exprimés par les deux frères d'armes n'en est que plus importante et troublante."
-Michel Egea, La Provence, October 2002
(... alongside his friend Orsini portrayed by the charming, and vocally enticing, Katja Lytting. The ambiguity of the feelings expressed by the two brothers in arms is only more important and troubling.)
Musetta in La Bohème
"Mit Ausnahme der tadellosen Katja Lytting (Musetta) passt sich auch das musikalische Niveau der Inszenierung an."
-Von Stefan Musil, Die Presse, August 2002
(With exception of the faultless Katja Lytting (Musetta), the musical level of the production also adapts itself.)
"Katja Lytting, die beste Stimme des Abends..."
-Von Gert Korentschnig, Kurier, August 2002
(Katja Lytting, the best voice of the evening...)
"Mikhail Davidoff und Katja Lytting singen diese partien mit aller kraft, Lytting bleibt stimmlich stets souverän..."
-Von Rainer Elstner, Wiener Zeitung, August 2002
(Mikhail Davidoff and Katja Lytting sing these parts with all their kraft, Lytting remains always vocally sovereign...)
"Die Mezzosopranistin Katja Lytting brillierte als Musette - und liess endlich alle quengeligen Fragen nach dem Sängernachwuchs verstummen."
-Der Tagesspiegel, August 2002
(The mezzosoprano Katja Lytting is brilliant as Musetta - and she finally took away all doubts about where the singers of the future are.)
Laura in La Giaconda
"The real discovery for Opera North is the young Swedish mezzo-soprano, Katja Lytting as Laura... Vocally, Lytting is superb, her flawless intonation shaping every phrase with an inborn musicianship."
-David Denton, Yorkshire Post, May 2000
"Katja Lytting fields a nicely contrasting warm mezzo for Gioconda's glamorous rival, Laura."
-Richard Fairman, Financial Times, May 2000
"As his beloved Laura... the Swedish mezzo Katja Lytting offered keen Italianate tone and brilliant attack."
-Hugh Canning, Sunday Times, May 2000
"...the Swedish mezzo Katja Lytting sings firmly and glowingly as Laura."
-John Allison, The Times, May 2000
Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana
"There is a new Santuzza in the Scandinavian mezzo Katja Lytting, who has a warmly coloured lower register and a brightly shining top with no perceptible join. She brings a thoughtful interpretation that didn't shirk the 'Fatal Attraction' element; there's a hint of the stalker in the character as well as the girl betrayed."
-The Times, May 1999
"Surely one of the great voices of the season must belong to Katja Lytting as Santuzza."
-South Wales Echo, May 1999
"...the brilliant debut of the Swedish singer Katja Lytting as the rejected Santuzza. She showed her class on stage with a compelling vocal and dramatic presence and got a justifiably ecstatic reception from the New Theatre audience."
-The Western Mail, May 1999
"In her British debut, Swedish mezzosoprano Katja Lytting gives a compelling portrayal of bitter intensity as the wronged Santuzza, quite beautifully sung."
-The Stage, May 1999