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Karita Mattila

September 2021

  • All the world’s a cage … Asmik Grigorian as Jenůfa and Karita Mattila as Kostelnička in Claus Guth’s staging of Janáček’s opera at the Royal Opera House.

    Jenůfa review – Mattila is formidable in new Janaček staging

    Claus Guth’s symbolism-heavy production is at its best when simplest. Asmik Grigorian and Karita Mattila are a strong pairing and conductor Henrik Nánási has the measure of the score

August 2016

  • Prom 45 Soprano Karita Mattila performs in Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair at the BBC Proms 2016.

    The Makropulos Affair review – Karita Mattila's diva glows with breathtaking opulence

    The soprano’s performance coupled with Jiří Bělohlávek’s beautifully judged conducting confirmed them as well nigh ideal interpreters of Janáček

July 2016

  • Composite: Conductors Daniel Barenboim, left, and Christian Thielemann

    Berlin v Dresden, barking dogs and a car park party: five Proms 2016 highlights

    Our critic’s pick of what not to miss at the Proms, from a face-off between Germany’s finest to concert opera from Karita Mattila, a host of intriguing premieres, and treats beyond the Albert Hall

June 2014

  • Ariadne auf Naxos Karita Mattila ROH

    Ariadne auf Naxos review – Karita Mattila is glorious as Strauss's heroine

  • Karita Mattila in Ariadne Auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House in London

    Soprano Karita Mattila: 'It's never too late for a debut'

April 2013

  • Karita Mattila/Ville Matvejeff – review

    Mattila's voice may take time to settle, but her Romantic outpourings are nerve-wrackingly intense, says Tim Ashley

January 2013

  • The Rest Is Noise festival
    LPO/Jurowski – review

    Karita Mattila's visceral performance brought the audience to its feet in this unforgettable chapter on Richard Strauss, writes Tim Ashley

September 2011

  • Karita Mattila – review

    Karita Mattila's voice has a seductive, mellow maturity to it, all round edges, velvet undertones and ultra creamy legato, writes Kate Molleson

December 2010

  • Puccini: Tosca – review

    Karita Mattila's extraordinary sense of theatre makes her compelling to watch in this performance of Tosca from the New York Met, filmed during the opening run of Luc Bondy's controversial production in 2009, writes Tim Ashley

September 2010

  • Karita Mattila

    Wigmore Hall, London
    The songs by Strauss showed Karita Mattila's soprano near its gleaming best, and took her to extremes: she flung out Frühlingsfeier like Brünnhilde on her rock, writes Erica Jeal

March 2010

  • Emilie

    Kaija Saariaho's inert new opera, Emilie, has been made to measure for her fellow Finn, the soprano Karita Mattila, writes Andrew Clements

May 2007

  • Classical CDs

    Various
    Songs by Duparc, Saariaho, Rachmaninov, Dvorak
    Karita Mattila (soprano) (Ondine ODE 11005) £13.99

June 2006

  • Karita Mattila

    Barbican, London

April 2003

  • Karita Mattila

    Barbican, London

April 2002

  • Ecstasy at the opera

    Karita Mattila thrills in Rattle's new recording of Gurrelieder, says Andrew Clements.

October 2001

  • Polished to a Finnish

    Karita Mattila breaks hearts at Covent Garden in an unbeatable Janufa, while the Barbican gets an aural makeover.

September 2001

  • Voice of desire

    Karita Mattila had been singing for over a decade, but something wasn't quite right. Then she was cast as a girl with uncontrollable sexual urges - and the 'Finnish Venus' was born. As she prepares to bring Jenufa to the Royal Opera House, the soprano talks to Tim Ashley

May 2001

  • When the Finn lady sings

    Not only is Karita Mattila enough to drive a grown man to tears. She also happens to be one of the world's greatest sopranos.

March 2001

  • Orgiastic frenzy at the Barbican

    If you've got it, flaunt it, so they say. Soprano Karita Mattila certainly does. The "Finnish Venus", as she's known, is a phenomenon. She's as beautiful as Garbo, acts as well as Vanessa Redgrave, dresses in such a way as to make Liz Hurley look staid - and on top of that, she has an opulent, sexy voice that sends shivers down your spine. Her Barbican recital was greeted with a response that can only be described as abandoned, as she turned her audience into a rout of orgiastic devotees worshipping at her shrine.

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