The Danish soprano, Katinka Bohse Meyer, is educated from Opernschule der HMDK Stuttgart and the Danish National Academy of Music with Prof. Thilo Dahlmann and Henriette Bonde-Hansen.
Her voice has been described as dark and lyrical with a warm timbre, which she has demonstrated in numerous stage roles in Denmark, Germany and Japan, such as La Contessa di Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Giulietta (Giulietta e Romeo) and Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus).
In 2025 Katinka was rewarded The-Lars-Waage-Prize for her role as Giulietta in Nicola Vaccaj’s Giulietta e Romeo at Den Fynske Opera with the words from artistic director, Eva-Maria Melbye: “Her ability to convey emotional intensity and complexity both vocally and scenically makes her a promising talent on the current Danish opera scene and bodes well for the future”.
Katinka’s operatic repertoire ranges from Mozart to contemprorary classical music with a special flair for the full lyrical soprano repertoire from composers like Puccini, Bizet and Britten. She is also an experienced concert singer of both Lied and oratorio with a focus on songs by Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg, Peter Heise, Clara Schumann and Amy Beach.
Together with tenor, Gustav Wenzel Most, she co-founded the opera company called Bar’Opera dedicated to broadening the reach of opera to new audiences - for instance with the chamber opera The Pet Shop at Studenterhus Odense 2022 and the opera-for-beginners concert lecture Det’ Bar’Opera! at the same place 2025.
Dornröschen (title role) “Dornröschen” - Joachim Raff
Recording and performance
Württembergischer Philharmonie Reutlingen
Bachchor Stuttgart
Conductor: Jörg Hannes-Hahn
Lutherkirche Stuttgart-Bad Canstatt June 2026
La Contessa di Almaviva “Le Nozze di Figaro” - W.A. Mozart Kulturzentrum Mon Ami
Lyric Opera Studio Weimar
Director: Damon Nestor Ploumis Conductor: Olaf Storbeck July 2025
Giulietta “Giulietta e Romeo” - Nicola Vaccaj Den Fynske Opera Director: Eva-Maria Melbye Conductor: Virginia Guastella March 2025
Rosalinde “Die Fledermaus” - Johann Strauss Wilhelma Theater Stuttgart Director: Victoria Stevens Conductor: Ulrich Kern
HMDK Salonorchester February 2024
+ Noura Juku Opera Foundation, Japan Director: Akiko Nakajima Conductor: Niels Muus
Noura Juku Ensemble and Choir August 2024
The Companion of Death VR Opera “MORTALITIES”
CPH Opera Festival + Musikhuset Århus + Den Fynske Opera Director and creator: Rebekka Meyer Composer: SØS Gunver Ryberg MANND, Immersive XR Studio 2023-2025
Dronning Gertrud “Prinsessen på Ærten” - August Enna Den Fynske Opera + SDMK Director: Ida Kiberg June-August 2023
Ensemble soloist “Græsset er Grønnere” - Oh Land + Adiz Zukanovic +
Ida Kiberg Den Fynske Opera Director: Ida Kiberg Conductor: Andreas Vetö
Danmark Underholdningsorkester March-April 2023
Louise Finch “Murder on the Titanic” - Matias Vestergård SDMK Director: Karin Sjöholm June 2022
Trixy “The Pet Shop” - Vittorio Rieti Bar’Opera
Studenterhus Odense Director: Jakob Beck May 2022
Belinda “Dido & Aeneas” - Henry Purcell Singin’Body
Glyptoteket Director: Kirsten Schultz Conductor: Rose Munk Heiberg Febuary 2019
Prizes and grants
CRESCENDO Talent Program from Art Music Denmark and Nordic Artists Management 2025-2026
The-Lars-Waage-Prize (Den Fynske Opera) 2025
Danish Acting Society’s Honorary Grant 2022
Axel Borup Jørgen’s Talent Prize 2019
Køge Kulturfond’s Honorary Grant 2018
Concert highlights
“Det Bar’Opera!”, Studenterhus Odense 2025
Opera på Åen, Opera i Baghaven, Solo recital, Christmas Concert Den Fynske Opera 2022-2025
“King Arthur” Henry Purcell, concertante, HMDK Barockorchester, HMDK Stuttgart 2024
Operasalonen, Absalonskirken 2024
Soprano soloist G.B. Pergolesi “Stabat Mater”, Sankt Hans Kirke Odense 2022
Soprano soloist John Rutter “Requiem”, Sankt Hans Kirke Odense 2022
Engel in Heinrich Schütz "Weihnachts-Historie", Sankt Hans Kirke Odense 2021
Soprano soloist G.F. Händel “Best of Messiah”, Thomas Kingo Kirke Odense 2021
Soprano soloist Heinrich Schütz “Musikalische Exequien”, Sankt Hans Kirke Odense 2020
Together with tenor, Gustav Wenzel Most, Katinka co-founded the opera company called Bar’Opera.
With the mission of broadening the reach of opera to new audiences Bar’Opera has togeether with Studenterhus Odense made performances about opera for young people. With a beer included in the ticket, they have conveyed opera with a “down-to-earth-vibe” first with the 50 minute chamber opera The Pet Shop and later the concert lecture Det’ Bar’Opera! (It’s just opera!).
Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, Wilhelma Theater Stutthart